Allan government says federal laws are ‘likely to render’ Victoria’s laws redundant, as Minerals Council announces multimillion-dollar campaign against bill
The Victorian government is also calling for non-payment of superannuation to be added to Labor’s federal wage theft bill, a move backed by the Greens.The Victorian government is also calling for non-payment of superannuation to be added to Labor’s federal wage theft bill, a move backed by the Greens.The Victorian government has urged federal Labor to expand its proposed wage theft laws to include “reckless” underpayment and warned it not to override its state offence.
It comes as the Minerals Council has revealed fresh details of its campaign against the bill, telling the inquiry it expects to spend $20m-$24m in 2023-24. That would make its campaign against the closing loopholes bill on par with the amount it spent advertising for the Rudd government to ditch the mining tax.
On 20 October Minerals Council chief executive, Tania Constable, wrote to the Senate employment legislation committee revealing its members had made “additional contributions” to pay for the ads, with Rio Tinto, Glencore and BHP the biggest donors. It called for an offence based on recklessness with lower level penalties, and penalties for misleading the Fair Work Ombudsman or breaching an agreement to rectify underpayment.
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