The ACTU’s Sally McManus said Dubai’s royal family wanted to pressure the federal government not to stand by working people in the dispute on Australia’s ports.
Sources say one option put forward by the Safe Work Australia report,expected to be released on Friday,is an all-out ban of the product.
The NSW government is doubling penalties for operators using the deadly silica stone benches without providing adequate safety protection for workers.
Robert Ireland told politicians more deaths would be on their heads if they blocked legislation to give minimum standards to road transport workers.
Skyrocketing grocery prices,higher energy bills and soaring airfares will all go under the microscope of Professor Allan Fels in an inquiry launching on Thursday.
Rideshare drivers and food deliverers are expected to receive an extra $400 million a year,while wages in the labour-hire sector could rise by $510 million annually,detail in the bill shows.
Labor has created its policy position on AI,which will for the first time outline the party’s approach to the amorphous technology dominating global debate.
Independent senator David Pocock will hold a roundtable on Wednesday to hear arguments for and against changes to labour hire laws,the gig economy and casual work.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed Crean will be given a state funeral,saying his passing was a “great loss for the labour movement,but a great loss for our nation as well”.
In its submission to Safe Work Australia’s probe,the ACTU said the engineered stone benchtops were a “fashion item,” not an essential building material,and should be banned.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says there’s no evidence of wages being a driver of recent high inflation.