Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, , 6:44:40 to 7:02:09
Officials explain the process for cross-checking right of entry permit applications against the list of removed persons and mention a current investigation involving Michael Ravbar.
Topics: Workplace relations, Integrity
Speakers: Patrick Coyle, Senator Maria Kovacic, Senator Marielle Smith, Murray Furlong
So if if you're approached for a right of entry um permit, do you cross-check to see if they are removed person?
We do.
You do. So you need to go to the to the administrator to get that information and they'll confirm that with you?
Well, we already have a list of quite a number of names.
But you don't have all of them, so you won't know. But we but we do cross-check with the administrator or your own list.
We we have a standing arrangement where we were um would would look at um engaging with the administrator about whether they have information about a person that's relevant to a right of entry permanent if they were previously a permit holder for the CFMU.
And what if they okay, that's right. Did you want to go to the vote as that? Sure.
Please, Mr. Fellow.
There's also a civil penalty regime associated with removed persons. So there's a reactive regulatory um powers that we have in relation to this. So I'll ask Mr. Court just to give you a minute um update on one of our investigations that relates to these provisions around uh removed person.
Sure.
So um thank thank you to Mr. Furlong. As a regulator, we receive information from a range of sources. If a person is concerned that um if any if any stakeholder is concerned that a person who is a removed person has been employed contrary to the red the removed person's provisions, uh we receive we can receive information about that and we can investigate those matters. Um pointing point in question. We currently have an a current investigation uh in relation to the UFUA and whether the UFUA may have engaged um a person who is a removed person being Michael Ravbar, the former Secretary of the Queensland Divisional Branch.
Okay.
Thank you.
We are due to uh suspend, so we'll be suspending for 15 minutes. I understand we do still require you after the break, just to give senators um an indication uh who are seeking the fair work ombudsman. Um we are currently running an hour and fifteen minutes behind. Um so we'll be continuing with the Fair Work Commission when we return.
CFM EU officials being allowed to resign rather than being dismissed, potentially allowing them to avoid being classified as removed persons under the Act.