REFORMS TO PROTECT SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESSES AND WORKERS

BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 14 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations

The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie

* Crisafulli Government to ease Canberra's burden on Queensland small and family businesses with reforms to WorkCover scheme and crackdown on fraudsters. * Changes will help save small and family businesses more than $1.46 billion a year by preventing increased premiums, while aligning with reforms in Victoria and New South Wales. * Industrial relations amendments to align with CommonwealthFair Work Act to address union violence and ensure Queenslanders aren't collateral...