The independent senator says the new safeguards strike the right balance between big and small businesses.
“While some big business groups have dismissed the significance of these and other amendments, I respectfully suggest they may be underestimating the extent of the new safeguards.”“I also want to make sure no one gets left behind, whether that is people outside the employment market or subcontractors,” he said.
Labor campaigned on promises to implement the recommendations of a 2017 federal government review into security of payments by John Murray, a former Master Builders Australia chief executive. “It may be that ultimate piece of legislation the Commonwealth may produce may not incorporate every one of the remaining recommendations, but the two key recommendations – that is national legislation and statutory trusts – I’d be surprised if they shrank away from them,” he told theThe Australian Constructors Association, a lobby group for big contractors, welcomed a separate commitment by the government on Sunday that required the National Construction Industry Forum , a...
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