Issue 1 - 16 January - New ABCC Commissioner Appointed Issue 2 - 22 January - CFMEU State Secretary Brian Parker Stripped of Right of Entry Permit Issue 3 - 2 February - NSW CFMEU Secretary Resigns Issue 4 - 6 February - ABCC Bans Eureka Flag from Building Sites Issue 5 - 14 February - CFMEU To Pay $1M in Penalties For Secondary Boycott Issue 6 - 12 April - Important Changes to Payroll Reporting Issue 7 - 14 May - Workers' Long Service Leave Records To Be Cancelled Issue 8 - 15 May - Education and Compliance Campaign by Fair Work Ombudsman Issue 9 - 28 May - CFMEU and MUA Amalgamation Does Not Impact on Officials' Right Of Entry Permits Issue 10 - 1 June - Awards Increases 2018 Issue 11 - 8 June - Union and Eureka Flags Still Banned From Building Sites Issue 12 - 27 June - High Income Threshold Rises To $145,000 pa Issue 13 - 4 July - NSW Long Service Corporation Employer Returns Now Due For 2017 - 2018 Financial Year Issue 14 - 17 July - ABCC Launches Campaign To Help Secure Subcontractors' Payments Issue 15 - 18 July - NSW State Government Announces Aboriginal Participation In Construction Policy Issue 16 - 31 July - Family and Domestic Violence Leave Issue 17 - 3 August - Federal Court Makes First Personal Payment Order Against CFMMEU Repeat Offender Issue 18 - 17 August - CFMMEU Hit With Cartel Charges Issue 19 - 20 August - Education and Compliance Campaign By Fair Work Ombudsman Issue 20 - 21 August - Proposed Changes To The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 - Public Consult Issue 21 - 3 September - CFMMEU Fined $82,000 By Federal Court Issue 22- 3 September - Prime Minister To Consider Deregistering the CFMMEU Issue 23 - 13 September - ABCC Releases New Template For Contractors To Submit A Workplace Relations Management Plan Issue 24 - 15 October - ACTU Commences Its "Change the Rules" Campaign Issue 25 - 19 October - CFMMEU Fined $313,000 For Yet Again Bullying Small Business Issue 26 - 19 November - ABCC Security of Payment Reporting - Now Online Issue 27 - 5 December - Commonwealth Modern Slavery Bill Passes Through Both Houses of Parliament Issue 28 - 6 December - Award Update - Family Friendly Work Arrangements Issue 29 - 12 December - New South Wales Government Passes Security of Payment Reforms New South Wales - State Budget Review 2018
