Key Points:
The Coalition Government's revived Australian
Building and Construction Commission will have more powers than the
first version.
The Federal Coalition Government has delivered on one of its key
pre-election promises by introducing the Building and Construction
Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 into Parliament to
re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission
(ABCC) on 14 November 2013.
It is likely, however, that construction companies will have to
wait a while yet until they are afforded the added protections
provided by the Bill, as it is unlikely to be passed until the
Coalition obtains a majority in the Senate on 1 July 2014.
The Bill provides the ABCC Commissioner with additional
mechanisms and powers to regulate the building and construction
industry, some of which have not existed in legislation previously.
Some of the key changes are:
