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Uni staff to strike for a week as pay fight escalates

Uni staff to strike for a week as pay fight escalates

University of Melbourne staff will walk off the job for a week as long-running pay talks stall and a union calls on management to address its concerns.

Victorian paramedics caught up in intranet data breach

Victorian paramedics caught up in intranet data breach

Victorian paramedics caught up in intranet data breach

Victorian paramedics caught up in intranet data breach

The Victorian Ambulance Union says the state's paramedics cannot trust their employer after the staff intranet site was compromised again.

From Raider to sparky, NRL star leads tradie treechange

From Raider to sparky, NRL star leads tradie treechange

From Raider to sparky, NRL star leads tradie treechange

From Raider to sparky, NRL star leads tradie treechange

Former Raiders and St George Illawarra player Josh McCrone has found a new life as a sparky in rural NSW, as Australian tradies consider leaving the capitals.

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Skills week an olive branch to change in career pace

Skills week an olive branch to change in career pace

If work has got you down and the daily grind is feeling bleak, an olive branch and new profession is being offered ahead of national skills week.

Nation-leading clinic helps hundreds with silicosis

Nation-leading clinic helps hundreds with silicosis

A respiratory clinic in Melbourne will remain open for another three years to ensure support for workers diagnosed with an incurable lung disease.

'That is progress': optimism as wages climb again

'That is progress': optimism as wages climb again

Workers feeling the pinch amid inflationary pressures may finally be experiencing some relief, with wage growth catching up to a key cost of living measure.

Ex-discrimination chief heads arts workplace council

Ex-discrimination chief heads arts workplace council

Former sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins will lead a council to lift workplace standards across the arts industry.

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Pacific workers set to gain new government benefits

Pacific workers set to gain new government benefits

Pacific workers set to gain new government benefits

Pacific workers set to gain new government benefits

Pacific engagement visa holders could soon be given financial support to attend university, under new laws introduced to parliament.

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

Taxpayers footed bill for public servants' funerals

A public sector organisation misused taxpayer money to cover at least $30,000 in funeral and memorial expenses for staff, the Victorian Ombudsman has revealed.

Unions and lawyers demand protection of migrant workers

Unions and lawyers demand protection of migrant workers

Unions and lawyers demand protection of migrant workers

Unions and lawyers demand protection of migrant workers

Unions, lawyers and migrant rights groups are urging the federal government to create a workplace justice visa for exploited migrant workers.

Pay rise for officers at troubled youth detention site

Pay rise for officers at troubled youth detention site

Pay rise for officers at troubled youth detention site

Pay rise for officers at troubled youth detention site

Officers at Western Australia's youth detention facilities will receive a pay rise following negotiations between the government and public sector union.

Minister rejects resignation calls after worker injured

Minister rejects resignation calls after worker injured

Minister rejects resignation calls after worker injured

Minister rejects resignation calls after worker injured

Unions have called on a Queensland minister to resign after a worker was critically injured at a multibillion dollar construction project.

Paramedics being poached but NSW won't raise pay offer

Paramedics being poached but NSW won't raise pay offer

Paramedics being poached but NSW won't raise pay offer

Paramedics being poached but NSW won't raise pay offer

Paramedics in NSW say a four per cent pay rise offer is not enough and have resumed industrial action to make their point to the state government

'We want to buy Australian made': Minns' transport plan

'We want to buy Australian made': Minns' transport plan

'We want to buy Australian made': Minns' transport plan

'We want to buy Australian made': Minns' transport plan

NSW is mapping out plans to boost the domestic rail manufacturing industry, with the intention of buying trains and rollingstock that is built in Australia.

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Record fine issued over worker's woodchipper death

A record $2 million fine has been issued to a tree lopping company over the death of a worker who was killed while using a woodchipping machine in Sydney.

Livestock fears as shortage of vets hits farmers

A national vet shortage is making it harder to care for livestock and is increasing the risk of diseases taking hold in the country, its peak body says.

Treasury Wine to shut rural winery as costs sour palate

Australia's biggest winemaker will shut down a winery in regional Victoria due to cost pressures and shifting demand, leaving 60 people out of the job.

SA set to block sex offenders working among children

South Australia has proposed extending child sex offender laws to prevent them from working with under-age employees, including across the retail sector.

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Push on to lure city dwellers to jobs, life in the bush

Industries desperate for workers in regional Australia are talking up the benefits of country life as a campaign promotes the switch.

Farmers fear visa changes will shrink harvest workforce

Changes to backpacker visas will make it harder for farmers to find workers during harvest which may lead to higher produce prices, the industry warns.

NSW steps up to help Australia's 41,000 modern slaves

A victim-survivor of modern slavery wants all of Australia to adopt a new NSW roadmap that targets modern slavery in agriculture, cleaning and other industries.

Tough penalties for abusing, assaulting retail workers

Penalties for abusing or assaulting NSW retail workers are being ramped in response to the rising tide of verbal and physical attacks on shop workers.

Minister seeks briefing on ABC decision to cut jobs

Following an announcement that the ABC will cut up to 120 jobs, the communications minister is seeking a briefing from the organisation over the decision.

Lendlease fined over bricklayer's toe amputation

Lendlease failed to address "foreseeable" safety issues at a Defence base redevelopment project, which led to a worker injury, federal regulator Comcare says.

'Desperate' ABC staff redundant as axe falls on 120

Veteran journalist and political editor Andrew Probyn is among up to 120 staff being made redundant at the ABC.

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