Groundhog day as Albanese makes a strategic play
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Just before midnight on Tuesday, two Uber drivers were chatting outside a 7-Eleven in Sydneyâs central business district.
They were about to be interrupted by the arrival of Tony Burke, Laborâs industrial relations spokesman, who was holding a press conference at that odd hour to critique the Morrison governmentâs proposed workplace changes â and spruik the oppositionâs plans for gig economy workers.
Many of the policies Labor leader Anthony Albanese is proposing are similar to those his predecessor Bill Shorten put to the nation in 2019.
THIRD HOLIDAY INN CASE
Victoria’s health department has listed several new potential exposure sites in Sunbury, north-west of Melbourne, as the ABC reports that three people have now tested positive from the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn:
Sunbury Square Shopping Centre (specifically Aldente Deli, Bakers Delight, Sushi Sushi, and Asian Star) from 3:40-4:30pm Friday, February 5
PJ’s Pet Warehouse, Sunbury from 3:37-4:10pm Friday, February 5
Cellarbrations, Sunbury from 6:17-7:02pm Saturday, February 6
and 6:17-7:02pm Sunday, February 7
Sunny Life Massage in Sunbury Square Shopping Centre from 4:30-6:30pm Saturday, February 6
Earlier yesterday,
Dan Andrews confirmed the quarantine worker who tested positive on Sunday has the “UK variant” of the virus and that the working theory for infections at the hotel is aerosol transmission.
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Labor’s IR policies will do nothing to boost jobs and investment during recovery
“The focus of IR reform during the recovery from the greatest economic decline since the Great Depression needs to be on measures to boost jobs and investment. Unfortunately, the policies being announced by the Opposition Leader today do not pass this test,” Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group said today.
Casual workers
“The vague indicia approach that the Federal Court adopted in the WorkPac v Skene and WorkPac v Rossato cases is unworkable in the real world. It appears that Labor wants to lock-in the uncertainty caused by these controversial decisions. What is needed is a definition of a ‘casual employee’ that recognises the very widespread industry practice. In the real world, employees who are engaged as casuals and paid a casual loading are treated as casual employees for the purposes of the Fair Work Act and awards. It is unfair to a
The Labor leader is promising to give government contracts to companies delivering secure jobs and let contractors who move jobs take leave provisions with them.