Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) to (31) as circulated in my name together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table items 2, 3 and 4), omit the table items.

(2) Clause 2, page 2 (table items 6, 7 and 8), omit the table items.

(3) Clause 2, page 4 (table item 21), omit the table item.

(4) Clause 2, page 4 (table item 24), omit the table item.

(5) Clause 2, page 4 (table item 27), omit the table item.

(6) Clause 2, pages 4 and 5 (table item 28), omit the table item.

(7) Clause 2, page 5 (table item 29), omit the table item.

(8) Clause 2, page 5 (table item 30), omit the table item.

(9) Clause 2, page 5 (table item 34), omit the table item.

(10) Schedule 1, Part 1, page 6 (line 2) to page 32 (line 29), omit the Part.

(11) Schedule 1, Part 3, page 41 (line 1) to page 79 (line 22), omit the Part.

(12) Schedule 1, Part 15, page 162 (lines 1 to 27), omit the Part.

(13) Schedule 1, Part 18, page 173 (line 1) to page 178 (line 18), omit the Part.

(14) Schedule 1, Division 3 of Part 19, page 184 (lines 5 to 16), omit the Division.

(15) Schedule 1, Part 20, page 187 (line 1) to page 200 (line 25), omit the Part.

(16) Schedule 1, Part 21, page 201 (line 1) to page 213 (line 19), omit the Part.

(17) Schedule 1, item 629, page 204 (lines 29 and 30), omit "is not a small business employer", substitute "employs more than 200 employees who are full-time equivalent employees".

(18) Schedule 1, item 634, page 208 (lines 9 and 10), omit subparagraph 249(3)(a)(i), substitute:

(i) each employer has consented to the application; and

(19) Schedule 1, item 634, page 208 (line 23), omit "is not contrary to the public interest", substitute "is in the public interest".

(20) Schedule 1, item 634, page 208 (line 25) to page 209 (line 3), omit subsection 249(3A).

(21) Schedule 1, item 634, page 208 (line 27), omit "is not a small business employer", substitute "employs more than 200 employees who are full-time equivalent employees".

(22) Schedule 1, item 634, page 209 (lines 12 to 16), omit paragraphs 249(3C)(a) to (c), substitute:

(a) the history of bargaining of each of the relevant employers, including whether they have previously bargained together;

(b) the interests that the relevant employers have in common, and the extent to which those interests are relevant to whether they should be permitted to bargain together;

(c) whether the relevant employers are governed by a common regulatory regime;

(d) whether it would be more appropriate for each of the relevant employers to make a separate enterprise agreement with its employees;

(e) the extent to which the relevant employers operate collaboratively rather than competitively.

(23) Schedule 1, item 639, page 211 (line 32), omit "is not a small business employer", substitute "employs more than 200 employees who are full-time equivalent employees".

(24) Schedule 1, Part 22, page 214 (line 1) to page 217 (line 8), omit the Part.

(25) Schedule 1, Part 23, page 218 (line 1) to page 225 (line 30), omit the Part.

(26) Schedule 1, item 660, page 229 (line 19) to page 230 (line 7), omit Division 2.

(27) Schedule 1, item 660, page 235 (line 17) to page 236 (line 5), omit Division 14.

(28) Schedule 1, item 660, page 236 (lines 23 to 31), omit subclauses 72(4) and (5).

(29) Schedule 1, item 660, page 237 (line 9) to page 239 (line 26), omit Divisions 16 and 17.

(30) Schedule 1, item 660, page 240 (after line 24), at the end of Part 13, add:

Division 20 — Review of operation of amendments

85 Review of operation of amendments

(1) The Minister must cause a review of the operation of the amendments made by Schedule 1 to the amending Act to be conducted by an independent expert as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day the amending Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The person who conducts the review must give the Minister a written report of the review.

(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Minister

(31) Schedule 1, Division 2 of Part 26, page 241 (line 1) to page 242 (line 19), omit the Division.

These amendments relate to the very extensive sections of this bill that are, in the view of the opposition, entirely objectionable. The Registered Organisations Commission would be abolished by this bill. We are opposed to the abolition of the Registered Organisations Commission because it would effectively shield the government's union paymasters from the scrutiny that they ought to be subject to, as any other organisation in our community ought to be subject to. Registered organisations are afforded special privileges in the industrial relations system. They control assets worth millions of dollars and have a large amount of trust placed in them by their members. The Registered Organisations Commission, together with the Australian Building and Construction Commission, was critical in guarding against union misconduct—

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