ENVIRONMENT

Christensen pushes to make casual employees permanent

THE federal government intends to introduce legislation to parliament that will allow casual miners doing de facto full-time work the right to convert to permanent employment, according to member for Queensland member for Dawson George Christensen.

Member for Dawson George Christensen.

Member for Dawson George Christensen.

He said the government's longstanding position was that employers and employees needed certainty about their legal entitlements and obligations. "In recent days, the Attorney-General of Australia wrote...

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