House of Representatives Chamber (part 2 of 3)
24 June 2026
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House of Representatives Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:38
Speaker 4
Like so many pieces of legislation, the name defies what's actually in the bill. Look. We support sensible reforms that help the Fair Work Commission to do its job more effectively. We support measures that reduce unnecessary delays, support measures that help workers and employers resolve disputes faster, and we support practical changes that respond to the very real workload pressures that currently face the Fair Work Commission. What we don't support is the government using no sensible reforms as a vehicle for unrelated and highly controversial changes to Commonwealth procurement policy.
00:39 - 01:01
Speaker 20
That's why the coalition will be moving amendments. And if those amendments are not accepted, the coalition will oppose the bill. Now this bill, like a lot of the bills that come into this place since I've been here, this bill should be two bills. It contains two completely separate policy agendas. Now one part of it deals with the Fair Work Commission efficiency and case management.
01:02 - 01:37
Speaker 4
Okay? And I'll talk a bit about that. And there are some reasonable reforms in that part of the legislation that I think are fair enough. But the other creates a legal framework for allowing Commonwealth procurement processes to preferences business... To preference businesses that have particular forms of enterprise agreements.
And we know what that means, don't we? These issues are not connected. They solve different problems. One of them creates huge amounts of problems. They affect different stakeholders, and they deserve separate parliamentary scrutiny.
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