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| New head appointed to Australian building and construction regulator | New head appointed to Australian building and construction regulator |
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| A new head of the Australian Building and Construction Commission has been appointed to replace Nigel Hadgkiss who resigned in September after admitting he contravened the Fair Work Act. | A new head of the Australian Building and Construction Commission has been appointed to replace Nigel Hadgkiss who resigned in September after admitting he contravened the Fair Work Act. |
| Stephen McBurney will begin a five-year term as commissioner from 6 February. He served as an assistant commissioner (legal) for the ABCC from 2006 to 2008 and spent the last nine years investigating organised crime for the Victorian Office of Chief Examiner. | Stephen McBurney will begin a five-year term as commissioner from 6 February. He served as an assistant commissioner (legal) for the ABCC from 2006 to 2008 and spent the last nine years investigating organised crime for the Victorian Office of Chief Examiner. |
| Federal workplace and deregulation minister, Craig Laundy, said in a statement on Friday that McBurney had been appointed “following a merit-based selection process”. | Federal workplace and deregulation minister, Craig Laundy, said in a statement on Friday that McBurney had been appointed “following a merit-based selection process”. |
| “In additional to his outstanding legal career, Mr McBurney was one of the AFL’s most experienced and highly regarded umpires, one of four umpires the 400-game milestone,” Laundy said.Hadgkiss resigned a day after telling the then employment minister Michaelia Cash he had breached fair work laws between January 2014 and July 2016, misrepresenting union rights on ABCC posters and in handbooks. | “In additional to his outstanding legal career, Mr McBurney was one of the AFL’s most experienced and highly regarded umpires, one of four umpires the 400-game milestone,” Laundy said.Hadgkiss resigned a day after telling the then employment minister Michaelia Cash he had breached fair work laws between January 2014 and July 2016, misrepresenting union rights on ABCC posters and in handbooks. |