Labor will consider appointing worker representatives to the Reserve Bank board as part of a final swathe of changes pushed by unions at party conference.
Labor will consider appointing union representatives to the Reserve Bank board and crack down on carer apps when it regulates the gig economy according to a final swathe of commitments backed at party conference.
The commitment followed Treasurer Jim Chalmers appointing former Fair Work Commission president Iain Ross and former ACTU official Elana Rubin as members of the board in April. The Albanese government will be making further RBA appointments next year when it sets up two new boards, one that sets interest rates and another that oversees the central bank’s governance.Meanwhile, the Health Services Union successfully passed amendments on Saturday to the Labor draft platform to “push back against” gig platforms that provide carer workers.
ACTU Secretary Sally McManus during the Australian Labor Party National Conference in Brisbane, on Friday.The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations had drawn a distinction between the two types of gig apps in consulting over the laws that will empower the FWC to set minimum pay and conditions.
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