Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Disqualified Officers) Bill 2026
before parliament, as at 2026-09-09.
- Sponsor
- Hume
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-08-19
- second reading — 2026-08-19
- second reading — 2026-09-09
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 2026-08-19.
The bill would remove the five-year maximum on the administrator's ability to expel members and disqualify officers of the CFMEU Construction and General Division.
It amends the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 to replace the current limit with a power to set any period, including an indefinite one.
The administrator would also have 12 months from commencement to reconsider existing disqualifications of more than four years.
- Removes the five-year statutory limit on the administrator's disciplinary powers.
- Allows the administrator to impose a longer or indefinite disqualification period.
- Gives the administrator 12 months to review past disqualifications of more than four years.
The administrator of the CFMEU Construction and General Division and its officers and members.
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