The Morrison Government has appointed former West Australian Under Treasurer, Tim Marney, to help lead its efforts to regrow jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Getting Australians back into work will be the central focus of the Morrison Government's first industrial relations reform roundtables due to take place in Sydney today.
Strict privacy protections for users of the COVIDSafe app will now be enshrined in law after legislation introduced by the Morrison Government was today passed by Parliament.
The Morrison Government will issue a new Regulation under the Fair Work Act to limit any changes made to enterprise agreements in response to the coronavirus pandemic to be effective for no more than 12 months.
Attorney-General, Christian Porter, congratulated Ms Sia Lagos on her appointment as Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar (CEO) of the Federal Court of Australia. Ms Lagos has been the acting CEO of the Federal Court since October 2019.
Ensuring Australians get their fair share of legal settlements will be the focus of a parliamentary committee inquiry which will examine all aspect of the class action system, including the enormous profits being made by litigation funders.
