Division
Tony Sheldon by leave—At the request of Senator Ciccone, I withdraw the opposition's second reading amendment on sheet No. 8769. One concern raised yesterday regarding the superannuation bill was the emphasis of the risk the legislation poses to young people in high-risk occupations. It is a basic expectation that all Australian workers can have a safe workplace and come home uninjured and unharmed from a day's work. As a proud member of the union movement and as someone who for 30 years has represented workers' fight for fair pay, conditions and safety standards, I know how important to working people protecting and uplifting working people's rights is. Workers in the transport industry, to which I have devoted much of my working life, work in one of the most dangerous industries, with 10 times the number of workplace deaths than the average across all industries. Yesterday there were some questions raised about the ACTU figures, about the number of people who are injured. It wasn't raised from the point of view that the figures were wrong; it was raised for the fact that the Australian Council of Trade Unions had a view about it. It was an interesting debate last night. The ACTU recorded, between 2003 and 2016, more than 3,400 workers losing their lives on their job. Of those, close to 10 per cent were under the age of 25. This legislation, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019, would remove default superannuation for workers under 25. Some in government seem to think workers under 25 are less likely to have dependants and so insurance is less valuable for them. They also seem to think because workers are under 25, they're less likely to draw on disability insurance, that they don't need it. It's a ludicrous situation. They're talking about young construction workers, truck drivers, warehouse workers, forestry and farm workers, prison officers, nurses and healthcare workers. All those workers have a higher risk of suffering a wor
Senate, 2019-09-19. affirmative: ayes 44, noes 8.
Question
Tony Sheldon by leave—At the request of Senator Ciccone, I withdraw the opposition's second reading amendment on sheet No. 8769. One concern raised yesterday regarding the superannuation bill was the emphasis of the risk the legislation poses to young people in high-risk occupations. It is a basic expectation that all Australian workers can have a safe workplace and come home uninjured and unharmed from a day's work. As a proud member of the union movement and as someone who for 30 years has represented workers' fight for fair pay, conditions and safety standards, I know how important to working people protecting and uplifting working people's rights is. Workers in the transport industry, to which I have devoted much of my working life, work in one of the most dangerous industries, with 10 times the number of workplace deaths than the average across all industries. Yesterday there were some questions raised about the ACTU figures, about the number of people who are injured. It wasn't raised from the point of view that the figures were wrong; it was raised for the fact that the Australian Council of Trade Unions had a view about it. It was an interesting debate last night. The ACTU recorded, between 2003 and 2016, more than 3,400 workers losing their lives on their job. Of those, close to 10 per cent were under the age of 25. This legislation, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019, would remove default superannuation for workers under 25. Some in government seem to think workers under 25 are less likely to have dependants and so insurance is less valuable for them. They also seem to think because workers are under 25, they're less likely to draw on disability insurance, that they don't need it. It's a ludicrous situation. They're talking about young construction workers, truck drivers, warehouse workers, forestry and farm workers, prison officers, nurses and healthcare workers. All those workers have a higher risk of suffering a wor
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