LNP opposed to labour hire plan
Queensland’s Crisafulli LNP government has slammed federal Labor’s ‘reckless’ decision to back Victoria as the host jurisdiction for national labour hire regulation.
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Westpac is to move almost 200 jobs in SA and NSW to The Philippines, sparking condemnation from the Finance Sector Union, which claimed workers held concerns about the security of customer data.
Setka sued over threats to AFL
John Setka faces penalties of up to $18,780 for each alleged contravention and the CFMEU penalties of up to $93,900, over threats to impose a ‘work to rule’ campaign against the league.
CFMEU bribery litigation delayed
Former NSW CFMEU boss, Darren Greenfield, and his son, Michael, have succeeded in again delaying their bribery case.
‘Traumatised’ Setka’s compensation win
The former Victorian CFMEU leader will have his medical expenses paid, with a doctor recommending he undertake counselling and consider ‘eye-movement desensitisation therapy’.
Minister to launch crackdown on corporate ‘shonks’
New reform options to stop misuse of the taxpayer funded workers’ entitlements scheme.
Deal ends 30-day paper mill lockout
The workers were locked out for a month in response to legal industrial action by just seven workers for six hours.
Top cop quits after no-confidence vote
Victoria’s chief police commissioner Shane Patton has quit just hours after the Allan government refused to publicly back him in the wake of the damning vote by rank-and-file officers.
Third senior exit at CFMEU administration
The exit came as confidential documents show the union’s national office was in deficit and the SA branch insolvent.
Ex-bosses’ ‘contempt’ for union members
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt says a ‘damning’ probe into the NSW CFMEU’s transfer of $3m of members’ funds was a ‘shocking indictment’ of the union’s former leadership.
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