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The Bill is over 280 pages and has significant implications for our industry. See here: <strong><a href="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/2b76e103-1640-47d5-9f25-56cbbf5af487/me_busvic/Closing%20the%20Loopholes%20Bill.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #AF2626;" rel="noopener">Closing the Loopholes Bill</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>You can <a href="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/2b76e103-1640-47d5-9f25-56cbbf5af487/me_busvic/Industry%20e-Alert%20Closing%20the%20Loopholes%20BIll%202023.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #AF2626;" rel="noopener">view an APTIA e-alert here</a>.</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">The areas of significance include:</p><ol><li>A new definition of casuals.</li><li>Union delegates rights.</li><li> Inclusion with the Road Transport Industry legislation.</li><li>Wages theft.</li></ol><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Ian, also notes the following:</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> That on 7 September the <strong>Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing the Loopholes) Bill 2023 </strong>enjoyed its second reading in the House of Representative and was then referred to the Senate, who, in turn voted to send the Bill to the <strong>Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee</strong> for consideration and report back, no later than 2 February 2024. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> The Senate insisted on sufficient time being given to consider such a significant piece of legislation, , which I agree with. At the moment the challenge is to try to understand what the Bill actually does. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> APTIA's intention is to make a submission to the Senate Select Committee, but only after careful consideration of the Bill's impacts. We will also need to advocate our position to the cross bench.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>To this extent, there will be an Industrial Working Group this week to discuss and settle our submissions, BAV will be part of those discussions.</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Regards</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>Peter Kavanagh</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Director Member Services</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">M: 0417 197 846</p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-3" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;color:#333;width:675px;margin:0 auto" width="675"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:30px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="social_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table class="social-table" width="126px" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;display:inline-block"><tr><td style="padding:0 5px 0 5px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusVic-1535311240084356/" target="_blank"><img src="https://app-rsrc.getbee.io/public/resources/social-networks-icon-sets/t-outline-circle-color/facebook.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Facebook" title="Facebook" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0" /></a> </td><td style="padding:0 5px 0 5px"><a href="https://twitter.com/BusVicTweets" target="_blank"><img src="https://app-rsrc.getbee.io/public/resources/social-networks-icon-sets/t-outline-circle-color/twitter.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Twitter" title="Twitter" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0" /></a></td><td style="padding:0 5px 0 5px"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bus-association-victoria/" target="_blank"><img src="https://app-rsrc.getbee.io/public/resources/social-networks-icon-sets/t-outline-circle-color/linkedin@2x.png" width="32" height="32" alt="LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="color:#808080;font-size:12px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12px;">Bus Association Victoria | 450 Graham Street | Port Melbourne 3207 | Australia</span></strong></span><br /> <span style="color:#808080;font-size:12px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12px;">ph: + 61 3 9645 3300 | web: www.busvic.asn.au</span></strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:10px;"><span style="color:#333333;font-size:10px;">If you are a BusVic member, please stay subscribed to receive important BusVic correspondence.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:10px;">unsubscribe </span></p></div></div> </td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><!-- End --></body></html></!doctype>
