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The government has finally reached an in-principle agreement with rail unions.

One union could derail end to Sydney’s months of train chaos

The Minns government has reached an in-principle agreement with rail workers, but one union could derail everything if it doesn’t agree to one final issue.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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Sydney train drivers are among those striking over pay. They earn an average annual salary of $128,196 a year, including overtime and bonuses.

NSW government reaches agreement with rail unions after bitter dispute

Rail workers have been promised a 12 per cent pay rise over three years, bringing to an end the marathon industrial dispute between unions and the NSW government.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Megan Gorrey
Victorian Liberal Party state director Stuart Smith.

Victorian Liberals accused of sacking staffer in retaliation for bullying claims

Nadine Jones alleges she was unfairly dismissed for blowing the whistle on behaviour inside the party’s headquarters.

  • Rachel Eddie
Strike action could include work stoppages, bed closures and reduced services.

Queensland nurses vote to strike for first time in decades

The nurses’ and midwives’ union says promised “nation-leading” wage increases never transpired.

  • Savannah Meacham
Catholic school teachers are on a collision course with their employers over pay and conditions.

Unholy workplace row brewing in state’s Catholic schools

Catholic school teachers and their employers cannot even agree on the framework for talks on a new wage deal.

  • Noel Towell
Healthcare workers are already exhausted after two years on the front lines of the pandemic.

The unholy alliance against new laws that ‘disproportionately’ impact women

Liberal MPs have joined unions in warning that changes to workers’ compensation laws would have a disproportionate impact on women.

  • Alexandra Smith
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Qantas’ lawyers are arguing for a mid-range penalty instead of the maximum $121 million.

Qantas illegally fired staff to survive ‘business calamities’, court hears

Lawyers for the airline argue for a mid-range fine on the third day of hearings to determine how much it will need to pay for illegally outsourcing workers.

  • Frances Howe
Paul Freeman

In attempting to deport a troublemaker, Australia helped create a martyr

Prospector Paul Freeman lies in an unlikely grave – at the foot of the Kremlin wall beside Soviet leaders and revolutionaries.

  • Rob Harris
Former CFMEU boss John Setka.

No-show Setka too sick to deal with lawyers over push to oust AFL umpiring boss

The former CFMEU hardman has missed a second date in the Federal Court, where he is accused of breaching workplace laws by trying to pressure the AFL into dumping Steve McBurney.

  • Grant McArthur
An ambulance with union messages parked outside Emergency Service’s Paul Papalia’s office on Tuesday.

Angry Perth paramedics vent frustrations by scribbling on ambulances

One ambulance parked outside Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia’s office on Tuesday morning bore the message: “WA Health is ‘Cooked’.”

  • Hamish Hastie

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