Bill
Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Bill 2017
passed, as at 2018-05-22. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-10-18
- second reading — 2017-10-18
- second reading — 2018-02-07
- second reading — 2018-02-08
- second reading — 2018-02-12
- third reading — 2018-02-12
- introduced — 2018-02-13
- second reading — 2018-02-13
- second reading — 2018-02-15
- second reading — 2018-02-15
- committee — 2018-02-15
- committee — 2018-05-08
- third reading — 2018-05-08
- passed — 2018-05-08
- royal assent — 2018-05-22
Divisions
- The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read for a second time*" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This means it failed. ### Amendment text > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes the failure of the Government to protect local jobs by failing to legislate strict labour market testing".* — 2018-02-08, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 71, noes 77
- The majority voted in favour of [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-05-08.9.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Stirling Griff](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/stirling_griff). This means they'll now be included in the bill. ### What do these amendments do? Senator Griff [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-05-08.9.1): > *we have proposed an amendment for a review of the legislation in 18 months, to look at any unintended consequences on employers paying the levy. Allowing the levy to operate for a year before reviewing its operation should provide better information through which to fine-tune the program.* ### Amendment text > *(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1, column 1), omit "3", substitute "4".* > > *(2) Page 3 (after line 5), after clause 3, insert:* > >> *4 Review of operation of amendments* >> >> *(1) The Minister must cause an independent review of the operation of the amendments made by this Act.* >> >> *(2) The review must:* >> >>> *(a) start as soon as practicable after 18 months after Royal Assent; and* >>> >>> *(b) be completed within 6 months.* >> >> *(3) The Minister must cause a written report about the review to be prepared.* >> >> *(4) 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 day on which the report is given to the Minister.* >> >> *(5) The report is not a legislative instrument.* — 2018-05-08, Senate: affirmative, ayes 36, noes 32
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-05-08.13.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/sarah_hanson-young) (Greens), which means it failed. ### What did this amendment do? Senator Hanson-Young [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-05-08.13.1): > *The Greens amendment that I have moved exempts universities and registered training organisations from the Skilling Australians Fund charge. It does so because the Skilling Australians Fund is supposed to be about paying to train Australians to fill skills shortages. There's no economic rationale for charging trainers to fund trainers. Australia has no monopoly on world-class educators and researchers. We compete with the rest of the world for the best and brightest to create our own best and brightest. This bill, if it goes through unamended, will work against Australia's ability to do that. If we're going to make that harder, we're going to be short-changing ourselves.* ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1 , item 12 , page 6 (after line 6) , after section 140ZM , insert:* > >> *140ZMA Exemption for higher education providers and registered training organisations* >> >> *Despite section 140ZM, the following are not liable to pay nomination training contribution charge:* >> >>> *(a) higher education providers (within the meaning of the Higher Education Support Act 2003);* >>> >>> *(b) registered training organisations (within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011).* — 2018-05-08, Senate: negative, ayes 9, noes 41
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