Security threat grounds strike
Plans by Border Force workers to conduct strikes at major airports were dramatically shelved last night.
Plans by Border Force workers to conduct strikes at major airports were dramatically shelved last night.
Prominent author and political commentator Bob Ellis died yesterday following a long-running battle with cancer. He was 73.
Tomorrow’s airport strikes have been averted after the government tonight won an urgent application to stop action.
The national economy has suffered a hit of up to $3.88bn a year from rising disruption to building sites.
The federal Opposition has chosen not to make a submission to the independent umpire on the minimum wage.
The ALP won’t echo the ACTU’s push for a $30 a week rise to the minimum wage for 1.8 million low paid workers.
Trade unions will petition the industrial umpire today for an above-inflation wage rise of $30 a week for low-paid workers.
Airport strikes will resume after public servants ended a moratorium on action imposed after the Brussels attacks.
Passengers told to brace for chaos at airports this week after a pause in action because of Brussels and Easter | DATES
Strikes on building sites have leapt by 34 per cent since the Howard-era building industry watchdog was abolished.
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