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Hospitals
The Sydney hospitals overspending by $9 million a month
Staff at three Sydney hospitals have threatened to take industrial action unless the NSW government reverses job cuts they say will put patients at risk.
- by Angus Thomson
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Investigations
Union official claims ‘Asmar gang’ created slush fund to influence Labor appointments
The damning claims about union secretary Diana Asmar and her close associates have been made by a senior union official.
- by Nick McKenzie
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State Parliament
As unions rankle government, a peace deal is brokered with firefighters. Sort of
An interim pay agreement between the Minns government and the NSW firefighters’ union is only a truce. But for a government with plenty of industrial headaches, it’s good news.
- by Michael McGowan
CFMEU official booted from worksites after Fair Work Commission ruling
A senior CFMEU official captured on camera allegedly making threats to kill an owner of a labour hire company won’t be allowed on worksites after a Fair Work Commission judgment.
- by Erin Pearson
Zombie renders from Lord Mayor Nick, not Nicholas, go viral
Nick Reece’s plan to build 28 city parks if re-elected has gone global, thanks to AI renders populated by zombies – with one in a proposed playground.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Damning IBAC report exposes influence of Peter Marshall and firefighters union
Marshall asked staff at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to gather sensitive information for him, and the union exerted unprecedented influence over the running of the fire service, report finds.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Building Bad
George Alex’s boast: I’m untouchable because CFMEU ‘need money’
Organised crime boss George Alex boasted the CFMEU deemed his firms “untouchable” on building sites because union officials needed their “kickers”, according to police surveillance.
- by David Marin-Guzman and Nick McKenzie
‘Significant impact on patients’: NSW nurses to strike for 24 hours
The state’s health system will be brought to a standstill for the second time this month after nurses voted to return to the picket line.
- by Angus Thomson
As it happened: Union members march in Sydney, Melbourne as CFMEU administrator vows to expel bikies
Tens of thousands of workers downed tools in Melbourne and Sydney to rally in support of the CFMEU again on Wednesday.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Administrator vows to get bikies out as CFMEU corruption probe spreads
The CFMEU administrator has detailed how he will combat corruption in the building sector, revealing he would seek to force bikies out who hold influential roles in the troubled union.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Victorian CFMEU overseer quits after claims of inappropriate comments
Appointed to help the administrator restore order to the union’s Victorian branch, Grahame McCulloch has instead resigned.
- by Nick McKenzie, Olivia Ireland and James Massola
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