Productivity Commission Amendment (Addressing Inequality) Bill 2017

The majority voted in favour of a motion to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a third time. The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide whether they too want it to become law.

What does the bill do?

The bill was introduced to:

• expand the functions of the Productivity Commission to include the undertaking of research on inequality and its effects on the Australian economy and community; and
• require the commission to have regard in the exercise of its functions to the need to mitigate the negative effects of inequality.