Senate debates

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Bills

Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019; In Committee

10:13 am

Photo of Jane HumeJane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology) | Hansard source

The aim of the government's amendments was to put a bright line marker on what was and what wasn't a risky occupation. I understand that Labor would have preferred an amendment that included entire industries. Unfortunately, with that, that didn't identify what a high-risk occupation was and what a high-risk occupation wasn't, so you would have found that a receptionist at a construction firm would have been included as a high-risk occupation, whereas it's those kinds of people who are exactly the ones we're trying to protect with this legislation.

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