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Senior police have defended claims of the Gold Coast district being under-resourced.

Police win pay deal while other public sector workers wait

The nurses’ union has compared the “outrageous” police deal with the way their predominantly female profession has been treated.

  • Courtney Kruk and William Davis

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ACTU assistant secretary Joseph Mitchell.
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Unions to demand employers be forbidden from using AI for ‘mass redundancies’

AI regulation will be the union’s key demand to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ economic reform round table in August.

  • Olivia Ireland
The union said its rally outside parliament on the day of the state budget was unexpectedly large.

Teacher pay dispute escalates as strike deadline approaches

While the Crisafulli government insists it remains at the negotiating table, the teachers’ union says industrial action is “all but a certainty”.

  • Rosanna Ryan
One week after ‘Coldplaygate’, former chief executive Andy Byron and former chief people officer Kristin Cabot have both resigned from Astronomer.

Astronomer HR chief resigns one week after being caught on Coldplay ‘kiss cam’

The $1.5 billion software company has now confirmed both executives wrapped up in the cuddle seen around the world are no longer employed.

  • Bronte Gossling
Liberal MLC Damien Tudehope and independent MP Mark Latham

These two men want an extra hurdle for sexual harassment claims. It will cost millions

The NSW Liberals teamed with Mark Latham to change workers’ compensation laws, but their plans will deliver $800 million less in savings.

  • Alexandra Smith
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was caught allegedly having an affair with his company’s chief people officer at a Coldplay concert.

Kiss Cam whammy made us chuckle, but it has triggered my bonk ban fixation

Workplace romances are almost always a bad idea. I’ve observed my share of HR (human relations) disasters.

  • Jenna Price
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Antoinette Lattouf addresses the media outside Federal Court in February.

Legal bid against Herald and Age in Lattouf case fails

The Federal Court heard a bid by a group of pro-Israel lobbyists to have The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age punished for contempt of court.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Master Builders Victoria board directors say the employer group is reliant on Incolink for solvency.

Victoria gives $12m to CFMEU-aligned fund under scrutiny

The union-aligned redundancy fund provided $31.5 million worth of safety and training grants since 2018, $12 million of which came from the Victorian government’s coffers.

  • Kieran Rooney
Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union (QNMU) speak outside the Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital in Herston as they take stage two protected industrial action over ongoing wage negotiations with the Queensland government.

Nurses refuse overtime, stop emptying bins as wages fight escalates

Queensland nurses and midwives say they are ready to walk off the job for the first time in more than 20 years.

  • Courtney Kruk
The rail unions have voted to accept a pay deal.

NSW’s free train days revealed after unions vote for wage deal

The state government will honour its promise, providing two fare-free days on the state’s rail network as compensation for widespread disruption caused by industrial action.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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