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Bid to crack down on billions of dollars lost in super

Bid to crack down on billions of dollars lost in super

The Greens are campaigning to criminalise superannuation theft, which costs Australian workers more than $3 billion a year.

Workers call off strike in Chevron gas plants dispute

Workers call off strike in Chevron gas plants dispute

Workers call off strike in Chevron gas plants dispute

Workers call off strike in Chevron gas plants dispute

Chevron and striking workers have accepted a deal brokered by the Fair Work Commission, putting an end to disruption at two LNG projects in Western Australia.

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Price-setting 'missing' in the inflation story: Fels

Former competition watchdog chair Allan Fels is scrutinising the connection between corporate price setting and profits and current high inflation.

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School cleaners in limbo after call to wind up contract

School cleaners in limbo after call to wind up contract

A decision to end a major government contract has thrust school cleaners into job uncertainty, with a union saying it shows "everything wrong" with the system.

Union warns more pain for Chevron as gas production hit

Union warns more pain for Chevron as gas production hit

A union has promised further strike action at a major Chevron LNG platform as an outage cuts gas production by 25 per cent.

Gas price spike as plant workers down tools on pay deal

Gas price spike as plant workers down tools on pay deal

Employees have stopped work on three massive Chevron natural gas sites in WA amid a pay dispute, sending prices soaring on European markets.

Workplace reforms will stifle mining sector: Dutton

Workplace reforms will stifle mining sector: Dutton

The government's workplace reforms are aimed at ending exploitative labour loopholes but Peter Dutton claims they will damage the crucial resources sector.

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Families seek payout for food delivery driver deaths

Families seek payout for food delivery driver deaths

Families seek payout for food delivery driver deaths

Families seek payout for food delivery driver deaths

The families of three gig workers who died on the job are seeking compensation for the death of their loved ones.

Workers dirty as they face battle to keep schools clean

Workers dirty as they face battle to keep schools clean

Workers dirty as they face battle to keep schools clean

Workers dirty as they face battle to keep schools clean

Cleaners at NSW schools are reporting impossible workloads, high injury rates and trouble securing the correct pay as contractors cut their hours.

Mining bosses dig in over 'extreme' workplace laws

Mining bosses dig in over 'extreme' workplace laws

Mining bosses dig in over 'extreme' workplace laws

Mining bosses dig in over 'extreme' workplace laws

The mining industry has warned the prime minister against taking the sector for granted and pushing investment elsewhere with "extreme" workplace laws.

Chevron's WA offshore gas fields face industrial action

Chevron's WA offshore gas fields face industrial action

Chevron's WA offshore gas fields face industrial action

Chevron's WA offshore gas fields face industrial action

Chevron Australia's offshore gas fields in the country's northwest face industrial action next week over pay and conditions, posing a risk to global supplies.

Woodside offshore strike threat ends, Chevron pending

Woodside offshore strike threat ends, Chevron pending

Woodside offshore strike threat ends, Chevron pending

Woodside offshore strike threat ends, Chevron pending

Woodside Energy has agreed to a deal with workers on offshore gas platforms but the threat of stoppages still hangs over Chevron off the northwest coast.

Teacher pay offer 'one step forward, two steps back'

Teacher pay offer 'one step forward, two steps back'

Teacher pay offer 'one step forward, two steps back'

Teacher pay offer 'one step forward, two steps back'

NSW teachers are demanding an enduring commitment to higher salaries and reduced workloads as they criticise the state government's four-year pay offer.

Activist shareholders target Woodside over new projects

Activist shareholders target Woodside over new projects

Activist shareholders target Woodside over new projects

Activist shareholders target Woodside over new projects

Woodside Energy is being urged to reallocate capital from new production to a share buyback to avert the release of half a billion tonnes of carbon emissions.

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Progress being made in talks with gas worker union

Talks between unions and Woodside over pay and conditions are progressing, as a second energy company, Chevron, awaits a ballot over industrial action.

Truckies hit the road to demand transport reforms

Transport workers have taken to major cities to demand the federal government implement better standards following a spate of workers' deaths.

Big business group warns of 'anti-productivity' reforms

Business groups are sharpening their attack on the government's workplace reforms, with the Ai Group concerned the changes will hamper productivity.

Union launches push for full funding of public schools

An Australian Education Union campaign to ensure public schools are funded properly by 2028 has been launched outside federal parliament.

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Construction union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

While a union ban on engineered stone benchtops is set to kick in within months, the head of the CFMEU wants the federal government to act sooner.

Union wants super profits tax to pay for social housing

A union boss is challenging the federal government to think big and slap a super profits tax on big businesses to pay for social housing.

Aussie filming stalls over US actors' strike

Actors have called "cut" on the filming of a movie in Australia as the cast stand in solidarity with striking Hollywood colleagues.

Union takes Commonwealth Bank to Fair Work on WFH rules

The Finance Sector Union is going to the Fair Work Commission over a Commonwealth Bank edict for staff to return to the office instead of working from home.

Interstate deals could guide NSW workers' next pay rise

NSW has been warned it could add to inflation as experts consider whether the state should look at interstate deals to guide its public sector wage increases.

Health workers' pay offer won't cost taxpayers extra

Aged care workers, hospital staff and allied health professionals in NSW are being offered an extra $67 a week after a public stoush with the state government.

Ballet dancers put foot down with rare action over pay

The Australian Ballet will delay a performance in Melbourne in the first time dancers have taken industrial action in more than 20 years.

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