Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Cash, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Albanese Labor Government's Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 is complex and requires intense scrutiny;

(b) requires the Education and Employment Legislation Committee to hold a public hearing on Monday, 22 January 2024 from 9.30 am to 5 pm for the purposes of its inquiry into the bill:

(i) to hear from representatives of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for no less than four hours, from 9.30 am,

(ii) to hear from any additional witnesses, as resolved by the Education and Employment Legislation Committee, and

(iii) the Education and Employment Legislation Committee can resolve to conclude the hearing earlier only after paragraph (b)(i) is satisfied; and

(c) requires that the Education and Employment Legislation Committee must not report earlier than its current reporting date of 1 February 2024.