The third wave of workplace changes that started on Monday is set to increase the regulatory complexity for businesses, reduce employment and make it easier for unions to flex their muscles.
Federal Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton was joined yesterday by Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash.
Mr Hamilton said Labor’s radical industrial relations reform agenda was a risk to businesses, jobs and the regional economy.
“The Toowoomba region offers every piece of the economy, from agriculture, to health, education and mining.
“We’re home to Queensland’s biggest poultry and chicken industry, local gas and coal mining, health services, hospital and tourism.
“We have it all on offer, but Labor’s higher costs, chaos and complexity is putting that at risk, in the middle of a cost of living crisis,” Mr Hamilton said.
Senator Cash said the Albanese Labor government’s increasing red tape and complexity for business was going to hold back our already sluggish economy.
“These changes by Mr Albanese simply means more uncertainty and will add to what is already a red tape minefield, that ties up businesses, particularly small and family businesses, they can barely understand it and they cannot afford expensive advice,”
“These impacts are going to slowly but surely wind their way through our economy, it will be a strangle on productivity which has already fallen, it will hurt investment and undermine competitiveness,” Senator Cash said.
“As an example of this poor decision, Australia’s one million independent contractors will most definitely feel the crunch of these unnecessary changes that just means more chaos, complexity and costs because of a new definition of who is an employee,” said Senator Cash.
Recent research by McCrindle, released by the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, showed that the compliance and regulatory costs and national economic conditions were the two main drivers negatively impacts businesses in the region.
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