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Grocon collapse should spur national security of payment laws
The collapse of construction company Grocon shows Australia needs effective national security of payment laws to ensure workers, subcontractors and small businesses are not left carrying the can when builders and property developers go into administration or...
Apprentice & hiring schemes create recipe for exploitation
Apprentice & hiring schemes create recipe for exploitation Measures in the Federal Budget aimed at encouraging businesses to take on apprentices and new workers will do nothing to stem the declining completion rates of apprenticeships and could open the door to...
Budget a missed opportunity for social housing & apprentices
The 2020 Federal Budget is a missed opportunity to spark a construction boom in the social and affordable housing Australia desperately needs and does little to support apprentices over the long-term, says the CFMEU National Construction Division. “Construction of...
Wage growth in construction is good for our economy
The Australian Financial Review ran an opinion piece by Damien Tudehope, NSW Minister for Finance and Small Business, titled “Union extortion ransoms jobs”. The article below is a response from Dave Noonan, CFMEU National Construction Secretary. As an...