‘Drowning’: Workers demand fairer pay
Hundreds of staff have stopped work at two major hospitals and schools across Western Australia to demand a fair pay rise to meet the rising cost of living.
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‘Lost’: 19yo exposes crippling reality of HECS
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‘Hard for young people to say no’
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‘I’ve been called a putrid skank’
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The Aussies most likely to get a pay rise
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