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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

NSW government seeking orders to block planned industrial action on rail network

NSW premier Dominic Perrottet
NSW premier Dominic Perrottet says the government was launching legal action against the rail worker’s union to block a fresh round of industrial action. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales government has claimed the cost of the city’s new metro rail line could blow out by hundreds of millions of dollars if the state’s rail workers are allowed to go ahead with this week’s planned industrial action.

On Monday the premier, Dominic Perrottet, announced that his government was filing action against the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) in the Fair Work Commission seeking to block the fresh round of industrial action.

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