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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

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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
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
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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
A train departs Sydney’s Central Station.

Rail workers vote to accept pay offer, ending industrial action

The combined rail unions have voted to accept the government’s pay offer, bringing to an end a bitter pay dispute that brought chaos to the train network.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Star Brisbane casino workers have walked off the job on Friday.

Star workers walk off job in another blow for Brisbane casino

The union said its members had continued to show up while Star “blundered from disaster to disaster”, at times without the guarantee of pay at the end of the week.

  • Courtney Kruk
Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union secretary Sarah Beaman gave Queensland Health an ultimatum on Monday.

‘Gaslit’ nurses and midwives prepare to ramp up industrial action

The union said Queensland Health was breaking an election promise with its pay offers and was “gaslighting” workers as negotiations drew out.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis

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