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Bill: Healthy Workplace Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2102
Description[?]:
| We feel that there is a need for common standards across the country as far as these issues are concerned. We will try to work with our friends in the business community as well as other parties to get the most practical and reasonable code for the nation. Amendments RLP 1) All regulations must be passed on by the Senate, not put into place by the commission itself. 2) All regulations must have a sunset clause of no more than 5 years, requiring reapproval to continue. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: There are no set health and safety regulations for industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:14:27, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 18:28:29, August 18, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | We must oppose this intrusion by the government into a purly private area. It is the first step down a road leading to 50 pages of regulations describing on the job toilets. The only beneficiaries will be the hordes of bureaucrats needed to write and enforce these regulations, while the real loosers willbe the poor consumers of our great nation, who will pay for this over and over. First, thier taxes will pay for the regulatory mechanisms. Second, the increased costs of doing business will be passed ion to them in the from of increased prices. Third, the increased costs of doing business will be an incentive for business to relocate off shore. If you care at all for the people of this great land and thier continued prosperity, you must vote a resounding NO to this intrusive, statist legislation! |
| Date | 07:52:41, August 19, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | I'm as concerned about business interests as anyone in this country...just a look at my record will demonstrate that. I can understand your sentiments, however even libertarians agree that capitalism needs a minimal amount of regulation to function effectively. That's why they believe in a State in the first place. If you are a minarchist, thats a different thing. Anyway, I don't think you anything to fear from this proposal, since much of it will simply be based on what is already being practised, as well as best practices. The rest will simply lay down the rights of all parties that has never been formalised before. |
| Date | 10:45:01, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | I am for both this and the tax cuts you recently proposed, but can this new program be justified with less revenue? |
| Date | 13:48:29, August 19, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | We now have the mandate to kill a lot of things that the left has so far held up...free/subsidised condoms for instance, pension reform, lots of little things... We'll find the money...besides this won't dramatically increase the cost on govt or the private sector, it's basically just formalising what's informally present. |
| Date | 14:23:21, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Söhne der Freiheit | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | In that case you have our full support. |
| Date | 16:01:55, August 19, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | A minimal amount of regulation we can agree with, but we believe that this is the camel's nose in the tent for a great deal more than that. If some form of strict review on the regulations proposed by this body can be instituted, we may support. |
| Date | 09:10:16, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | I can understand that- why don't you propose what you'd like incorporated, and i'll put it in. |
| Date | 17:13:49, August 22, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | 1) All regulations must be passed on by the Senate, not put into place by the commission itself. 2) All regulations must have a sunset clause of no more than 5 years, requiring reapproval to continue. |
| Date | 10:39:14, August 23, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | I've put it in. |
| Date | 13:09:03, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | i agree. |
| Date | 20:48:28, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Healthy Workplace Act |
| Message | We are not too keen on increasing the governments role in industry, and will only support this if govt. intereference is limited and only applied when extremely necessary. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 104 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 111 |
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