The COALition’s ironically titled “Ensuring Integrity Bill”, more appropriately known as Union Busting Bill, did not pass in the Senate, after the COALition bulldozed it in the Lower House.
Observers and pundits, as the COALition itself, were sure that abomination would pass (to be honest, so was I). Apparently, its leading promoter, the Attorney General and federal Industrial Relations Minister, Christian Porter, had even invited the press to a conference to crow about a victory they were already savouring.
Instead, Michele O’Neil (ACTU President) and the indefatigable Sally McManus (Secretary), after intense campaigning, had the last laugh.
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The COALition and ultra-conservative Senator Cory Bernardi supported the Bill, as did the Centre Alliance (disappointingly), but their numbers did not suffice to push the Bill past the finish line. The Australian Labor Party, the Australian Greens, One Nation, and independent Senator Jacqui Lambie opposed it.
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My thanks to all who voted against the Bill. But very special thanks go to comrades O’Neil and McManus, to all unionists, and rank-and-file union members. Together, we did it, boys and girls!
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Still, a note of caution is required. As welcome as that news is, the execrable Porter, in true COALition fashion, promised they will insist on that monstrosity. These people will not stop until they further humiliate and impoverish us or until we finally defeat them. That’s why it’s called class war.
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