MYSTERIOUS: 29 - What They Never Told You

Grattan on Friday: Government throws everything at securing workplace reforms before Christmas but Pocock keeps it guessing

Peter Reith would have appreciated the irony. In the week that the former industrial relations minister died, federal politics was yet again consumed with a highly charged debate over workplace changes.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022

Labor’s workplace bill passes lower house after further concessions on multi-employer bargaining

Most extensive IR legislation in two decades now moves to the Senate where independent David Pocock is the swing vote

The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2022

Remains of 18 Indigenous people held by UK museums return to Australia

Return is part of painstaking effort to recover thousands of ancestors stolen from traditional lands who now lie in more than 20 countries

The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2022

Government makes concessions on multi-employer bargaining bill

The Albanese government has made concessions to employers on its planned extension of multi-employer bargaining, as it hopes to fast track its industrial relations legislation through parliament before Christmas.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2022

Federal government makes multi-employer bargaining change in attempt to pass workplace bill

The federal government makes concessions to its contentious industrial relations legislation in a bid to pass the workplace bill before Christmas.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022

Labor agrees to amend workplace bill but pushback over multi-employer pay deals persists

Tony Burke says voting procedures on agreements have been changed as the government aims to get package through Senate by year’s end

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2022

Business groups score IR bill compromise

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has agreed to compromise with business groups on the government's controversial multi-employer bargaining reforms.

AAP · Nov 5, 2022

Albanese hits back at business groups’ threats to run anti-industrial relations bill ad campaign

Prime minister says the millions of dollars that would pay for the campaign could be used by companies to ‘pay workers better’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke pushing bill to lift wages despite concern from crossbenchers

Federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke pours cold water on demands to hive off contentious elements of his industrial relations bill, insisting he wants to fuel wage growth before Christmas.

ABC News · Nov 1, 2022

Childcare business boss backs Labor's controversial industrial reforms

Childcare boss breaks away from most business groups by supporting multi-employer bargaining reforms.

The Canberra Times · Oct 31, 2022