Division
The majority voted against an Australian Greens' motion, which means it failed. ### Motion text > *(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute:* > >> *A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.* >> >> *1. The whole of this Act* >> >> *A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day a resolution of the Senate is made that affirms that an Act has commenced which has the effect of establishing a National Integrity Commission.* ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill was [introduced in order to](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd057): * *include serious criminal offences punishable by five or more years’ imprisonment as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime which prohibits a person from acting as an official of a registered organisation* * *allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office where they have:* > * *contravened a range of industrial laws* > * *are found in contempt of court in relation to industrial laws or certain other circumstances* > * *repeatedly fail to stop their organisation from breaking the law or* > * *are otherwise not a fit and proper person to hold office in a registered organisation* * *make it an offence for a person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation once disqualified* * *allow the Federal Court to deregister an organisation (or make alternative orders) where there is:* > * *unlawful or otherwise improper conduct of the affairs of the organisation* > * *serious criminal offences committed by the organisation* > * *repeated breaches of a range of industrial laws by its members or* > * *the taking of obstructive unprotected industrial action by a substantial number of members* * *allow applications to be made to the Federal Court for alternative orders, including suspending the rights and privileges of an organisation, an
Senate, 2019-11-28. negative: ayes 32, noes 36.
Question
The majority voted against an Australian Greens' motion, which means it failed. ### Motion text > *(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute:* > >> *A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.* >> >> *1. The whole of this Act* >> >> *A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day a resolution of the Senate is made that affirms that an Act has commenced which has the effect of establishing a National Integrity Commission.* ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill was [introduced in order to](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd057): * *include serious criminal offences punishable by five or more years’ imprisonment as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime which prohibits a person from acting as an official of a registered organisation* * *allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office where they have:* > * *contravened a range of industrial laws* > * *are found in contempt of court in relation to industrial laws or certain other circumstances* > * *repeatedly fail to stop their organisation from breaking the law or* > * *are otherwise not a fit and proper person to hold office in a registered organisation* * *make it an offence for a person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation once disqualified* * *allow the Federal Court to deregister an organisation (or make alternative orders) where there is:* > * *unlawful or otherwise improper conduct of the affairs of the organisation* > * *serious criminal offences committed by the organisation* > * *repeated breaches of a range of industrial laws by its members or* > * *the taking of obstructive unprotected industrial action by a substantial number of members* * *allow applications to be made to the Federal Court for alternative orders, including suspending the rights and privileges of an organisation, an
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