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Work law reform hinges on small business

The government continues to negotiate with crossbenchers on its proposed changes to workplace laws as the spotlight turns to the size of businesses exempted.

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What is the sticking point in Labor’s industrial relations bill and how would it work?

Independent senator David Pocock has told Labor to pull the ‘single-interest stream’ element out of its workplace bill to get the rest through

The Guardian - AU

Whistleblower protection must not be an afterthought – it is the main game of integrity

Australia’s patchwork of whistleblower protection laws has many holes – this week’s developments must be the beginning, not the end, of a changed approach

The Guardian - AU

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Labor fast-tracks territory rights vote to increase chance of passing workplace laws this year

Crossbench senator David Pocock says the two extra sitting days approved by the Senate to pass legislation is ‘a start’ but more time is needed

The Guardian - AU

Labor strikes deal to make electric vehicles cheaper

A deal to make electric vehicles more accessible has moved a step closer.

Newcastle Herald

Afternoon Update: Nauru refugees land in New Zealand; EVs to become cheaper; and a giant goldfish

First six refugees resettled in New Zealand from Australia’s offshore processing facility, nine years after the initial offer

The Guardian - AU

Labor rams through bills before Christmas

The Senate will sit for two extra days and for longer to pass all the government's legislation before parliament rises for the final time this year.

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Officials accused of Googling cost of key Labor bill

Bureaucrats have been accused of Googling costs to business of the contentious IR bill, amid a storm over a “spiritual healer”.

The New Daily

'Electric car discount' to pass parliament, taking thousands off the cost of popular low emissions cars

Crossbench senators have agreed to support a deal that will make some electric vehicles cheaper, and end tax benefits for plug-in hybrids from 2025.

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Workplace law changes up in the air

The government is ferociously negotiating with Senate crossbenchers to pass its workplace relation legislation by Christmas despite concerns it's being rushed.

AAP

Where are the government's workplace laws? Will they pass this year?

A report into the government's contentious workplace relations bill is set to be handed down today, likely to prompt a sense of which way two key Senate crossbenchers are leaning.

ABC News

Paul Bongiorno: Prepared for extra time, the Albanese government looks for a big finish to 2022

The Albanese government hasn’t wasted a moment since assuming office in May, much like the reforming Whitlam government of 50 years ago.

The New Daily

Territory rights bill to face Senate vote

A bill that would allow territories to create laws on voluntary assisted dying will face a Senate vote this parliamentary fortnight, the government promises.

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China to take military action against Taiwan within two decades, Kevin Rudd says – as it happened

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Alan Kohler: The right to strike, and recessions we have to have

Ostensibly Labor's workplace laws are about "getting wages moving", but what it really comes down to is the right for workers to strike.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: What Anthony Albanese wants from parliament for Christmas

With the Albanese government now at its six months mark and the end of the parliamentary year fast approaching, it’s tick-off time.

AAP

Race on to push through work laws reform

The final sitting fortnight of federal parliament is expected to deal with a new corruption watchdog, laws to drive higher pay and free trade agreements.

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report (Satire): Donald and Melania plan romantic ceremony to renew pre-nup

Tim Ferguson breaks down this week's news - including Donald Trump's announcement.

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Small business weighs in on workplace bill

Expanded multi-employer bargaining rights remain a key sticking point for businesses as the Labor government attempts to garner support for its workplace bill.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: mining industry’s windfall tax threat; Victoria’s messy politics; and a Christmas gift guide

It’s déjà vu with a mining lobby warning that harks back to the ad campaign against the Rudd government

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: almost two-thirds of voters back Labor’s plan for multi-employer pay deals

Half of Australians say Albanese government’s workplace bill is key to lifting wages, with majority support for all of bill’s individual measures, poll suggests

The Guardian - AU

Jacqui Lambie’s instinct is to blow the IR debate up while David Pocock is all ears – that’s why he is the kingmaker

Lambie has been quick to judge the workplace bill as a union power-grab but Pocock is accumulating ideas around his proposal to split the legislation

The New Daily

Plenty of action behind the scenes for ‘boring’ Albanese government

Mr Albanese said he was trying to “take politics off the front pages”.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Government throws everything at securing workplace reforms before Christmas but Pocock keeps it guessing

Peter Reith would have appreciated the irony. In the week that the former industrial relations minister died, federal politics was yet again consumed with a highly charged debate over workplace changes.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s workplace bill passes lower house after further concessions on multi-employer bargaining

Most extensive IR legislation in two decades now moves to the Senate where independent David Pocock is the swing vote

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