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Julia Gillard has promised Australia will always have a car industry while Labor is in power after a decision by Holden to pare back production increased pressure on the two major political parties to commit to long-term subsidies.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Gaming officials are demanding a ''full explanation'' from the Star casino about the sacking of one of its top executives, Sid Vaikunta, over his behaviour in a ''social work setting''.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Job cuts are gathering pace, with major companies revealing plans to slash hundreds of positions in sectors from banking to defence and car making.
Source: The Age

A row has erupted over the work ethic of Australians after Toyota president Max Yasuda claimed his company had a sick-day epidemic around long weekends.

Source: Herald Sun

A defence manufacturer is cutting 50 jobs from its plant in central Victoria.
Source: ABC

Australia's industrial umpire has found two Tasmanian sawmillers have the right to stand down workers while there is a halt in woodchip exports.
Source: ABC

The school year has opened with fresh faces in the staffroom as well as the classroom, with more than 900 new teachers taking up permanent positions at public schools as term one begins.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

The Pope acted against natural justice and the Catholic Church's own canon law when he sacked Bill Morris as Bishop of Toowoomba last May, two expert independent reports have found.

Source: The Age

Big pay rises for more than 150,000 community sector workers will help narrow the large pay gap between men and women in Australia after a historic equal pay decision by the workplace tribunal.

Source: The Age

A fall in the value of nickel has led BHP Billiton to cut 155 jobs from its Nickel West operation.
Source: ABC

Tasmania's Education Union is willing to face the possibility that some schools will need to close.
Source: ABC

The Opposition says it has proof of inappropriate dealings between the Government and the independent tribunal investigating Federal MP Craig Thomson.
Source: ABC

Holden has confirmed that it is cutting about 100 "casual and flexible" jobs at its Elizabeth plant in Adelaide.
Source: ABC

The largest family-owned sawmill in southern Tasmania has stood down 30 workers for a month in response to the shutdown of a woodchip mill in the north.

Source: ABC

The outgoing owner of a Melbourne bus company has rewarded staff with cash gifts totalling tens of millions of dollars.

Source: ABC

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will use a key speech today to draw political battle lines over Labor's plans to promote job creation.

Source: ABC

The head of the Health Services Union says she suspects the Federal Government has interfered with the Fair Work Australia investigation into Labor MP Craig Thomson.

Source: ABC

Telstra says it is considering moving dozens of jobs offshore.

Source: ABC

The federal bureaucracy and the military will shed more than 14,000 full-time jobs over the next three years, an analysis of the budget papers suggests.

Source: Canberra Times

Unfair dismissal claims continue to rise under the Fair Work Act and have increased by more than 10 per cent a year since the laws took effect in mid 2009.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Staff at Canberra's six Dick Smith stores face an uncertain future after Woolworths announced yesterday it would close up to 100 underperforming shops in Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Canberra Times

One of Tasmania's most recognised real estate agencies will close its sales division next month chopping 27 jobs.

Source: Hobart Mercury

Queensland's teaching and learning audits have been suspended by the Education Department after teachers decided to boycott them yesterday because the results were published in The Courier-Mail.

Source: Courier Mail

Kim Sattler may not be known to Julia Gillard, but her face must be familiar to many in Canberra Labor circles.

Source: The Age

A former head of the Financial Review Group, Michael Gill, is seeking more than $1 million in compensation and damages from Fairfax Media, alleging he was the victim of age discrimination.

Source: The Age

The four-term school year has been thrown into doubt amid a dispute with the Australian Education Union.

Source: The Mercury

A former long-serving vice-president of the WA Police Union announced yesterday he would challenge president Russell Armstrong for the top job in next month's union elections.

Source: The West Australian

Unions ACT secretary Kim Sattler belatedly confirmed she acted as an intermediary between a Prime Minister's media adviser and the tent embassy activists, according to reports.

Source: Canberra Times

Male workers on average salaries are the biggest victims of age discrimination, a new study shows.

Source: Canberra Times

Officers may be banned from having visible tattoos under a proposal being considered by the New South Wales police force.

Source: ABC