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
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