Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-11-11.181.1) "*that the committee does not insist on its amendments to which the House of Representatives has disagreed*." Because the bill - minus these certain amendments - has already passed in the House, the bill can now become law. ### What does the bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd023): > *The purpose of the Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020 (the Bill) is to amend the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 (the Payments and Benefits Act) to enable payments to be made to help improve people’s prospects of gaining paid employment or to increase workforce participation, between 7 October 2020 and 6 October 2022.* > > *The Bill also allows for the establishment of a scheme related to one or more of the payments intended to help improve people’s prospects of gaining paid employment or increasing workforce participation.*
Senate, 2020-11-11. affirmative: ayes 30, noes 28.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-11-11.181.1) "*that the committee does not insist on its amendments to which the House of Representatives has disagreed*." Because the bill - minus these certain amendments - has already passed in the House, the bill can now become law. ### What does the bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd023): > *The purpose of the Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020 (the Bill) is to amend the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 (the Payments and Benefits Act) to enable payments to be made to help improve people’s prospects of gaining paid employment or to increase workforce participation, between 7 October 2020 and 6 October 2022.* > > *The Bill also allows for the establishment of a scheme related to one or more of the payments intended to help improve people’s prospects of gaining paid employment or increasing workforce participation.*
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Related bills
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