The Australian Government has today announced the appointment of Ms Justine Ross as Chief Executive Officer of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency.

Australia’s Building Ministers have agreed to develop an implementation plan for reforms aimed at ensuring the safety of the building and construction sector.

Workplace Minister Craig Laundy has called on Bill Shorten to ensure staff at the centre of bullying allegations in the office of the Member for Lindsay now have access to appropriate assistance.

Melbourne-based company YBF Ventures will use a $500,000 Australian Government grant to expand its innovation hub in support of Australian start-ups developing Web 3.0 technology.

The Turnbull Government has today welcomed the first day of family and domestic violence leave for up to 2.3 million workers, while committing to extend the entitlement to a further six million workers.

The release today of annual data on household income and labour has demolished Labor’s claims of growing inequality in Australia.

Minister Laundy has officially launched a plan by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) aimed at reducing complexity and improving access to small and family business owners.

Eleven businesses across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia have been offered $3.5 million of Accelerating Commercialisation (AC) funding, bringing them closer to launching their innovations in local and international markets.

The Palaszczuk Government’s decision to appoint a notorious CFMEU bully to the Queensland Building and Construction is an indicator of what would happen under a Shorten Labor Government.

After appearing on Sky News this morning encouraging workers to contact Fair Work if they have bullying concerns, I was gobsmacked to hear Labor contacted media denying their own federal electoral office staff are covered by the Fair Work Act.

Bill Shorten’s false claims about so-called insecure work lie in tatters today, following an analysis published by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).

A decision by the Victorian DPP to drop blackmail charges against the state’s CFMEU branch leaders does not alter the union’s history as one of the country’s most unlawful organisations.   “On this occasion the Victorian DPP decided not to proceed with the charges and this is of course a matter for them to determine. […]

An Australian company taking the fear out of children’s medical procedures by turning them into a virtual reality adventure is among 13 innovators being offered more than $6.6 million in development funding.   Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation Craig Laundy today announced grants, provided under the Accelerating Commercialisation element of the […]

Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, Craig Laundy, today welcomed the launch of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s Small Business Showcase. The online hub has information for different stages of a small business including hiring, paying employees, keeping the right records and managing employees.

The Labor Party has confirmed that it has no forward looking agenda when it comes to workplace relations, jobs or the economy – they are simply waiting by the phone for direction from trades hall, picking up out-dated, reckless policies at the direction of the union movement. Their agenda will cost hard working Australians their […]

Labor has left the door wide open for the ACTU’s blueprint to destroy millions of jobs and plunge Australia into industrial chaos not seen since the 1970s.

Australia’s most senior union official has once again declared that she believes unions are above the law. Speaking on ABC television last night, the ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said “If a law is unjust or if it’s unfair, it is OK in some circumstances to not follow it… It’s a basic principle that people have […]

The Turnbull Government will ensure that up to a further six million workers covered by the Fair Work Act will have access to 5 days unpaid family and domestic violence leave per year. This follows a decision by the independent Fair Work Commission today to provide 5 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave […]

The Australian Government has secured directions from the Full Federal Court of Australia in a judgment this week that maintains protection of workers’ entitlements where their employer is an insolvent corporate trustee. Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, Craig Laundy, said the Federal Court’s directions in Killarnee Civil & Concrete Contractors […]

Australia’s most senior union official has once again declared that she believes unions are above the law. Speaking on ABC television last night, the ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said “If a law is unjust or if it’s unfair, it is OK in some circumstances to not follow it… It’s a basic principle that people have […]

In yet another example of the endemic lawlessness of the CFMEU the Federal Court has today handed down fines totalling $817,500 against the union and its officials after they were found to have illegally shut down two major Brisbane worksites in 2013.

Figures released by the Australian Electoral Commission show 10 million reasons why Bill Shorten is beholden to his union masters.

Bill Shorten and his union candidate for Batman, Ged Kearney have unveiled a plan to destroy jobs, kill family businesses, and shut an entire generation of young Australians out of the labour market. “Labor’s irresponsible proposal to shove the independent umpire aside, ignore the views of the jobless and employers, and legislate for an increase […]

Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, Craig Laundy, welcomed news that miners at Glencore’s Oaky Creek mine in Queensland will be returning to work.

The Australian Government remains committed to taking strong action against employers who fail to meet their employment entitlement obligations, even in insolvency, through its Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) Recovery Program.