THE Queensland government's proposed industrial law changes are about trying to stifle opposition to asset sales, the state's public sector union says.
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has introduced changes to Queensland's industrial relations laws that require unions to publicly account for all spending, with particular emphasis on political party expenditure.
"Members deserve to know where and how their membership fees are being spent," Mr Bleijie said in a statement on Wednesday.
Unions will be required to provide an up-to-date public register of how much the top 10 highest earning officials are paid.
Officials will also have to publicly declare their personal material interests.
Their relatives will have to declare their material interests but this will not be made public.
All gifts and benefits over $500 received and given by officials and employees will also have to be declared.
The new laws will apply to 32 employer associations and 34 trade unions currently registered in Queensland.
They also delete union encouragement clauses in public service contracts.
Public sector union Together says the government has created an enormous amount of red tape and bureaucracy for unions to make it more difficult for them to fight privatisation.
"This government is petrified about a debate about privatisation and outsourcing," Together secretary Alex Scott told reporters.
"The transparency argument from the government is a smokescreen for what this legislation is really about.
"It's about providing unprecedented bureaucratic obstacles for workers being able to spend their own money in the pursuit of defending public sector services."
He said unions were already transparent about how they spend members' money.
The Services Union has welcomed the transparency part of the legislation.
It says it's already up-front about how money is spent.
The union represents workers from a range of industries, including the social and community sector as well as energy, ports and rail sectors.
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