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The CFMEU has expressed serious concerns over the appointment of someone closely linked to the Robodebt scandal to a critical ACT public service role. Lisa Carmody has been appointed deputy director of the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD). CFMEU ACT has backed the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), which first raised … Continued
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CFMEU ACT has called for new judicial guidelines after a building site supervisor was ordered to make a video over a worker being left paraplegic. ACT Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker sentenced Karl Allred to a three-year good behaviour bond and ordered him to create a second work health and safety video for use in the … Continued
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The CFMEU has called for all ACT political parties to commit to introducing a trade licensing scheme after the government’s positive step towards making it a reality. Sustainable Building and Construction Minister Rebecca Vasarotti will today commit to working on trade licensing as a next step after the CFMEU’s successful campaign for developer licensing. The … Continued
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The CFMEU has declared the ACT Government’s decision to directly employ more traffic controllers will make Canberra’s roads safer. Critical road maintenance like fixing dangerous potholes and clearing debris will be fixed faster after Chief Minister Andrew Barr’s announcement that 71 public service jobs will be insourced. The positions include traffic controllers at roadworks, special … Continued
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Canberrans will be protected from shonky developers’ unethical behaviour under laws to be introduced to the ACT legislative assembly today. The CFMEU has campaigned for a developer licensing scheme for several years. Minister for Sustainable Building and Construction Rebecca Vassarotti will introduce legislation to the assembly which will mean: * Developers need to pass a … Continued
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The CFMEU has called for the Albanese government to boost the ACT and NT’s Senate seats to four in line with a parliamentary committee’s recommendation. A Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters report, released on Monday, says the territories should each be represented by four senators, up from two. CFMEU ACT and National Secretary Zach … Continued
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The ACT Government has positioned itself of the right side of history by unambiguously supporting a total ban on engineered stone products, according to the CFMEU. ACT Minister for Industrial Relations and Workplace Safety Mick Gentleman has announced the ACT will support a national prohibition on engineered stone at the next meeting of state and … Continued
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The CFMEU ACT is calling on the Territory Government to urgently introduce its long-mooted property developer licensing scheme, in light of ASIC disqualifying Canberra developer Paul Hamilton for two years for his involvement in five failed companies. The ACT Government signalled its intention to introduce a developer licensing scheme for several years, but the laws … Continued
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Oxfam Australia has welcomed news today that the ACT passed legislation to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14. We commend the ACT government as Australia’s first jurisdiction set to pass legislation to keep children younger than 14 out of prisons, and call on other jurisdictions to urgently heed expert advice and international … Continued
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Radiation therapists at Canberra Hospital will walk off the job and protest for an hour from 2:45pm this afternoon, as the Government refuses to negotiate a pay deal that will keep them in Canberra. Queensland has recently awarded radiation therapists an interim 25 per cent wage rise as they wait for the determination of a work … Continued
