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ABCC has powers wound back as federal government prepares its abolition

The government this week will take the first step in killing off the controversial Australian Building and Construction Commission by stripping back its powers “to the bare legal minimum”.

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Pandemic leave payments restored until September 30 under Albanese government

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the decision after a national cabinet meeting, which had been brought forward from Monday to early Saturday to discuss the escalating COVID-19 wave.

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Equal pay and opportunities for women to be a priority at Albanese’s September job summit

Ensuring equal opportunities and pay for women is one of the wide range of topics laid down for the federal government’s jobs summit.

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New data says part-time work is accentuating the gender pay gap and holding women back from executive positions

At every age group less than 50% of women were full-time in 2021, according to new data issued by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

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Morrison’s new $500 million fund for low-emissions tech to enable investment in CCS

Scott Morrison has pledged $500 million towards a new $1 billion fund to promote investment in Australian companies to develop low-emissions technologies.

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Senate inquiry “declares” Scott Morrison should apologise to Christine Holgate

The Senate inquiry into the Christine Holgate affair has declared Scott Morrison, shareholder ministers and the Australia Post board should apologise to the former CEO “for denying her the legal principles of procedural fairness and natural justice”.

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Christine Holgate blasts Scott Morrison for “one of the worst acts of bullying”

Appearing before a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate inflicted a serious blow on Scott Morrison and left Australia Post chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo badly wounded.

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Labor’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund aims to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post-pandemic economy

The $15 billion would be provided through a combination of loans, equity, co-investment and guarantees, with the fund aimed at helping build new industries and boosting existing ones.

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Morrison’s new “women’s network”: What is it, who is involved, and will it help anything?

Morrison wants to make his “women’s problems” – to the extent they can be addressed at a policy level – a whole-of-government challenge.

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Apprentice wage subsidies boosted with $1.2 billion extension, ahead of post-JobKeeper support package

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce a $1.2 billion extension of the government’s wage subsidy for businesses taking on apprentices.

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Government scraps Better Off Overall Test change from Fair Work reforms, and Labor stands firm on opposing whole bill

The government has caved to crossbench pressure to drop its plan to enable the suspension of the Better Off Overall Test for COVID-affected businesses.

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State by state: Here’s how many people received JobKeeper 1.0 and 2.0

As JobKeeper enters its final weeks, the government has released the latest ATO breakdown of the numbers coming off the program.

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