Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the unresolved bargaining dispute between cleaners at Parliament House and their employer Limro Pty Ltd means the cleaners have not had a wage increase since 2012;

(b) affirms its support for the men and women who clean the offices of parliamentarians and staff at Parliament House;

(c) urges Limro to quickly resolve this dispute;

(d) recognises the current contract between the Department of Parliamentary Services and Limro will finish on 30 June 2018;

(e) notes that the Department of Parliamentary Services will conduct a review of current cleaning requirements and conduct an approach to market within the 2017 calendar year; and

(f) acknowledges the President has agreed to convene a meeting of the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Staffing and Security and has arranged for the Secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services to attend in order for the policy parameters for the approach to market and the future contract to be discussed.

Question agreed to.