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19 August 2024 Master Builders acknowledges the Coalition’s commitment for long-term reform of the building and construction industry. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has introduced two private members’ bills this morning which seek to reintroduce the ABCC and ensure the integrity of registered organisations. “Master Builders strongly opposed the abolition of the ABCC … Continued
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This week, the Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL) will host international poverty measurement expert Professor Sabina Alkire to gain a clearer insight into how Australia can better measure and track poverty rates. In 1975 a landmark Commission on poverty in Australia called for the establishment of a national poverty measure. Now, nearly 50 years later, … Continued
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The Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler, today announced the recipients of the 2024 Jeannie Ferris Award, which recognises outstanding achievements in improving equity of outcomes for people affected by cancer in Australia. The Award recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to improving equity in cancer outcomes for people … Continued
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On 16 August 2024, the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade will conduct its first public hearing for its inquiry into Australia’s response to the priorities of Pacific Islands and countries in the Pacific. During the full day public hearing, the Subcommittee will hear evidence from diplomatic and regional … Continued
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15 August 2024 Today the Parliament has decided to prioritise party politics at the expense of cleaning up the CFMEU, leaving the building and construction industry in limbo. Master Builders Australia CEO Denita Wawn said the industry has been under a cloud of uncertainty for a month since the Nine investigation into the … Continued
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A parliamentary committee inquiring into the operation of the National Redress Scheme is expecting to finish its inquiry in October 2024. If you have been thinking about making a written submission, you should send it to [email protected] as soon as possible. Submissions will close on 2 September 2024. The National Redress Scheme was established in response to the Royal Commission … Continued
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Building new market-rate homes improves affordability by lowering rents on most existing homes, new research released today by e61 Institute has found. The analysis of 9.4 million rental transactions from 2007 to 2022 found that, on average, rentals became 3.6% cheaper for every decade they aged, becoming more affordable to most renters over time … Continued
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Catholic Health Australia (CHA) has today released new analysis that exposes private health insurers’ soaring profits while many private hospitals struggle to remain viable. The analysis, published in a position paper, uses publicly available data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA). “This analysis demonstrates a troubling … Continued
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If the Australian Government is to achieve its goal of closer alignment of the skills training and higher education systems, it needs to first recognise, and then actively harness the strengths of independent providers across both those systems. That’s the view of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent … Continued
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A new shareholder activism campaign has been launched that targets media companies Nine Entertainment and Seven West in an effort to stop them taking advertisements from gambling companies. The Alliance for Gambling Reform has joined forces with activist share trading platform SIX to use investor power to stop gambling ads at Australia’s big media companies. … Continued
