FWC President Adam Hatcher has refused to stay the deregistration of one auditor and suspension of another found to fallen short in their duties to an embattled HSU branch, concluding that no weight should be given to their "desire for reputational repair" while their appeals are heard.
The Victorian lower house has passed legislation targeting unregistered unions, after RAFFWU, the Greens and the Liberal Party accused Labor of factional favours and of undermining freedom of association, while the State's workplace protection legislation has passed Parliament.
The FWC has temporarily increased the vehicle-related allowances in the SCHADS and aged care awards to compensate workers for the fuel price surge from the Middle East conflict, but has declined to make the change in 39 other awards.
After its CFMEU raid today, Victoria Police has revealed that its investigation relates to drug trafficking in addition to the "secret commissions" or "kickbacks", and has charged two of the five men it arrested.
The ACTU has stopped conducting a survey of union officials on their inflation expectations that it previously provided to the RBA, because of its influence on the central bank's interest rates decisions, but says it is committed to developing a better methodology.
Shadow IR minister Jane Hume has introduced a Bill that would enable the CFMEU's administrator to indefinitely expel members or disqualify union officers, and ensure they could not work for other unions.
RAFFWU is accusing new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll of rewarding his "political masters" at the SDA after his Government introduced legislation that will shut down the unregistered union.
A new analysis argues CFMEU corruption is a response to declining union power after the deregulation of IR and the shift to decentralised wage-setting.
Victoria's new Premier Ben Carroll has pledged to accept the recommendations of an IBAC report that finds the former Andrews Labor Government allowed UFU secretary Peter Marshall to exert "extraordinary influence" in negotiations for a controversial agreement.
