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AREEA renews call to lift FWC retirement age

Resources employer organisation AREEA has asked Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth to raise the retirement age for FWC members from 65 to 70, saying it has a new urgency as the tribunal struggles with unprecedented workload growth.


Rishworth fast-tracks fuel-price relief case

Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has made the crucial determination that will enable the FWC to fast-track the TWU/ARTIO bid for fuel price relief in the road transport sector.


Tight deadline for feedback on draft determination

Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth is seeking feedback within 24 hours on her proposed determination for the TWU/ARTIO contractual chain application to fast-track fuel price relief for truck drivers and transport operators.


"Fairer fuel" bill passes parliament

Legislation to respond to the transport fuel price crisis by enabling the FWC to fast-track road transport contractual chain order applications to lift rates for truck drivers has passed federal parliament late today.


Canberra seeks another "real" rise in pay case

The Albanese Government has again kept its election promise to urge the FWC's Annual Wage Review bench to order real wage increases for award-reliant and minimum wage workers that keep pace with the cost of living.


ACTU seeks $995 weekly minimum wage

The ACTU is seeking a 5% rise in award rates and the federal minimum wage to keep pace with cost-of-living pressures "that have gotten a lot tougher" with the fuel price rises from the Middle East war and interest rate hikes.


New power for FWC to act urgently on fuel prices

The Albanese Government will amend the Fair Work Act to fast-track applications by unions and transport operators to win "emergency" supply chain orders from the FWC to raise rates to keep pace with surging fuel prices, driven by the Middle East war.


Government axed DEWR's James, Estimates reveals

The Federal Government ended the term of former DEWR secretary Natalie James, making her eligible for a payout of 12 months of her $932,000-plus annual salary, less super contributions, a PM&C official told a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra today.


DEWR's James leaving before tenure ends

The Albanese Government has announced that DEWR deputy secretary Tania Rishniw will serve as the department's acting secretary when secretary Natalie James' departs next month, eighteen months before her term expires.


New inquiry into national employment standards

A House of Representatives committee has begun an inquiry into the "operation and adequacy" of the National Employment Standards, after a referral from Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth.


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