Victoria's Andrews Government has appointed former ACTU president Sharan Burrow and ex-FWC president Iain Ross to key roles on a tripartite taskforce to improve safety and support for apprentices.
The Albanese government has appointed Mordy Bromberg, a senior Federal Court judge who jointly leads its employment and IR practice area, as president of the Australian Law Reform Commission.
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled a statue commemorating the landmark 1969 equal pay protest by trade union activist and feminist Zelda D'Aprano, who chained herself to the door of the Commonwealth building in Melbourne.
A welcome ceremony for new FWC member Sharon Durham has heard the Queensland IR Minister's former chief of staff discovered IR was her thing at 17 years old while working as a services union print room assistant and learnt the 80/20 bargaining rule at the plumbers union.
AWU national secretary Daniel Walton is stepping down after almost seven years, announcing his departure at the same time as pressuring the Albanese Labor Government to promote domestic manufacturing by introducing an export tax on unprocessed critical minerals.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has today continued his "rebalancing" of the Fair Work Commission, appointing seven commissioners and a deputy president, all with union or union-friendly backgrounds.
The Albanese Government has appointed its secretary for public sector reform, Gordon de Brouwer, as the new Australian Public Service Commissioner, as the federal public sector prepares for a return to centralised bargaining.