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Labor s radical IR restructure will come as a massive $20b tax on business11/02/2021|13min
Attorney-General Christian Porter says Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s eight-point plan to reform Australian Industrial Relations will result in a “radical restructure” of the workplace which will come at a “massive cost” to business.
Outlining his IR reforms on Wednesday, Mr Albanese expressed concern about the three and a half million casual workers, including delivery drivers and their work conditions, claiming the “largely unregulated” industry puts “unacceptable pressure” on gig workers.
Mr Porter accused Mr Albanese of only “pretending to be on the side of the workers” but failing to count the cost of his IR reforms.
Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke has reinforced job security as a Labor priority while launching a counterattack at Attorney-General Christian Porter for labelling the new IR reform package as an “extinction level” event.
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese unveiled an eight-point plan for an Industrial Relations overhaul on Wednesday night with entitlements and benefits for casual workers in the gig economy a centrepiece feature of the new scheme.
Mr Burke backed the strategy, claiming what business needs to transition out of the pandemic-induced downturn is a customer base with the confidence to spend.
“If people have security it means they can afford to spend, they can have the confidence to spend, it determines whether or not they can get a loan.”
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Porter described the IR reform plan as one of the most unlimited, unqualified, quite outlandish promises that has ever been made in the history of industrial relations”.
“It doesn
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In this image from video made in 2005, Abdul Benbrika, an Algerian-born Muslim cleric, speaks during an interview at his home in Melbourne, Australia. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison after they have served their sentences.
Five of the seven High Court judges dismissed a constitutional challenge by convicted terrorist Abdul Benbrika, who remains in a Victoria state prison despite his 15-year sentence expiring in November last year.
The 60-year-old Muslim cleric is the first to be incarcerated by a so-called continuing detention order based on an anti-terror law created in 2017.
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese unveiled an eight-point plan for an Industrial Relations overhaul on Wednesday night saying the next election will not be a referendum on the pandemic but on jobs.
It included a promise to let contractors who move between jobs transfer their annual and sick leave entitlements and would also give government contracts to companies which offer secure work options.
Mr Albanese expressed concern about the three and a half million casual workers, including delivery drivers and their work conditions, saying the “largely unregulated” industry puts “unacceptable pressure” on gig workers.
However, Attorney-General Christian Porter criticised the proposal as a promise “without qualification or limitation”, saying it would essentially be an annual $20 billion business tax.
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