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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

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.

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.

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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

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 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 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.

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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.

Progress being made in talks with gas worker union

Progress being made in talks with gas worker union

Progress being made in talks with gas worker union

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

Truckies hit the road to demand transport reforms

Truckies hit the road to demand transport reforms

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

Big business group warns of 'anti-productivity' reforms

Big business group warns of 'anti-productivity' reforms

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

Union launches push for full funding of public schools

Union launches push for full funding of public schools

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.

Construction union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

Construction union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

Construction union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

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.

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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.

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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.

Mining members to split from construction union

Mining and energy workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of splitting from the CFMMEU in a formal ballot.

Car giant Ford set to cut 400 jobs in Australia

Ford will cut one in five of its jobs in Australia mostly from the Geelong region, sparking concern highly skilled workers will move away from the area.

Underpaid Taronga Zoo casuals get $2.6m in back pay

Taronga Zoo's chief executive says he is "deeply sorry" after a review found casual maintenance workers had been underpaid through a new payroll system.

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.

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