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'Union-driven cash grab': LNG worker claims slammed

'Union-driven cash grab': LNG worker claims slammed

Union demands for workers at a gas export operation that's helping secure fuel and fertiliser for the nation don't pass the pub test, an industry group says.

ABC and unions inch closer towards final pay deal

ABC and unions inch closer towards final pay deal

ABC and unions inch closer towards final pay deal

ABC and unions inch closer towards final pay deal

Better pay and more opportunities to climb the ladder could seal an agreement between the ABC and staff after they walked out for the first time in 20 years.

ABC talks 'constructive' as bosses lock eyes with union

ABC talks 'constructive' as bosses lock eyes with union

ABC talks 'constructive' as bosses lock eyes with union

ABC talks 'constructive' as bosses lock eyes with union

After a months-long stalemate over pay, union officials have hinted there's been positive signs from their meeting with the head of the national broadcaster.

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'Struggling': teachers strike in second capital city

'Struggling': teachers strike in second capital city

Teachers have walked off the job in a second state in as many days in their battle for better pay and conditions, forcing public school closures.

Bail tightened for ex-CFMEU official amid fresh claims

Bail tightened for ex-CFMEU official amid fresh claims

A former construction union official has withdrawn a bid to vary his bail conditions after police outlined fresh allegations against him.

ABC staff lament poor wages as strike, re-runs roll on

ABC staff lament poor wages as strike, re-runs roll on

The ABC will rely on foreign content and repeats of old shows to fill 24 hours of broadcasting as its workers down tools for their first strike in decades.

Unions urge five per cent pay rise as inflation bites

Unions urge five per cent pay rise as inflation bites

Employer groups warn a pay rise above inflation for minimum wage earners would only tip more fuel onto the fire as rising petrol prices worry the Reserve Bank.

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'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

'Agonising cycle': ABC journos to strike over pay offer

Thousands of ABC staff have voted to walk off the job, rejecting an enterprise bargaining agreement offer that featured a below-inflation pay rise.

Push for rape counselling notes to be kept under wraps

Push for rape counselling notes to be kept under wraps

Push for rape counselling notes to be kept under wraps

Push for rape counselling notes to be kept under wraps

Sessions between a victim of sexual assault and their counsellor should be given the same protected status as legal advice in court proceedings, advocates say.

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

More than 500 musicians have called on a state ballet company to reverse its plans to use recorded music for an upcoming tour of Dracula.

Silence persists as CFMEU probe rattled by more threats

Silence persists as CFMEU probe rattled by more threats

Silence persists as CFMEU probe rattled by more threats

Silence persists as CFMEU probe rattled by more threats

Witnesses to construction-sector criminality continue to be scared into silence as a state government blocks expanded powers for the corruption watchdog.

Taxpayers pay the price for union guerrilla campaign

Taxpayers pay the price for union guerrilla campaign

Taxpayers pay the price for union guerrilla campaign

Taxpayers pay the price for union guerrilla campaign

An inquiry into the militant CFMEU has revealed major construction delays and a costs blowout of an estimated half a billion dollars.

Denying workers meal breaks - did somebody say KFC?

Denying workers meal breaks - did somebody say KFC?

Denying workers meal breaks - did somebody say KFC?

Denying workers meal breaks - did somebody say KFC?

A long-running class action brought by KFC workers alleging they were denied payments for breaks has been settled for $28.8 million.

Safety inspectors 'bullied and abused' by CFMEU

Safety inspectors 'bullied and abused' by CFMEU

Safety inspectors 'bullied and abused' by CFMEU

Safety inspectors 'bullied and abused' by CFMEU

An inquiry has heard Workpace Health and Safety inspectors were "bullied, and abused" by a state's militant and brazen CFMEU.

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Union boss charged after police find 167 guns and cash

A powerful union leader has been charged after emergency crews attending to a fire in his home alerted police to a cache of guns and more than $100,000 in cash.

Unions demand an extra week of annual leave for workers

An extra week of annual leave would add two per cent to employment costs but reduce employee turnover and time lost to injury and stress, unions say.

Corruption watchdog denies CFMEU referral 'run-around'

Delayed notification of a doomed request to probe construction sector corruption has been slammed as a government moves to block "follow the dollar" changes.

Union denied entry to site after concrete pump death

The construction union has accused property giant Meriton of barring an official from inspecting a construction site after a worker was tragically killed.

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'Florid ramblings': minister takes aim at CFMEU report

A minister has launched an extraordinary attack on the work of a top barrister probing CFMEU corruption as pressure builds on his party's leader.

Scandal deepens as premier denies 'hoax' CFMEU referral

A former corruption watchdog boss has called out a state premier after his old agency rejected her formal request to probe CFMEU misconduct.

Union hired convicted killer as health and safety rep

An inquiry into a union has begun to resemble an episode of a notorious crime drama as it heard details of corruption, violence and intimidation.

Official probe into CFMEU links rejected by premier

A state premier has defended her government's response to CFMEU corruption, saying it cracked down on the union as soon as it became aware of misconduct claims.

'A crime syndicate': fallout over shocking union report

A damning report has levelled extraordinary allegations a rogue union had effectively become a front for organised crime.

Inquiry hears of 'deal' between union and government

An embattled union believed it had a sweetheart agreement with a state government, an inquiry has heard.

Unions set sights on pay rises, threaten strike action

Workers are more ready to strike than ever before, unions say, as they push for above-inflation pay rises to help members with high housing costs.

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