This Month
Pub baron welcomes deal to save Sydney’s New Year’s Eve
Pub baron Craig Laundy says commonsense has prevailed to end a rail strike threat to Sydney’s annual harbour fireworks worth $280 million to the economy.
- Neve Brissenden and Luke Costin
Super Retail whistleblower settlement claim dismissed
The company’s two former lawyers who claimed there was a culture of bullying at the firm have had their bid to enforce an alleged payout agreement thrown out by the Federal Court.
- Updated
- Max Mason and Carrie LaFrenz
Slater & Gordon staff win pay rise of up to 22pc
Long-running pay negotiations between the Labor-aligned legal firm and staff have ended without a key union demand being met.
- Maxim Shanahan
Sydney’s New Year fireworks may be axed over train strike
NSW’s police commissioner says she fears for the safety of people who will gather on Sydney Harbour if they can’t use the rail network because of industrial action.
- Updated
- Luke Costin
High-powered law firm ends eight-year dispute with ex-general manager
Solicitor to the powerful John Atanaskovic and his long-serving general manager Elizabeth Kelly issued statements saying their eight-year suit was concluded.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- CFMEU
Ousted CFMEU officials left in charge of $7m trust
Ex-CFMEU officials, including former NSW leader Darren Greenfield, are on a union-related fund that controls several million dollars, some four months since the union went into administration.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- CFMEU
CFMEU investigator looks into $30k-a-month payments to Greenfield duo
Ousted CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield and his son and former deputy Michael received almost $1 million in union members’ money over three years.
- David Marin-Guzman
Health Workers Union boss restrained after claims ‘traitors’ targeted
The Federal Court has effectively stood aside controversial Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar after finding there was a serious question over her alleged attempts to target union staff who she regarded as “traitors”.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Trade unions
The secret sting in the union membership surge under Labor
A union membership increase bucking a decade of decline is entirely due to public sector growth, concealing a new low in the private sector.
- David Marin-Guzman
Union growth is back under Labor after a decade of decline
The ACTU says a return to collective bargaining under the Albanese government has helped unions increase their membership to 13 per cent of the workforce.
- David Marin-Guzman and Michael Read
Melbourne Uni’s $72m deal to settle backpay case sets precedent
The University of Melbourne has agreed to overhaul its compliance systems in an underpayment settlement that the regulator says sets the bar for large employers.
- David Marin-Guzman
Hit to Woolworths sales from strike grows to $140m, expected to rise
The supermarket giant agreed to a pay deal with the union on Saturday, ending industrial action. But it will take weeks to restock stores and warehouses.
- Carrie LaFrenz and David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Queensland votes
Labor paid $30m to union-backed bodies in dying hours of Qld rule
Despite promising the money as part of its re-election bid, the state government paid it to union-backed training organisations a day before entering caretaker mode.
- David Marin-Guzman and James Hall
Woolworths scrambles to restock shelves after strike ends
A deal has been struck between the supermarket giant and union workers, ending pickets of key warehouses that have left shelves bare for weeks.
- Samantha Lock and Adrian Black
Woolworths has partial win in union blockade leaving shelves bare
The retailer’s win at the Fair Work Commission could dent an indefinite strike that has cost it more than $50 million.
- David Marin-Guzman and Carrie LaFrenz
- Investigation
- CFMEU
How builders got captured by the CFMEU’s $1.2b redundancy fund
Master Builders Victoria’s solvency relies on millions of dollars in grants from the John Setka-backed Incolink fund, which whistleblowers say has created a huge conflict of interest.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- CFMEU
Builders lobby ‘entirely reliant’ on CFMEU millions
The key employer group for builders in Victoria relies on multimillion-dollar grants to stay afloat, creating potential conflicts of interest in its bargaining with the CFMEU, a whistleblower complaint alleges.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Healthcare
Why Branson’s ex right-hand man is investing in workplace health
David Baxby has invested in just about everything from airlines to gyms. Now for the first time, he is putting his money into healthcare.
- Michael Smith
Investigation launched into claims ousted CFMEU boss used CCTV to spy
The Fair Work Commission investigation into former NSW union boss Darren Greenfield is the first under Labor’s laws that prevent former officials obstructing the administration of the CFMEU.
- David Marin-Guzman
UK journalists strike over planned sale of Observer
Reporters at The Guardian have begun a 48-hour walkout, the first in 50 years for the outlet, over a proposal to sell its sister paper to a digital media start-up.
- Eshe Nelson