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Queensland government suspends Best Practice Industry Conditions for construction workers
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1 year ago
The Queensland government is suspending a suite of construction sector 'perks' for all new major state projects. The LNP says the temporary pause will save taxpayers billions while construction unions have sounded the alarm on safety concerns.
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Two members of the state's construction union, escorted out by police after heckling during
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an industry event.
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Good morning everybody, welcome to breakfast.
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The Deputy Premier announced during his speech special conditions for construction union
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workers on major state projects would be suspended due to cost blowouts and plunging productivity.
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The Treasury forecast said that these sweetheart deals with the CFMEU between now and 2030
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would cost Queenslanders $17.1 billion.
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Best practice industry conditions, or BPIC, are pay and conditions that must be provided
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for construction workers.
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The deal between unions and the former Labor government began in 2018 for parts of the
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Townsville Stadium, but was extended to all public projects over $100 million.
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The conditions include double time when it rains, stop work if the temperature reaches
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35 degrees or 29 degrees and 75% humidity, 26 rostered days off and $100 a week if a
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worker has to use their own phone.
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The CFMEU says scrapping the policy will impact safety and wages.
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This will lead to a dangerous deregulation of the labor market and more workers dying
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on construction sites.
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The Electrical Trades Union has condemned the decision, labelling it political point
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scoring at workers' expense.
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Others have welcomed it.
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We said they were never best practice and they certainly weren't standard industrial
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conditions.
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Those projects are going ahead, they're just costing a lot more and we as taxpayers are
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footing the bill.
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The BPIC pause will remain in place well into next year.
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The government wants to first re-establish the Queensland Productivity Commission, which
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will then review the construction sector before it decides what happens next.
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The LNP says workplace health and safety standards, training for apprentices and trainees won't
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be impacted.
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