The Senate has moved onto debating another non-controversial bill, which aims to bolster laws around anti-competitive conduct. #auspol
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Labor will back everything in the bill, apart from one section which increases maximum penalties for breaching secondary boycotts. #auspol
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Labor senator Pat Dodson says secondary boycott penalties often target trade unions engaging in sympathy strikes.
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The Greens will also back the bill, granted the provisions around secondary boycotts are removed.
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann rejects calls to strip tougher secondary boycott penalties from the bill. Bells ring, division required.
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The secondary boycott provisions were dumped from the competition bill after a Senate vote, so legislation clears the upper house.
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