A welcome ceremony for new FWC member Sharon Durham has heard the Queensland IR Minister's former chief of staff discovered IR was her thing at 17 years old while working as a services union print room assistant and learnt the 80/20 bargaining rule at the plumbers union.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has today continued his "rebalancing" of the Fair Work Commission, appointing seven commissioners and a deputy president, all with union or union-friendly backgrounds.
The Albanese Government has appointed its secretary for public sector reform, Gordon de Brouwer, as the new Australian Public Service Commissioner, as the federal public sector prepares for a return to centralised bargaining.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says the two new appointments to the RBA board - ex-FWC president Iain Ross and business executive Elana Rubin - came from an existing list of potential candidates.
Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher has paid tribute to outgoing Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott, who has announced that he will retire when his five-year term ends.
Former long-serving union organiser and ACTU manager Mary Doyle has achieved a historic victory in yesterday's by-election for the federal seat of Aston on Melbourne's eastern fringe.
Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker has confirmed that she will not seek reappointment when her term expires in July, with DEWR now advertising for her replacement.
The Albanese Government has today announced the appointment of five new members from union or union-friendly backgrounds, along with the promotion of Deputy President Ingrid Asbury - a former AiG executive - to the vice president position left vacant with the ascension of Adam Hatcher to president.
