First of all, thanks to those who have been sharing different challenges and fears of dealing with the new system Workforce Australia. I haven’t been tweeting much but I’ve been reading the comments. I thought it would help if I offered some specific information in response. First, the claims that you will receive suspensions while navigating a new system this month are wrong. There will be no suspensions this month for anyone using Workforce Australia, ParentsNext, Transition to Work and DES.

The last time parliament sat for a fortnight the Libs spent the weekend lying to journalists claiming Labor was going to block a wage subsidy. So I thought I’d get in early before they start the next set of lies about the sitting fortnight that starts on Monday.
#auspol The wage subsidy lie was particularly odd given we had originally called for wage subsidies at the start of the pandemic and the Liberal Government described them as very dangerous.

We’ve just found out why no one even knows whether they are even eligible for the so-called support package for arts and entertainment workers. The guidelines brief is still sitting on the Minister’s desk waiting for his signature.
A thread 👇🏼 This is a sector that was almost completely shut down by Government decisions in March. But for three months they insisted the sector - which employs hundreds of thousands of people - was getting enough support and didn’t need a rescue package.

Yesterday Christian Porter brought in new regs which mean a lot of the rights workers give up during this crisis will be permanently lost. He claims the change is time limited. The period where the employer can ask you is limited. But the loss of rights if you agree is permanent. So normally an enterprise agreement can only be varied if the employer gives you seven days notice. This gives you time to seek advice from your union, a lawyer, consultant and other work colleagues. Yesterday he reduced the time from 7 days to one.

Porter’s claims that Labor is opposed to the Job Keeper package is unhinged. We called for it for weeks while gov ruled it out. He’s now claiming we will vote against amendments that haven’t even been drafted yet. It’s hysterical, stupid, nonsense. #auspol @SkyNewsAust @abcnews So late last night we receive draft legislation and the section amending the Fair Work Act is left blank. Then Christian Porter goes into the media today claiming Labor has made a decision on words that haven’t been written.

I don’t often promote media releases which are getting stuck into me but I’m about to. First I’ll show you the release from David Littleproud describing today’s Murray Darling announcement as a “hoax”. Then I’ll explain why his claim is entirely wrong.
#auspol #mdbplan First, here’s Minister Littleproud’s attempt to be mean. It isn’t really particularly mean. It’s more just wrong. Anyway here’s the release.