Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill

Colleagues, that brings us to Part 2, which is debate on clause 11 and the Schedule.

💬 David Seymour: Madam Chair.

CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): I’m not surprised.

I have to say—

CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): This is a very tight debate.

—I believe that Part 2 is an excellent part relative to the quality of the rest of this bill, which is still a very low bar, and I intend to debate it with the same level of tightness and precision and closeness to the actual contents of the bill as Kieran McAnulty, the member in charge of the bill, showed in his previous speech. I want to give him an opportunity for personal growth, because one hopes that in our society we have a virtuous circle where if somebody is kind to you, refrains from personally insulting you, and actually defends you from personal insults, then the thing to do is to try to reciprocate. Reciprocity is what Kieran McAnulty, I think, should be trying to grow into.

CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): I’d like you to grow into the part in the bill.

I leave him with that thought, because if he did that, then who knows? He might have done a better job of drafting Part 2. But, sadly, he hasn’t, and that’ll have to be for another day. Thank you, Madam Chair.

OK, that was very enlightening.