Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Bills

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-137440

Hansard session: Fifty-Eighth Parliament, First Session (58-1)

Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Bills

Mr STEVE WHAN (MonaroMinister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education) (15:41:13):

— I move:

That standing and sessional orders be suspended to:

(1)Permit the Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for Work Health and Safety to introduce the Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2023 without notice and give the second reading speech during the time allotted for Government business today.

(2)Permit the Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for Work Health and Safety to complete her second reading speech on the bill at the conclusion of the petition debate today.

(3)Allow for the debate on the second reading to occur from Tuesday 28 November 2023.

The Government has moved this motion because, as members are very well aware, industrial relations reform is a key commitment that Labor took to the last election. It is something that the Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for Work Health and Safety has been working on diligently since we came to government. As I said, it is a high priority for the Government, and it is important for Parliament to consider the Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2023 before the end of the year. That is why I have moved this suspension motion.

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley) (15:42:42):

The Opposition supports the suspension of standing and sessional orders. We note that, although Parliament has sat for only 35 days this year, the Government has had a number of months to get this done. However, we support the suspension motion in order to hear from the Minister for Industrial Relations.

The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Jason Li):

The question is that the motion be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.