Jim Chalmers says Labor will take further steps in response to PwC Australia’s “inexcusable” tax leak scandal; Australia’s Pacific minister is heading to Papua New Guinea. Follow updates here.
BHP says the Albanese government’s planned crackdown on the use of Labor hire will cost the mining giant’s Australian operations as much as $1.3 billion a year and, more broadly, threaten serious damage to every level of the Australian economy.
BHP says the government’s same job, same pay policy will cost its Australian operations as much as $1.3 billion a year.BHP says the $1.3 billion is equivalent to the labour cost of about 5000 full-time employees across its operational workforce.need to review its implications for our Australian operations and the workforce that supports it,” it warns.
In its submission, BHP argues that the proposed laws go beyond the original stated intent of protecting workers from exploitative labour hire practices. “However, the proposed SJSP policy strays far beyond this objective and, as a result, threatens serious damage to every level of the Australian economy.
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