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| Guest workers 'taking nothing' from Indigenous Australians (21/08/2008) |
An advocacy group says the Federal Government's Pacific guest worker scheme will not take jobs away from Indigenous Australians. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Hull throws support behind Pacific workers scheme (21/08/2008) |
Federal Nationals MP Kay Hull has defended the Government's new Pacific island worker scheme against attacks from Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Rise of $24.50 for SA low paid (21/08/2008) |
The Industrial Relations Commission has granted South Australia's lowest-paid workers a pay rise of $24.50 a week. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| TWU lobbies for truck fuel levy (21/08/2008) |
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) is asking the Industrial Relations Commission to allow truck drivers to charge clients a fuel levy. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| No joy for teachers in pay talks (21/08/2008) |
Another strike is looming for South Australian schools. Negotiations between teachers and the SA Government remain deadlocked.
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| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| TAFE teachers vow to step up pay action (21/08/2008) |
Thousands of TAFE teachers who yesterday walked off the job for the first time in 13 years have vowed to continue shutting down classes in a state-wide push for better wages and working conditions. |
| Source: http://www.theage.com.au/ |
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| AWU defeats council over 'Work-Choices' (21/08/2008) |
A court victory in Brisbane confirms the commonwealth can't make federal workplace laws to cover local council employees, a union says. |
| Source: http://news.theage.com.au/ |
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| Bid to improve lot of student workers (21/08/2008) |
Schools, employers and unions should sign a collective agreement to help students balance full-time study and part-time work, a forum organised by the Australian National Schools Network will be told today. |
| Source: http://www.theage.com.au/ |
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| Tram staff reject new pay deal (20/08/2008) |
Tram workers have rejected a pay offer, opting for less money to maintain conditions. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Glenside overtime dispute continues (20/08/2008) |
A crisis meeting between nurses and the Health Department about an overtime ban at Glenside Hospital has failed to resolve the issue. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Guest staff 'won't replace locals' (20/08/2008) |
Guest workers coming to pick fruit in Victoria would not be displacing locals, particularly young Aboriginal men, from jobs, employment organisations have said. |
| Source: http://www.theage.com.au/ |
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| Think before you post on Facebook (20/08/2008) |
Before posting the latest photos of yourself chugging down beers or cutting up the dance floor on Facebook or MySpace, think again - your next employer could be watching. |
| Source: http://news.theage.com.au/ |
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| TAFE teachers to march in Melbourne (20/08/2008) |
About 1,000 TAFE teachers from across Victoria will attend a stopwork meeting in Melbourne to campaign for better pay and conditions. |
| Source: http://news.theage.com.au/ |
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| MFB denies claims of bullying (20/08/2008) |
Half of the 10 assistant chief fire officers in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade are on personal or stress leave because of bullying, the firefighters' union claims. |
| Source: http://www.theage.com.au/ |
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| Statewide teachers' strike call for public schools (20/08/2008) |
Hundreds of public schools will be disrupted and some may be forced to close when teachers take strike action across the state on September 2. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Young workers 'snaring the biggest pay rises' (20/08/2008) |
Young workers are snaring the biggest pay rises, a Melbourne University report says. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Union ad campaign attacks WA Government (20/08/2008) |
Unions have sent a warning to the Carpenter Government that their support is far from guaranteed at the September 6 election, with bus drivers threatening to strike and other unions campaigning against Labor. |
| Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/ |
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| Howard's WorkChoices fairness test a success (20/08/2008) |
John Howard's fairness test introduced before the federal election succeeded in softening the harsher elements of Work Choices -- even if it came too late to save his government. |
| Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/ |
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| Fed Govt urged to lengthen paid maternity leave (19/08/2008) |
Family and pregnancy support groups are mounting a new campaign to urge the Federal Government to introduce paid maternity leave for a minimum of six months. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Nats MP breaks ranks over Pacific worker scheme (19/08/2008) |
A federal National Party MP has broken ranks with the Opposition to support the Government's new Pacific Island guest worker program. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Govt urged to cover extra costs for Pacific workers (19/08/2008) |
Fruit and vegetable farmers have welcomed a pilot Pacific seasonal workers program, though some say the Federal Government should pick up extra costs like airfares and accommodation for the workers. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Companies fined $180k over Sydney building site death (19/08/2008) |
A building company and an engineering company have each been fined $180,000 over the death of a worker on a building site in Sydney's west. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Trams out for four hours (19/08/2008) |
Adelaide tram drivers are stopping work for four hours because of a pay dispute with TransAdelaide. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| No progress in public sector pay talks (19/08/2008) |
Tasmania's Premier, David Bartlett, wants public sector industrial action to be suspended before formal pay negotiations resume. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| New pay deal to lure doctors to SA (19/08/2008) |
A new pay package for public hospital doctors will be used by the State Government in an interstate recruitment drive. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Glenside ban on nurse overtime (19/08/2008) |
An overtime work ban has been imposed on staff at Glenside Hospital by the Health Department. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Coast boat builder lays off staff (19/08/2008) |
The CEO of Australia's largest luxury boat builder says the company is not in dire straits despite laying off more than 120 staff yesterday. |
| Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/ |
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| $2.5m fire rort busted by ICAC (19/08/2008) |
Two of the NSW Fire Brigade's most senior managers allegedly siphoned $2.5 million from major station upgrades to fund property investments. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Aurora using WorkChoices, unions accuse (19/08/2008) |
Unions have accused Aurora Energy of using WorkChoices laws to introduce a non-union agreement. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Reform talks tense (19/08/2008) |
NSW Corrective Services workers are likely to strike, as negotiations between the NSW government and union leaders disintegrate. |
| Source: http://www.skynews.com.au/ |
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| Pacific guestworker scheme to start this year (18/08/2008) |
Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has announced a three-year Pacific Islander guestworker scheme will start later this year. |
| Source: http://www.abc.net.au/ |
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| Snap tram strike looms (18/08/2008) |
Tram drivers have called a snap strike for Tuesday, asking for extra money to compensate them for the stress of driving through the city. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Teacher strikes set to roll on (18/08/2008) |
State schools will again be shut by strike action unless the State Government improves its pay offer to teachers by September 8. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Queensland's best teachers taken out of class (18/08/2008) |
The State Government has a novel approach to recognising excellent teachers - take them out of the classroom for almost two months. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Cancer-cluster school mission (18/08/2008) |
Education and Health Department officials are to meet staff from a Hobart school at the centre of a cancer cluster scare. |
| Source: http://www.news.com.au/ |
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| Backlash risk in MPs' pay rise (18/08/2008) |
West Australian MPs have become the highest paid in the country, prompting Premier Alan Carpenter to consider pegging pay rates to the salaries of federal MPs to avoid a voter backlash at the September 6 state election. |
| Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/ |
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