The TWU has asked the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to defer its minimum rates order, in a bid to head-off or delay abolition of the Tribunal by the Turnbull Government.
The Turnbull Government now intends to immediately introduce legislation to scrap the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal when the Federal Parliament resumes next week.
The Turnbull Government has pressed ahead with its application for a three-month ban on industrial action by border protection and immigration workers, which is being strongly opposed by the CPSU.
The FWC in reasons for issuing a temporary "national security" anti-strike order on the weekend, has rejected the CPSU's argument that the tribunal has no power to make interim orders and should have expedited a full hearing of the matter.
The FWC has ordered Immigration and Border Force employees at international airports to return to work today after making an interim decision to suspend protected action.
The CPSU will resume industrial action at international airports from tomorrow, after postponing plans for Easter strikes in response to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's request in the wake of last week's terror attacks in Brussels.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has enlisted Family First Senator Bob Day to broker an agreed position among his crossbench colleagues on the ABCC and Registered Organisations bills, in a bid to avoid a double dissolution.
The CPSU has confirmed it will postpone planned industrial action over the Easter long weekend at airports across Australia in the wake of yesterday's Brussels terror attacks.
The Turnbull Government is seeking to make a direct link between the Heydon Royal Commission's findings and the ABCC legislation that looks set to be a double-dissolution trigger, but there is no concrete policy connection between the two, according to a leading IR academic.
