Division
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-12-01.402.1) to keep items 584 and 667 of schedule 1 unchanged (i.e., "stand as printed"), which means those items will be removed from the bill. This vote took place in response to [Government amendments (35) and (63)](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr6941_amend_49517b6e-43b8-4806-92c7-ef97f392ac2b%22;rec=0), which moved to opposed those items. ### Text of items 584 and 667 > *584 Subsection 443(3A)* > > *Repeal the subsection, substitute:* > >> *(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), the FWC:* >> >>> *(a) subject to paragraph (b), must specify a date that will enable the protected action ballot to be conducted as expeditiously as practicable; and* >>> >>> *(b) must not specify a date that is earlier than 14 days after the day the order is made.* > *667 Subsection 7(8) (after table item 12)* > > *Insert:* > >> *12A - Malignant mesothelioma - 15 years* ### Text of Government amendment > *(35) Schedule 1, item 584, page 195 (lines 1 to 8), to be opposed .* > >> *[industrial action—period for protected action ballot]* > > *(63) Schedule 1, item 667, page 266 (lines 12 to 15), to be opposed .* > >> *[firefighters—cancers]* ### Explanation of amendment According to the [supplementary explanatory memorandum](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6941_ems_ea4f7abc-7d2e-4c06-98a3-a81030b14a5a%22;rec=0): > *This amendment [no. (35)] would remove item 584 from the Bill to restore the FWC’s discretion to determine the timetable for the conduct of protected action ballots. The requirement that the FWC specifies a date for the close of the ballot which will enable the ballot to be conducted as expeditiously as practicable remains in subsection 443(3A).* > > *This [amendment no.
Senate, 2022-12-01. negative: ayes 31, noes 35.
Question
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-12-01.402.1) to keep items 584 and 667 of schedule 1 unchanged (i.e., "stand as printed"), which means those items will be removed from the bill. This vote took place in response to [Government amendments (35) and (63)](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr6941_amend_49517b6e-43b8-4806-92c7-ef97f392ac2b%22;rec=0), which moved to opposed those items. ### Text of items 584 and 667 > *584 Subsection 443(3A)* > > *Repeal the subsection, substitute:* > >> *(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), the FWC:* >> >>> *(a) subject to paragraph (b), must specify a date that will enable the protected action ballot to be conducted as expeditiously as practicable; and* >>> >>> *(b) must not specify a date that is earlier than 14 days after the day the order is made.* > *667 Subsection 7(8) (after table item 12)* > > *Insert:* > >> *12A - Malignant mesothelioma - 15 years* ### Text of Government amendment > *(35) Schedule 1, item 584, page 195 (lines 1 to 8), to be opposed .* > >> *[industrial action—period for protected action ballot]* > > *(63) Schedule 1, item 667, page 266 (lines 12 to 15), to be opposed .* > >> *[firefighters—cancers]* ### Explanation of amendment According to the [supplementary explanatory memorandum](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6941_ems_ea4f7abc-7d2e-4c06-98a3-a81030b14a5a%22;rec=0): > *This amendment [no. (35)] would remove item 584 from the Bill to restore the FWC’s discretion to determine the timetable for the conduct of protected action ballots. The requirement that the FWC specifies a date for the close of the ballot which will enable the ballot to be conducted as expeditiously as practicable remains in subsection 443(3A).* > > *This [amendment no.
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