Email Newsletters

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.

Missed an email?  You’ll find a copy below.

Industry Updates

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

MEA Industry News: MEA Member Benefit – Complimentary Access to the ACIF Customised Forecasts Dashboard
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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

MEA Industry News: Continuing the Momentum: Protecting Against Unfair Contract Terms
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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

MEA Industry News: CEO Kate Raymond Pushes for Stronger Protections for Subcontractors
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NOVEMBER 04, 2024

MEA Industry News: Get Business Ready With the Master Program
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MAY 15, 2023

MEA Industry News: Choose the
right RCD | Budget for contractors
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MAY 8, 2023

MEA Industry News: RCD
questions answered | Funding for
Electrification

APRIL 24, 2023

MEA Industry News: EV updates |
MEA Technical Officer role
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APRIL 17, 2023

MEA Industry News: Better ways
to access standards
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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 20, 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
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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

MEA Industry News: National
Battery Strategy | Marketing tips
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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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

JANUARY 23, 2023

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

JANUARY 16, 2023

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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

MEA Industry News: SWMS
refreshed | Asbestos Awareness
Week

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

MEA Industry News: Standards
update | Free safety meeting
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

MEA Industry News: Conference
2023 venue announced!
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Queensland MEA Industry News:
19 September 2022
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

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

AUGUST 29, 2022

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

AUGUST 15, 2022

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

AUGUST 8, 2022

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

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JULY 25, 2022

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

JULY 18, 2022

MEA Industry News: COVID
changes | Solar DC cables update |
Safety alert
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JULY 11, 2022

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

JUNE 28, 2022

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

JUNE 20, 2022

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

JUNE 13, 2022

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

MAY 23, 2022

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

MAY 16, 2022

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

MAY 9, 2022

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

APRIL 21, 2022

MEA Industry News: Standards
Australia update | What MEA has
asked politicians for this election
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APRIL 18, 2022

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

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APRIL 7, 2022

Queensland MEA Industry News:
Changes to electrical safety
standard proposed
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MARCH 25, 2022

MEA Industry News: 5033
guidance | Rise and fall clauses
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MARCH 18, 2022

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

Street flooded in Brisbane image

MARCH 10, 2022

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

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

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

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

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

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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

JANUARY 13, 2022

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

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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

Solar Farm Image

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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

DECEMBER 9, 2021

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

Solar Farm Image

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

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

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Construction sector deaths |
NatHERS consultation
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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

COVID testing policy | Your say on
professional indemnity insurance
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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A2 changes in effect | What to
know when hiring

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What to do as restrictions end |
Stay safe at work

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Award terms changes | New
superannuation requirements

OCTOBER 7, 2021

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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Free CPD courses | Vaccination
advice webinar
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

New WHS laws guidance | Vaccine
shots in officers
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Worker injured in roof fall |
Electrical Safety Week
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AUGUST 26, 2021

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

AUGUST 19, 2021

Fine for forged licence | Join MEA
at Queenstown 2022
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AUGUST 12, 2021

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

AUGUST 5, 2021

Charge-out rate trends webinar |
Lockdown FAQ
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JULY 22, 2021

A2 Wiring Rules Update | Worker
killed in powerline incident
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JULY 15, 2021

Electric car charger network
opportunity | Record keeping
advice

JULY 8, 2021

Standards update | Electric car
charging opportunity
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JUNE 24, 2021

Arc flash warning | New gala
dinner venue
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JUNE 17, 2021

Minimum wage increase | Wiring
Rules Changes

JUNE 10, 2021

ATO tax time advice | First steps
after winning a tender

JUNE 2, 2021

Charge-out rate survey released
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MAY 20, 2021

Tax time checklist | Apprentice
subsidy extended

Money Image

MAY 13, 2021

Wiring Rules Amendment 2 |
Federal Budget’s highlights

APRIL 22, 2021

Easier Standards access | What do
know about work cars

APRIL 13, 2021

New LED lamp Standard | Worker
hurt in forklift accident
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APRIL 8, 2021

ATO’s warning to contractors |
Boom in battery installs
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MARCH 24, 2021

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

MARCH 18, 2021

MEA President update | Safety
inspectors new target

Lawyer Image

MARCH 10, 2021

Apprentice subsidy expanded |
Multiple arc flash injuries

MARCH 3, 2021

Home battery recall | Solar install
blitz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Construction company in court |
Worker injured in forklift fall

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Help shape the Wiring Rules |
Ben Ean Long Lunch

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JANUARY 27, 2021

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JANUARY 20, 2021

JANUARY 13, 2021

DECEMBER 23, 2020

DECEMBER 17, 2020

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020