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Full steam ahead in pay fight despite rail reprieve

Full steam ahead in pay fight despite rail reprieve

Passengers will be able to get where they need to go on a major rail network after works bans were dropped but a long-term deal is no closer to being struck.

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Psychiatrists have begun to walk away from their jobs in the public system over an intensifying wage dispute which threatens to cause significant bed closures.

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Replacing psychiatrists with nurses and counsellors will not lower standards, state leaders insist, as crisis plans are drawn up for looming resignations.

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Doctors baulking at $3k a day to plug mental health gap

Doctors baulking at $3k a day to plug mental health gap

Patients in mental distress will face tele-consults as NSW Health scrambles to lessen the impact of two in three public psychiatrists resigning.

Fresh pay offer tabled as trains get back on track

Fresh pay offer tabled as trains get back on track

Rail unions that caused major disruptions to the nation's busiest network have made a fresh offer after having to halt work bans.

More commuter pain spared as union actions suspended

More commuter pain spared as union actions suspended

An industrial umpire has put a temporary halt to work bans that have brought havoc to NSW's train network as drivers push for a hefty pay rise.

Doctors warned 'aggressive' tactic will impact families

Doctors warned 'aggressive' tactic will impact families

Families of people with poor mental health will bear the brunt of chaos caused by psychiatrists resigning as experts warn the public system is failing patients.

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More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

More travel turmoil with negotiations off the rails

An industrial stoush threatens to cripple the nation's busiest rail network as passengers were left stranded and trains came to an extended halt at platforms.

Twelve days' reproductive health leave could save $26b

Twelve days' reproductive health leave could save $26b

Twelve days' reproductive health leave could save $26b

Twelve days' reproductive health leave could save $26b

A new report reveals the staggering impact of reproductive health problems on productivity, feeding calls for extra leave entitlements.

Govt throwing mental health patients 'under the bus'

Govt throwing mental health patients 'under the bus'

Govt throwing mental health patients 'under the bus'

Govt throwing mental health patients 'under the bus'

Mental health patients in Australia's most populous state are being neglected by their government which is failing to retain psychiatrists, a union says.

Doubt cast over 'crude' plan to ban CFMEU from project

Doubt cast over 'crude' plan to ban CFMEU from project

Doubt cast over 'crude' plan to ban CFMEU from project

Doubt cast over 'crude' plan to ban CFMEU from project

Members of the troubled CFMEU could be banned from working on a multi-billion-dollar project under a coalition plan to fix one of Australia's longest roads.

Train disruptions flagged as govt rejects private talks

Train disruptions flagged as govt rejects private talks

Train disruptions flagged as govt rejects private talks

Train disruptions flagged as govt rejects private talks

Commuters are expected to face slower train services and other disruptions as the government declines to enter further negotiations with NSW rail workers.

New Year's show goes on but fireworks loom in train row

New Year's show goes on but fireworks loom in train row

New Year's show goes on but fireworks loom in train row

New Year's show goes on but fireworks loom in train row

Millions of people can enjoy Sydney's world-famous New Year's Eve fireworks after a union and government paused a pay fight during the holidays.

Work bans dropped after premier knocks back free fares

Work bans dropped after premier knocks back free fares

Work bans dropped after premier knocks back free fares

Work bans dropped after premier knocks back free fares

A long-running stand-off between a transport union and state Labor government over pay appears a long way from resolution as a peace deal is rejected.

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Train pain ahead of New Year's Eve fireworks threat

Cancelling Australia's biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display could send businesses to the wall, but the impacts of rail network chaos are already in play.

World famous NYE fireworks show veers off the rails

The threat of cancelling Sydney's famed New Year's Eve fireworks display due to union-led train disruptions has been dismissed as a scare campaign.

Rail chaos looms with 'whatever it takes' worker push

The NSW government will again try a legal strategy to overcome industrial action that a court has allowed to resume on a rail network facing fresh disruption.

Long flight to justice ends for sacked Qantas workers

The end of a protracted legal battle is being welcomed by workers illegally sacked by Qantas as they turn to rebuilding their lives after four years.

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Industrial action timetable sparks NYE train jitters

Rail workers will resume industrial action in the week after Christmas, but the union rejects claims it will upend New Year's Eve plans or bankrupt businesses.

CFMEU corruption case stalls after High Court challenge

A criminal case against an ex-CFMEU state secretary and his son has been held up after the union's High Court attack on its government-imposed administration.

Striking Qantas engineers look to crash Christmas party

Engineers at Australia's largest airline have targeted the peak summer travel period with industrial action, escalating an eight-month dispute over a pay deal.

You're kidding: cops sue force claiming unpaid overtime

Police union members could receive hundreds of millions of dollars for what they say is unpaid overtime over the past six years amid a protracted pay dispute.

Workers protest CFMEU takeover as court battle starts

Blue-collar unionists are rallying against a forced takeover of the construction union, saying the laws strip them of their rights, as a legal challenge begins.

Woolies rushes to deck the shelves with Christmas stock

Woolworths is counting the cost of a 17-day strike that took millions of dollars from their bottom line and left shelves empty in the lead-up to Christmas.

Trains and a pay deal delayed as court halts work bans

State leaders jumped the gun going to court to stop industrial action on the nation's largest city rail network, a union says.

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