Unions and businesses have very different views about workplace casualisation, with the Morrison government hoping to square the circle as part of an upcoming industrial relations reform agenda.
Former Labor minister Martin Ferguson has heralded floating liquefied natural gas as the wave of the future, urging the Western Australian government to work with developers like Shell, Woodside Petroleum, ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton.
Industry groups have welcomed the federal government's appointment of the former commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Australian Building and Construction Commission to lead the soon to be revived building industry watchdog.
17 Oct 2013
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