The Albanese Labor Government\u2019s pathetically thin schedule of public hearings for the Senate inquiry into its industrial relations legislation is a classic sign of a government in disarray trying to avoid scrutiny at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash said: \u201cLast week the Labor Government cancelled a week of Parliament and now they only want to hold a handful of hearings into their controversial industrial relations laws \u2013 it is an absolute disgrace.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is this Government afraid of? What are they hiding? All we know is that there are many questions but no answers,\u2019\u2019 Senator Cash said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis inquiry is so important to the future of this nation it should have at least a dozen hearings. It should be going to more regional areas and listening to the job creators, both big and small,\u2019\u2019 Senator Cash said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Senate voted for a report back date of February 1, 2024 for a reason. That reason was because the Senate believed this Bill needed extended and intense scrutiny,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe cynical exercise this Government is trying to pull off by truncating hearings is just not good enough,\u2019\u2019 Senator Cash said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI implore the Government to work with the Coalition and the crossbench to come up with an acceptable and adequate schedule of public hearings,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStop ducking scrutiny. Labor promised transparency before they were elected but are falling hopelessly short of that promise,\u2019\u2019 Senator Cash said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below is the schedule of hearings proposed by the Coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday 21 September \u2013 Adelaide; Tuesday 4 October \u2013 Sydney; Thursday 6 October \u2013 Melbourne; Wednesday 10 October \u2013 Brisbane; Thursday 11 October \u2013 Gladstone; Monday 20 November \u2013 Port Headland\/Karratha; Wednesday 22nd November \u2013 Perth; Thursday 23rd November \u2013 Albany; Friday 1st December \u2013 Canberra; Tuesday 12 December – Hunter Valley; Monday 15 January \u2013 Launceston; Tuesday 16 January \u2013 Hobart; Monday 22 January \u2013 Townsville; Wednesday 24 January \u2013 Shepparton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Albanese Labor Government\u2019s pathetically thin schedule of public hearings for the Senate inquiry into its industrial relations legislation is a classic sign of a government in disarray trying to avoid scrutiny at all costs. Shadow Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash said: \u201cLast week the Labor Government cancelled a week … Continue reading “Labor hiding from scrutiny on Industrial Relations Bill”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22953,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22952\/revisions\/22953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}