Sumary of Senate passes gutted industrial relations omnibus bill:
- News Corp Australia, NCA NewsWire/Gary Ramage Other proposed reforms relating to wage theft, simpler awards and enterprise bargaining were dumped by the government when crossbench senators signalled they would veto most of the bill…
- The passing of laws – spruiked as giving employers and workers more flexibility – hung on the support of Centre Alliance senator Stirling Griff…
- But Senator Griff said he would only support parts of the bill that would strengthen protections against wage theft and provide clarity for casuals…
- News Corp Australia, NCA NewsWire/Gary Ramage Several minor parties moved amendments to the proposed legislation, creating a headache for the government, which already knew its proposed changes were dead…
- The government also canned new laws aimed at stopping wage theft, a move slammed by the nation peak trade union….