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Building wrap-up: DEWR approval holding up construction bargaining

A month after a sub-group of Victorian construction industry employers and the CFMEU signed off on their pattern deal, they are still waiting for a decision from DEWR on whether it complies with the Federal Government's code of practice for the construction industry. The MBA in NSW is also still waiting on the department to give final clearance to the two separate deals the CFMEU in that state is pushing, while in developments in Queensland, the IRC will arbitrate the dispute over the union's move to change RDOs for building workers, which is causing disruption on sites around the state.