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The Wood inquiry interim report's recommendation to establish a regulator flies in the face of the union administrator's comments this week, while its draft building industry code extends beyond the 2013 code that provides its foundation.
The Crisafulli Government's proposed IR Bill "represents the most significant attack on worker rights and entitlements since the Newman era", Maurice Blackburn said in its submission to an inquiry into the legislation, as an inquiry into the legislation kicks off today.
Victoria's Kourakis Royal Commission into the construction sector today launched its first "block" of public hearings, which will examine the events surrounding a work stoppage on the Gap Road project in Sunbury in 2022, while it considers options for reform.
In the wake of the review of the Queensland IR Act, the Crisafulli Government has introduced legislation that enables the IR minister to terminate industrial action if it serves the public interest, prohibits workers from taking industrial action during conciliation or arbitration, and creates a new "fit and proper person" test for union officials.
Victoria's Parliament has passed legislation to establish a special prosecutor to assist the Kourakis Royal Commission into misconduct in the construction industry and expand IBAC's powers, but a Bill targeting unregistered unions has stalled in the upper house with no sitting days remaining before the election.
RBA monetary policy board member and former FWC president Iain Ross is leading South Australia's royal commission into artificial intelligence, which will consider matters including the effect of the technology on the labour market and work practices.
Victoria's Kourakis royal commission into the construction sector has appointed an acting assistant commissioner and already held closed hearings in order to gather confidential information, it revealed at its first official hearing today.
Two silks with backgrounds in building and construction, criminal, administrative and public law are leading the legal team for Chris Kourakis' Royal Commission into crime and misconduct in the Victorian construction industry, ahead of its first hearing.
Early educators guaranteed 15% pay rise; "De-escalation" training for parliamentarians; Loxton, Stam appointed to SAET; and Technology and productivity inquiry.
Extend family and domestic violence provisions to include perpetrators beyond immediate family, weigh whether to expand the employee-like worker framework to include journalists and performers, and form a tripartite committee of unions and employers to report annually on emerging IR issues, the Closing Loopholes review's final report recommends.
