Key crossbench senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock are talking about their negotiations with the federal government on the Closing Loopholes laws.
Yesterday, Office Relations Minister Tony Burke mentioned the conversations with the pair have been constructive, and he was hopeful to succeed in an settlement quickly.
“There’s no negotiation with David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie that’s a straightforward one,” he mentioned on ABC radio.
Senator Jacqui Lambie doesnt’ help strikes to enshrine a ‘proper to disconnect’ in laws.Credit score: Alex Ellinghausen
On RN Breakfast this morning, Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie appeared with impartial senator David Pocock to talk about the legisations.
Lambie advised this system she has points with the definition of informal employment, proper of entry for unions and the “proper to disconnect”.
“I feel going by way of COVID … we discovered how one can be very, very versatile and there’s a lot extra choices the place folks can earn a living from home.
“I simply marvel if … you’ll be able to’t make a cellphone name, or you’ll be able to’t do one thing, and you have already got an issue then you’ll be able to go to Truthful Work and that [option] already exists,” she mentioned.
Lambie added that in ten years in politics, she had by no means been spoken to about getting cellphone calls after hours.
“I simply suppose if there’s not an issue, why are we attempting to repair it.”