PM Morrison speech seeks Accord-style outcomes from unions, business.
five key areas – award simplification, enterprise agreements, casuals and fixed term employees, compliance and enforcement, and greenfields agreements
five ‘working groups’ of unions, employers and select others (rural, multicultural, women, families) will have until September to come with ideas
The ACTU said they will approach process in good faith with two conditions:
‘will any proposal make jobs more secure for working people’, and ‘making sure that working people get their fair share of the nation’s wealth.’
The PM this morning says that the focus of possible IR reforms will be job creation rather than conditions at work. (ABC)
also said that he is considering introducing legislation to overrule a federal court decision making casual workers entitled to paid leave
The PM yesterday flagged delays in several areas:
said the timetable for a referendum on indigenous recognition would depend on whether ‘consensus is able to be achieved for it to be successful’
religious freedom changes and an anti-corruption body ‘not something Cabinet has considered for some time’
The federal government is working on a multi-billion scheme to construct residential housing (AFR):
being worked on by Treasurer Frydenberg and Minister for Housing Sukkar
expected to focus on large cash grants to buyers of new homes (SMH)
Former Premiers Mike Baird and Jay Weatherill have jointly called for National Cabinet to be retained for at least another twelve months to build a federal (as opposed to national) economic plan. (Guardian)
