Jacqui's Journal | Edition 14
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Hey John,
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I got back from parliament on Last week on Friday morning and
went straight to the Starting Point Neighbourhood House in
Launceston.

After two weeks in Canberra spending time with people who provide
a safe and friendly place for people doing it tough, is just what
I needed!

The first Monday in Canberra the Crossbench got the Industrial
Relations bill – you might have heard of it? The government call
it the “Closing Loopholes” Bill. This bill is long – over 200
pages, and there is a lot in there. Changes to laws around
workers in the ‘gig’ economy – that’s not just food delivery
workers but also changes to aged care workers who are booked via
an app. There’s also changes for businesses using labour hire
firms, there’s more but I don’t have the space to list them all
here!

There are also really good things in there; protections for
victims of family and domestic violence, redundancy payments for
people in small businesses that have gone out of business,
bringing silica (the dust from cut stone bench tops) into line
with Asbestos, and a really important amendment that would mean
that federal Police and firies don’t have to prove they have PTSD
to get help.

I think the government put these really important changes in with
the industrial relations bill because they thought they could use
it to pressure the Crossbench to pass the whole bill. It’s
something both major parties like to try on.

This legislation is already going to an Inquiry in February and
if passed won’t become law until July 2024. I have asked the
government and the Minister to split the bill and pass the
non-controversial parts of the bill now, these protections could
be in place by the 1st of January.

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Thank you for your support...
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It gets pretty busy in Parliament – and one morning I put odd
shoes on in the dark – a security guy tipped me off! All week
people were asking me if I had done it on purpose? No way – but
it was good giving everyone a bit of a laugh!
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All my love,

Jacqui!

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