

- Title
WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (TRANSITION TO FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS) BILL 2008
In Committee
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
18-03-2008
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
42
- Electorate
South Australia
- Interjector
CHAIRMAN, The
Wong, Sen Penny
- Page
1071
- Party
ALP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
- Questioner
- Responder
- Speaker
Wong, Sen Penny
- Stage
In Committee
- Type
- Context
Bills
- System Id
chamber/hansards/2008-03-18/0034


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Hansard
- Start of Business
- PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE
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WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (TRANSITION TO FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS) BILL 2008
- Second Reading
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In Committee
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Procedural Text
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Fuel Prices
(Joyce, Sen Barnaby, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Economy
(Hurley, Sen Annette, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Work for the Dole
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Housing Affordability
(Webber, Sen Ruth, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Housing
(Payne, Sen Marise, Evans, Sen Chris, Evans, Sen Chris (Leader of the Government in the Senate)) -
Visas
(Nettle, Sen Kerry, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Donations to Political Parties
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope
(Marshall, Sen Gavin, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Community Sports Facilities
(Bernardi, Sen Cory, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Housing Affordability
(Bartlett, Sen Andrew, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Queensland Minister for Health
(Boswell, Sen Ron, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Central Queensland Floods
(Wortley, Sen Dana, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Australian Federal Police
(Brandis, Sen George, Ludwig, Sen Joe)
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Fuel Prices
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- HMAS SYDNEY II
- BUSINESS
- NATIONAL COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN BILL 2008
- QUEENSLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- TIBET
- DONATIONS TO POLITICAL PARTIES
- TARKINE WILDERNESS
- CONDOLENCES
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- BUDGET
- INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA BILL 2008
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WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (TRANSITION TO FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS) BILL 2008
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In Committee
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Division
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Marshall, Sen Gavin
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Murray, Sen Andrew
- Siewert, Sen Rachel
- Third Reading
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In Committee
- NOTICES
- INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA BILL 2008
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Asylum Seekers
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Immigration and Citizenship: Media Staff
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Australian International Trade Association
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Cluster Munitions
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Australia-United States Alliance
(Allison, Sen Lyn, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Visas
(Stott Despoja, Sen Natasha, Evans, Sen Chris)
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Asylum Seekers
Page: 1071
Senator WONG (Minister for Climate Change and Water) (1:04 PM)
—I will read the Forward with Fairness policy implementation plan issued by the then Labor leader, Kevin Rudd, and the then shadow minister for employment and industrial relations in August 2007:
Because AWAs will not be a feature of Labor’s new industrial relations system, transitional arrangements are required. The transition arrangements for Australian Workplace Agreements will be:
- AWAs made prior to the implementation date of Labor’s Transition Bill will remain in force and may only be terminated in accordance with current rules which allow termination by agreement between the parties during the term of the AWA or by one party providing 90 days’ notice to the other after the nominal expiry date of the agreement.
That is on page 7 of the policy issued in August 2007. This bill delivers on our election commitment.