Lawyers have told the Productivity Commission that its proposals to end tenure for new FWC appointees and to subject members to performance reviews would undermine the umpire's independence, while raising concern about a suggestion that only non-lawyers should determine matters in the proposed minimum standards division.
The Heydon Royal Commission will examine whether CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch secretary Brian Parker received secret commissions or benefits from construction companies or subcontractors, counsel assisting told a hearing this morning.
ACTU calls for PC to change tack in IR inquiry; Consider Sunday penalty rate cuts, says Turnbull minister; and MUA urges members not to respond to FWO on Hutchison dispute.
The Victorian Government has criticised the Productivity Commission's proposal to create a "two-tiered" penalty rate system, saying it is at odds with its overall view that there is no need for wholesale change to the Fair Work Act.
The Heydon Royal Commission has decided not to recall former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson as a witness before it delivers its final report at the end of the year.
Festering tensions within the Queensland branch of the CFMEU's construction and general division have been exposed by a secret recording from July this year that has been released by the Heydon Royal Commission.
The CFMEU's construction and general division today won an temporary injunction to stop the Australian Federal Police from handling, viewing or copying material it seized from the union's Canberra office last month.
A former Mirvac Queensland manager gave approval to provide materials and tradespeople for a house being built by a State secretary of the BLF, the Heydon Royal Commission has heard.
The CFMEU has launched legal action against the Australian Federal Police, alleging that police attached to the Heydon Royal Commission conducted an unlawful raid on its offices last month.
A plumber and drainage contractor paid $4000 for tickets to a BLF charity boxing night and recouped the cost from the building company Mirvac, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
