❓ Dr. Honey questions the Minister about union access to private homes under the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. The Minister deflects, blaming the Liberal Party for the failure to pass previous amendments addressing this issue.
AnsweredQoN 766Legislative Assembly
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2021
766. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
My
question is to the minister under standing order 75(3), as the minister who has
carriage of the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Bill.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that under the industrial relations bill before Parliament, WA
Labor intends to allow union officials to access Western Australians'
private homes or farms if any work is being done or has been done in that
place?
(2) Can the
minister confirm that he previously promised to clarify beyond doubt that union
officials will not be able to access Western Australians' private
homes, but that WA Labor has failed to do so in this bill?
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2021
766. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
My
question is to the minister under standing order 75(3), as the minister who has
carriage of the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Bill.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that under the industrial relations bill before Parliament, WA
Labor intends to allow union officials to access Western Australians'
private homes or farms if any work is being done or has been done in that
place?
(2) Can the
minister confirm that he previously promised to clarify beyond doubt that union
officials will not be able to access Western Australians' private
homes, but that WA Labor has failed to do so in this bill?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) The
member is referring to an undertaking that I put on the record during the
consideration in detail stage here in Parliament when we were dealing with the
Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2020, rather than the Industrial Relations
Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. I gave that undertaking as described, and I asked
the Liberal Party to support the legislation through the upper house with those
amendments and it rejected that offer. I then
went back to it and said, ''Look, if you accept those amendments, we
would not oppose you removing the local government arrangements on the understanding
that if we were re-elected, we would reintroduce them'', and the
Liberal Party rejected that. I then went back to the Liberal Party and said, ''I
will just propose the modern slavery provisions plus the item to raise the age
for the industrial commissioners from 65 to
70.'' Again, the Liberal Party rejected that. I went back to it and
said, ''I just want the thing to raise the age to 70 so that the Chief
Commissioner will not have to retire'', and the Liberal Party again
rejected that. The reason these amendments were not included in the 2020
legislation was that, firstly, the Liberal Party voted against them in
this chamber and then it rejected them in the other chamber. That is what
happened. It not only rejected that, but also three other compromises that
would have delivered for the people of this state. The Liberal Party wants to
continue modern slavery in Western Australia, as does the member. The member
for Cottesloe voted against this legislation, personally, himself!
member is referring to an undertaking that I put on the record during the
consideration in detail stage here in Parliament when we were dealing with the
Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2020, rather than the Industrial Relations
Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. I gave that undertaking as described, and I asked
the Liberal Party to support the legislation through the upper house with those
amendments and it rejected that offer. I then
went back to it and said, ''Look, if you accept those amendments, we
would not oppose you removing the local government arrangements on the understanding
that if we were re-elected, we would reintroduce them'', and the
Liberal Party rejected that. I then went back to the Liberal Party and said, ''I
will just propose the modern slavery provisions plus the item to raise the age
for the industrial commissioners from 65 to
70.'' Again, the Liberal Party rejected that. I went back to it and
said, ''I just want the thing to raise the age to 70 so that the Chief
Commissioner will not have to retire'', and the Liberal Party again
rejected that. The reason these amendments were not included in the 2020
legislation was that, firstly, the Liberal Party voted against them in
this chamber and then it rejected them in the other chamber. That is what
happened. It not only rejected that, but also three other compromises that
would have delivered for the people of this state. The Liberal Party wants to
continue modern slavery in Western Australia, as does the member. The member
for Cottesloe voted against this legislation, personally, himself!
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