Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the International Labour Organisation’s ‘Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations’ from the 99th Session of the International Labour Council;

(b)

acknowledges that the Committee of Experts has consistently found that the powers and actions of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) are contrary to the ‘Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948’ (No. 87) and the ‘Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949’ (No. 98) and in its most recent report found the actions of the ABCC inconsistent with the ‘Labour Inspection Convention, 1947’ (No. 81);

(c)

further acknowledges that the Committee of Experts raises concerns about the compliance of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) with the conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), notably in respect of the right to strike and collective bargaining; and

(d)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

implement its election promise and abolish the ABCC, and

(ii)

review the Act to ensure its compliance with ILO conventions.