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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Farmers fear visa changes will shrink harvest workforce

Farmers fear visa changes will shrink harvest workforce

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

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

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

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

Tough penalties for abusing, assaulting retail workers

Tough penalties for abusing, assaulting retail workers

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

Minister seeks briefing on ABC decision to cut jobs

Minister seeks briefing on ABC decision to cut jobs

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 fined over bricklayer's toe amputation

Lendlease fined over bricklayer's toe amputation

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

'Desperate' ABC staff redundant as axe falls on 120

'Desperate' ABC staff redundant as axe falls on 120

'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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NSW premier defends blanket pay offer to public workers

The looming expiry of several NSW enterprise agreements means a universal wages offer was needed for public sector workers, Premier Chris Minns says.

Health workers stop work over 6.5 per cent pay push

Hundreds of paramedics and allied health workers have walked off the job at some NSW hospitals as they pursue a 6.5 per cent pay rise.

The great escape from Sydney to country Australia

The Regional Movers Index shows Australians continue to leave the cities for the country after COVID-19 lockdowns, but the rush to the regions is slowing.

Escape to the country: how we're moving after COVID-19

The latest Regional Movers Index shows regional Queensland and Victoria are attracting city residents, as demand for workers drives population movements.

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Two-year freeze on NSW public sector executives and MPs

New South Wales MPs and senior public service executives will have their wages frozen for two years to help finance promised pay rises for frontline workers.

NSW health workers take action over stalled pay rises

Paramedics and heath workers at some NSW hospitals will walk off the job this week as the Health Services Union ramps up pressure for pay rises.

Early axing of logging falls hard on timber towns

Logging communities in Victoria are trying to pick up the pieces after learning the final death knell for the industry will take effect year.

WA nurses union fined $350,000 over strike for pay rise

The WA Industrial Relations Commission has fined the nurses' union $350,000 over a state strike during which thousands of health workers took to the street.

Regulator investigates big build fraud allegations

Some of Victoria's major building projects are under investigation by the rail safety regulator over allegations of fraud by labour hire companies.

Engineering firm fined $250,000 after worker crushed

An engineering company has been fined $250,000 after a worker was crushed to death while dismantling equipment in a a former cheese factory.

'No jobs in the bush' myth busted but housing critical

The regional jobs market is booming at three times the metropolitan rate but the lack of housing, health care and education remains a major barrier.

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