Posts tagged "house of representatives"

Small businesses would be granted a dedicated complaints process within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, fast-tracking their concerns about breaches of competition law or franchising regulations, under a new bill before the House of Representatives.

Independent Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock have successfully pushed four industrial relations reforms through the Senate, setting up a Lower House battle against a federal government still hoping to contain its contentious IR reforms in one giant bill. 

A parliamentary spat over dress standards has drawn attention to changing expectations for workplace attire, particularly the need for a neck tie —and whether it still has a place in the white-collar workplace.

The government's latest company director crackdown will see new laws tackle dodgy resignations and cheap asset sales that rip off creditors.

A bill introduced to Parliament by independent member Rob Oakeshott that would allow the Government to audit private recipients of Governmen…

The Australian sharemarket has dropped today after negative leads from Wall Street and falling commodity prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200…

One of Australia’s biggest trading partners has been hit by the biggest quarterly GDP contraction on record.   Japan’s economy, the seco…

The Australian sharemarket has enjoyed another rise today after the US central bank surprised Wall Street by announcing it will embark on a …