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Industry News | CEO Update

Each week MEA emails members an update containing the key information contractors need to know, this includes national and state issues, technical, safety and employment/IR updates.

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Industry Updates

May 15, 2023

MEA Industry News: Choose the right RCD | Budget for contractors

May 8, 2023

MEA Industry News: RCD questions answered | Funding for electrification

April 24, 2023

MEA Industry News: EV updates | MEA Technical Office role

April 17, 2023

MEA Industry News: Better ways to access standards

April 10, 2023

MEA Industry News: Standards agreement | Stay compliant with harassment laws

March 27, 2023

MEA Industry News: Change to leave laws | Security of Payment in Parliament

March 20, 2023

MEA Industry News: Free super and RCD webinars | Online small business tools

March 13 2023

MEA Industry News: New Standard available | Save Our Standards goes to Canberra

February 20 2023

MEA Industry News: Type AC RCD prohibition | Shorter work weeks

February 13 2023

MEA Industry News: National Battery Strategy | Marketing tips

February 7 2023

MEA Industry News: Survive the profit crisis | New employee leave laws

January 23

MEA Industry News: Charge Out Rate Survey | How will IR laws impact your business?

January 16

MEA Industry News: New IR law compliance | Get your charge-out rate report

December 19

MEA Industry News: Charge-out rate survey opens | Happy holidays from MEA!

December 12

MEA Industry News: Exciting changes to Excellence Awards | Win Milwaukee tools

December 5

MEA Industry News: Win Milwaukee prize pack | Targeting phoenix businesses

November 21

MEA Industry News: SWMS refreshed | Asbestos Awareness Week

November 14

MEA Industry News: Jail sentence after WHS breach | Free pools webinar

November 8

MEA Industry News: Free pool and spa webinar | Leave entitlement changes

October 24

October 18

MEA Industry News: Standards update | Free safety meeting

September 26

MEA Industry News: Conference 2023 venue announced!

September 19

Queensland MEA Industry News: 19 September 2022

September 12

MEA Industry News: Free Industry Briefing Session webinar | Internal succession planning

Aug 29

MEA Industry News: What to do when selling your business? | Have you been hacked?

Aug 15

MEA Industry News: ATO targets cashies | Contractors raise thousands for charity

Aug 8

MEA Industry News: Congratulations to the 2022 Excellence Award Winners!

Jul 25

MEA Industry News: New financial assistance for eligible Australian apprentices | New speaker Clean Energy

July 18

MEA Industry News: COVID changes | Solar DC cables update | Safety alert

July 11

MEA Industry News: Tips to optimise cash flow | Single Touch Payroll | ATO Toolkit for Small Businesses

June 28

MEA Industry News: Could batteries solve the energy crisis? | ATO's small business tax tips

June 20

MEA Industry News: Minimum wage increase | Secure incident sites for inspectors

June 13

MEA Industry News: ATO's COVID taxtime advice | Register to help when builder's go under

May 23

MEA Industry News: Solar cable requirement changes | AS 5033 transition ends

May 16

MEA Industry News: MEA Power Up project | Political party responses | Key dates

May 9

Queensland MEA Industry News: Introducing the Workplace Manual | Are you still COVID-safe?

April 21

MEA Industry News: Standards Australia update | What MEA has asked politicians for this election

April 18

MEA Industry News: Standards update | Subbies paid after complaint | Portable super schemes

April 7

Queensland MEA Industry News: Changes to electrical safety standard proposed

March 25

MEA Industry News: 5033 guidance | Rise and fall clauses

March 18

MEA Industry News: Another builder in liquidation | Flooded switchboard guidance

March 10

MEA Industry News: Super threshold guarantee | What flooding means to insurers

February 24

MEA Industry News: RAT guidance | Last chance for apprentice subsidy

February 17

MEA Industry News: Contractor or employee: new legal decision | ABN rule changes

February 10

Industry News: Construction declared essential work | Rise and Fall Clauses

February 3

MEA Industry News: Workplace sexual harassment resources | Last chance for charge-out rate report

January 20

Queensland MEA Industry News: Fatal shock from DIY appliance | Key dates for 2022

January 13

Queensland MEA Industry News: COVID leave guidance | Awards nominations open

December 22

MEA Industry News: Charge-out rates | New solar laws | Omicron and isolation payments

December 16

MEA Industry News: Charge-out rate survey opens | Standard delayed after MEA advocacy

December 9

MEA Industry News: Charge-out rate survey opens | Standard delayed after MEA advocacy

November 25

MEA Industry News: Watch Excellence Awards online | Revised solar standard

November 18

Construction sector deaths | NatHERS consultation

November 11

COVID testing policy | Your say on professional indemnity insurance

November 4

A2 changes in effect | What to know when hiring

October 21

What to do as restrictions end | Stay safe at work

October 14

Award terms changes | New superannuation requirements

October 7

DC Isolator certifications cancelled | How to report a COVID case at work

September 23

Free CPD courses | Vaccination advice webinar

September 16

New WHS laws guidance | Vaccine shots in offices

September 10

Worker injured in roof fall | Electrical Safety Week

August 26

Vaccines at work questions answered | Worker killed in power tool incident

August 19

Fine for forged licence | Join MEA at Queenstown 2022

August 12

Charge-out rate calculator released | 2022 MEA Conference location revealed

August 5

Charge out-rate trends webinar | Lockdown FAQ

July 22

A2 Wiring Rules Update | Worker killed in powerline incident

July 15

Electric car charger network opportunity | Record keeping advice

July 8

Standards update | Electric car charging opportunity

June 24

Arc flash warning | New gala dinner venue

June 17

Minimum wage increase | Wiring Rules Changes

June 10

ATO tax time advice | First steps after winning a tender

June 2

Charge-out rate survey released

May 20

Tax time checklist | Apprentice subsidy extended

May 13

Wiring Rules Amendment 2 | Federal Budget's highlights

April 22

Easier Standards access | What to know about work cars

April 13

New LED lamp Standard | Worker hurt in forklift accident

April 8

ATO's warning to contractors | Boom in battery installs

March 24

What wild weather means for workplaces | Don't miss MEA Presidents Update

March 18

MEA President update | Safety inspectors new target

March 10

Apprentice subsidy expanded | Multiple arc flash injuries

March 3

Home battery recall | Solar install blitz

February 18

Construction company in court | Worker injured in forklift fall

February 10

Help shape The Wiring Rules | Ben Ean Long Lunch

27 January

20 January

13 January

23 December 2020

17 December 2020

10 December 2020
26 November 2020
18 November 2020
11 November 2020
4 November 2020