Bill
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Removing Criminals from Worksites) Bill 2024 (No. 2)
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Cash
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-08-21
- second reading — 2024-08-21
- second reading — 2024-09-18
- other — 2025-07-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-08-21.
The bill would stop people with criminal records from leading registered employee organisations.
It would let a court cancel an organisation's registration or ban specific officers when the organisation breaks workplace laws.
People who take office while disqualified could face jail or fines, and organisations ignoring court orders could lose their registration.
- Introduces disqualification from office for individuals found guilty of certain offences, covering both criminal and civil findings and applying to national and branch positions.
- Allows cancellation of an organisation's registration or alternative court orders such as disqualifying officers, excluding members, or suspending rights.
- Creates penalties including fines and imprisonment for disqualified individuals who try to hold office, and allows registration cancellation for organisations that ignore court orders or engage in obstructive industrial action.
Individuals who hold or seek office in registered organisations, and the organisations themselves.
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