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Unions demand new wage theft tribunal as Labor vows to stop penalty rate changes

In a striking clash with Labor’s agenda, the Coalition will promise to slash taxes for small businesses.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal

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The University of Southern Queensland said last week it would cut an additional 150 full-time positions this year, with workers this week revealing a technical glitch has leaked staff information internally.

‘Mind-boggling’: Glitch exposes staff details as university reveals plan to cut jobs

A website fault inadvertently revealed the names of workers who looked up their redundancy entitlements, as a south-east Queensland university announced plans to cut 150 staff.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Index composite tearout of locum doctor job advertisements during three-day strike by members of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (ASMOF) NSW

Emergency beds closed, doctors offered $2000 a day to work as strike begins

Around 370 patients had elective surgeries cancelled as more than 3500 doctors walked off the job on Tuesday.

  • Angus Thomson
Royal North Shore is among the Sydney hospitals expected to be majorly impacted by the strike.

‘Jeopardise patient safety’: Plea to doctors over three-day strike

The union says staff levels will not drop below public holiday levels, but the health minister says the strike will jeopardise patient safety.

  • Christopher Harris
A poster notifying patients of ASMOF NSW’s decision to strike from 8-10 April 2025.

‘Unprecedented’: NSW doctors to defy court order and strike for three days

The union wants a 30 per cent pay rise and working conditions that better address worker fatigue.

  • Angus Thomson
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
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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
Companies on public projects have been exposed in a CFMEU federal police probe.

Gatto blasts CFMEU ‘falsehoods’, flags lawsuit against Dutton

The underworld figure has denied all accusations made against him, calling them “baseless, sensationalised and damaging to my reputation and personal life”.

  • Hannah Kennelly
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
Criminals are still running riot in the construction industry.

CFMEU-aligned fund receives $5.5m grant to encourage women in construction

The funding from the federal government was announced a week before allegations were made about CFMEU members committing domestic violence.

  • Olivia Ireland

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