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APSCo pushing hard for contractor "carve-out" in upcoming reforms

APSCo Australia has been boosting its work in the advocacy space, and is in talks with Government representatives to ensure professional contractors are excluded from upcoming employment law reforms.

APSCo MD Lesley Horsburgh is meeting with several Government departments in Canberra this week, following previous discussions with DEWR in late 2022 and more recently Skills and Training Minister Brendan O'Connor's office.

"Given the emphasis on IR and migration reform, particularly at a Federal level, over the last 12 months, it is imperative that we present our position on the need to differentiate professional contractors from more vulnerable contractors in a lot of this reform," says Horsburgh...