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Workplace Minister Murray Watt.

Workers who steal from their boss can be charged with theft. Now dishonest employers risk jail, fines

Landmark wage theft laws that come into effect on January 1 will make intentional underpayment of workers a crime across the nation.

  • Olivia Ireland

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Senator Fatima Payman.

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.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
Parliament House.

Parliamentary boss failed to record ‘close relationship’

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has been forced to defend his choice of car as senators enjoyed their last chance this year to grill ministers.

  • James Massola, Matthew Knott and Mike Foley
Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather said Labor spent more time attacking the Greens than the Liberal National Party.

‘Buyer’s remorse’: Defeated Labor takes solace in Greens’ losses in Queensland

Labor MPs have renewed hope of picking up inner-city seats from the Greens at the next federal election after the Queensland state election.

  • Matthew Knott
The lap top at home became a way of life.

Yes, your boss is spying on you. Should there be a watchdog on that?

The ACTU is set on changing the regulation of worker surveillance, calling for a national AI authority that co-ordinates with government to protect workers.

  • Olivia Ireland

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.

  • Ross Gittins
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There are more than 40 ongoing investigations into CFMEU officials.

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.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
There are more than 40 ongoing investigations into CFMEU officials.

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.

  • Olivia Ireland and David Crowe
migration

Albanese under fire as migrant intake blows forecasts

The latest figures show migration is slowing, but not at the rate the government predicted.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Shane Wright
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference earlier today.

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”.

  • David Crowe and Olivia Ireland

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