Submissions received on the Secure Australian Jobs Code consultation paper

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This FOI release comprises public submissions received by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations on the Secure Australian Jobs Code consultation paper, dated from early 2026. Submitters include EzyData Bookkeeping, a sole trader bookkeeping business, which supports the Code's aims but seeks flexibility for micro-businesses, tailored compliance pathways, digital adoption grants and privacy guidance. WorkSafe Tasmania forwarded a Tasmanian Treasury concern that applying the Code to Commonwealth funding passed to states could add administrative burden to Commonwealth-state funding agreements. UnionsWA, representing 29 unions and about 140,000 Western Australian workers, endorses the ACTU's recommendations, including direct and permanent employment, union-backed agreements, a $200,000 threshold, FIFO restrictions and a Code administration body. Pages 4 to 10 of one document are withheld under section 45(1). No quantified program data is included.