Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I move amendment (1):

(1)    Page 5 (after line 5), after clause 5, insert:

5A  Objects

                 The objects of the Act are to:

             (a)    achieve healthy and safe workplaces; and

             (b)    establish a new body, Safe Work Australia, as a genuine tripartite partnership between governments, unions and industry.

My first amendment relates to the objects of the act. It proposes a broader objective than what is currently the case. I know where I stand on this. I do not intend to divide, but this amendment and the subsequent amendment that I will move are both in relation to the membership of the body. I want to get on record what the government’s position is in relation to this. I believe the objects are broader. They are more comprehensive than what is currently in place.