Ms MACKLIN(10.34 p.m.) —by leave—I move opposition amendments Nos 3 to 11:

(3)   Schedule 1, page 4, lines 6-9, omit item 5.

(4)   Schedule 1, page 4, line 10 to page 5, line 4, omit item 6.

(5)   Schedule 1, page 5, lines 5-14, omit item 7.

(6)   Schedule 1, page 5, lines 15-17, omit item 8.

(7)   Schedule 1, page 5, lines 18-20, omit item 9.

(8)   Schedule 1, item 10, page 6, line 22 to page 7, line 6, omit proposed section 631C.

(9)   Schedule 1, page 8, lines 6-9, omit item 15.

(10)   Schedule 1, page 8, lines 10-13, omit item 16.

(11)   Schedule 1, page 8, lines 14-16, omit item 17.

I will be very brief. These amendments come as a result of the government not being prepared to see the benefit of turning this scheme into a decent labour market program. What we are seeking to do with these amendments is remove the compulsion. As the Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training (Dr Kemp) himself has said, this should be a voluntary program; there are people who want to participate in it. If that is the view of the government then they should agree to these amendments and remove the compulsion from the bill.

The second part of the amendments ensures that people who participate in the scheme do have access to workers compensation and other protections. The minister in his earlier remarks said that people do have those protections. I would appreciate it if he could point out to me where in the bill those protections exist and where the money will be that guarantees that the government is going to pay for those protections.

Amendments 9 to 11 try to insert some decency into the legislation to ensure that we have some appeal rights for people if they find that they are required to undertake work for the dole programs that are totally unsuitable. Given the time, I will stop there.