Bill
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-04-09. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-04-08
- second reading — 2020-04-08
- second reading — 2020-04-08
- second reading — 2020-04-08
- committee — 2020-04-08
- third reading — 2020-04-08
- introduced — 2020-04-08
- second reading — 2020-04-08
- second reading — 2020-04-08
- second reading — 2020-04-08
- committee — 2020-04-08
- third reading — 2020-04-08
- passed — 2020-04-08
- royal assent — 2020-04-09
Divisions
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Major charity access to JobKeeper program — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Local Government — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Disability sector — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Educational sector staff — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with the [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-04-08.18.1) to the usual second reading motion "*that the bill be read [for a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/)*", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This mean that the amendment failed. This amendment was introduced by Gorton MP [Brendan O'Connor](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/gorton/brendan_o'connor) (Labor) and, if it had been successful, its text would have been added to the usual second reading motion as a note. In other words, it didn't seek to change the actual text of the bills. MP O'Connor explained [the rationale behind his amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-04-08.18.1) in his contribution to the debate. ### Amendment text > *That the following words be added after paragraph (6):* > > *"(7) calls on the Government to ensure that the JobKeeper wage subsidy is only used by employers to pay their employees’ wages and not to subsidise their company’s balance sheet, noting that there should be no provision for business to force employees to use their annual leave entitlements and pay for that leave with the JobKeeper wage subsidy".* — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Working visa holders — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Arts and entertainment sector — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Casual workers — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Eligibility of JobKeeper payment — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 - Consideration in Detail - Power of eligibility for JobKeeper scheme — 2020-04-08, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 30, noes 24
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Extend accessibility of JobKeeper Payment — 2020-04-08, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 21
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Visa holders — 2020-04-08, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 21
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Casual workers — 2020-04-08, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 21
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-04-08.122.1) to the usual [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion "*that the bill be read for a second time*" (which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This mean that the amendment failed. This amendment was introduced by WA Senator [Rachel Siewert](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/rachel_siewert) (Greens) and, if it had been successful, its text would have been added to the usual second reading motion as a note. In other words, it didn't seek to change the actual text of the bills. Senator Siewert explained the rationale behind her amendment in [her contribution](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-04-08.106.1) to the debate. ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) is of the opinion that the Government's response to COVID-19 continues to see large sections of our population left behind and disproportionately affected by this health and economic crisis;* > > *(b) calls on the Government to:* > >> *(i) provide proper support to at least the following groups:* >> >>> *(A) Disability Support Pension recipients, carers, and age pensioners who receive Commonwealth Rent Assistance, none of whom will be eligible for the $550 a fortnight COVID-19 supplement and will be trapped beneath the poverty line,* >>> >>> *(B) First Nations peoples who are at severe risk of harm from COVID-19 and urgently need adequate personal protective equipment and access to safe housing,* >>> >>> *(C) disabled people, who must have guaranteed continuity of essential disability supports, and have equal access to healthcare to ensure their human rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities are upheld,* >>> >>> *(D) those for whom isolation presents a heightene — 2020-04-08, Senate: negative, ayes 4, noes 29
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Accessibility of support — 2020-04-08, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 21
- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - JobKeeper accessibility and the Arts — 2020-04-08, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 21
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