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Australian workers will be free to change jobs for a pay rise more easily under an Albanese government proposal to ban non-compete agreements that prevent staff defecting to other employers or starting their own business.

The fine print that makes it easier to quit your job – and earn more money

Up to 3 million workers will be free to change jobs under a government proposal to ban non-compete agreements that prevent staff defecting to other employers.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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Senator James Paterson.

‘I won’t be intimidated’: Coalition frontbencher fires back at Gatto

The Liberal Party senator won’t take backward step after underworld figure Mick Gatto threatened to sue.

  • Mathew Dunckley and Olivia Ireland
Sydney train commuters endured repeated disruptions over months from industrial action before Fair Work last month halted it until July 1.

Sydney spared return to train chaos after court throws out appeal

A union representing almost 1000 rail workers has been unsuccessful in its appeal to the Federal Court of a months-long suspension of industrial action.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne.

Companies on public projects exposed in CFMEU federal police probe

More businesses with ties to bikies and the underworld have been revealed as the gangland corruption scandal deepens.

  • Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
Industrial action by rail workers has crippled Sydney’s train network on multiple occasions since late last year.

‘Further apart than before’: Legal twist threatens truce in Sydney train dispute

The unions want an order suspending industrial action on Sydney’s rail network until July revoked, claiming that it is not helping to resolve the dispute.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Joseph Toscano.

Victims lash Victoria Police over CFMEU investigation failures

The police’s Operation Hawk has deeply disappointed some of those who have sought help.

  • Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
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CFMEU delegates dispersing from an emergency meeting in Melbourne on Tuesday.

CFMEU vows to act on organised crime, violence against women at emergency meeting

The union’s national secretary secured landmark support from hundreds of delegates for his push to rid the industry of gangland players.

  • Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
Mario Barrios was a former long-serving top unionist at the CFMEU.

‘Cut off the head, the tentacles still in place’: CFMEU veteran lashes corruption clean up

Years ago, Mario Barrios stood up to George Alex. Now he fears things are even worse.

  • Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
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Perth daycares shut by mass walkout over unpaid wages, super

Families across Perth were left in the lurch on Monday after educators quit over months of late wages and unpaid super, with their union taking legal action.

  • Emma Young
A stock image of a similar carbon sugar snake experiment.

Charity fined after student set alight in science experiment gone wrong

A male student and an educator were both taken to hospital with burns following the incident in November 2022.

  • Caroline Schelle

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