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Fatima Payman to speak at event supporting scandal-plagued CFMEU
Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration, prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.
- by Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
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- by James Massola, Matthew Knott and Mike Foley
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Labor MPs have renewed hope of picking up inner-city seats from the Greens at the next federal election after the Queensland state election.
- by Matthew Knott
Yes, your boss is spying on you. Should there be a watchdog on that?
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- by Olivia Ireland
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Jobs
Get this into your head: We are now short of workers, not jobs
The message we’ve yet to get is that, when it comes to the need for jobs, our world has been turned on its head.
- by Ross Gittins
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Building Bad
Setka stack fears as Greens stand to win big from Labor-union split
Labor’s decision to put the construction union into administration has triggered a revolt within a significant part of the union movement.
- by Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
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Fair Work launches 42 probes into CFMEU coercion, corruption
Government officials will hold housing crisis talks with construction bosses on Wednesday as Fair Work continues to probe dozens of CFMEU officials.
- by Olivia Ireland and David Crowe
Albanese under fire as migrant intake blows forecasts
The latest figures show migration is slowing, but not at the rate the government predicted.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Shane Wright
Albanese warns corporate chiefs of ‘extreme anti-business’ opposition
The PM has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business, saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers”.
- by David Crowe and Olivia Ireland
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Asylum seekers
This rule puts Border Force workers above the law – and it was just quietly extended
The government has renewed a rule that exempts Operation Sovereign Borders staff from the need to take “reasonable care” not to harm asylum seekers at sea.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Labor blasts Greens for ‘grandstanding’ at CFMEU anti-Albanese protest
Greens firebrand Max Chandler-Mather infuriated the government by backing the union’s nationwide protests.
- by David Crowe, Olivia Ireland and William Davis
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