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Unions call for silica ban to set a safety benchmark

Unions are pushing for a ban on kitchen benchtops with high silica levels that are linked to lung disease, saying there are alternative products available.

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We need a National Energy Transition Authority to help fossil fuel workers adjust

Australia’s coal-fired power stations are exiting the grid. This transition is already well underway, as cheaper renewables displace coal and older generators close. Australia’s oldest coal plant, Liddell, is about to close. Eleven coal-fired power plants closed between 2013 and 2020, and at least seven others are slated to close…

The Conversation

Gresford Billy Cart Derby shows what happens when the good times roll

The humble billy cart can lure kids away from their expensive mobile phone chat rooms and computer games.

Newcastle Herald

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2023’s big battle: Inflation v Australia’s working poor

inflation and rising interest rates make Fair Work Commission's annual wage review a crucial decision as families face hip-pocket pain

The New Daily

ACTU: Coal-to-renewables transition needs to be ‘with workers, not to workers’

As Australia edges towards its 2050 net zero emissions target, the question of how to support workers and communities affected by the decline of fossil

The New Daily

Federal government backs wage increase for lowest-paid workers in line with inflation

The federal government has backed a wage rise for the nation's lowest paid workers in line with inflation, arguing they should not see their real wages go backwards.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers backs lift in pay rates ahead of minimum wage review, as unions push for pay rise to match inflation

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a coming minimum wage review should not allow the lowest-paid workers to fall further behind, saying minimum wage earners are not driving inflation.

ABC News

ACTU pushing for 7 pct rise to minimum and award wages

More than two million workers on minimum and award wages should get a seven per cent pay rise to keep up with the rising cost of living, the ACTU argues.

AAP

ACTU calls for ‘survival increase’ in wages of 7 per cent

Australian unions are pushing for a "survival increase" in the minimum wage as inflation and the cost of living crush lowest-paid workers.

The New Daily

‘Simply about survival’: ACTU calls for 7% pay rise for lowest-paid workers to keep pace with inflation

Minimum hourly rate would rise to $22.88 – or $45,337 a year – if the Fair Work Commission grants the increase

The Guardian - AU

ACTU digs in on nuclear-free policy in headache for Labor over Aukus subs

Coalition seizes on Michele O’Neil’s comments, claiming they send a ‘confusing signal’ on $368bn nuclear submarine acquisition

The Guardian - AU

The "missing piece" of climate and energy policy

Australia's peak union body has called on the Federal Government to establish a national energy transition authority in the federal budget.

Newcastle Herald

ACTU head backs four-day working week

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is backing a trial for a four-day work week with full pay, declaring the policy a winner for employees and the economy.

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'Great idea': Why union boss backs four-day work week

A trial for a four-day work week at full pay for Australian workers has been spruiked as a "great idea" by the union movement.

The New Daily

Unions question Labor over AUKUS nuclear submarines

Australia's union movement has criticised plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, declaring support for a "nuclear free defence policy".

The Guardian - AU

Unions call for energy transition authority to help workers exiting fossil fuel sector

Australian Council of Trade Unions chief, Michele O’Neil, will argue for retraining, redeployment and compensation programs

The New Daily

Review underway as workers pay a deadly price for cheaper engineered-stone bench tops

Many engineered-stone benchtops could soon be taken off the market as governments push ahead with plans to review a ban.

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The New Daily

Why are Australian households struggling as corporate profits soar?

Everyday Australian’s are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living with soaring inflation hurting households’ hip pockets.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: anger over Qantas’s record profit; Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner subpoenaed; and Starbucks’ olive oil coffee

Qantas the latest company to announce record profits, causing anger among some travellers and a Labor senator

The Conversation

40 years on, does Australia need another Prices and Incomes Accord?

The election of the Hawke Labor government on March 5 1983 began an era of once-in-a-century economic reforms that opened the Australian economy to the world. It floated the dollar, eliminated controls on international capital flows, and dismantled the high tariffs that protected local manufacturers from imports. It refocused Australia’s…

The Guardian - AU

Four questions Philip Lowe and the RBA need to answer over interest rates

Further rate rises, Reserve Bank strategy, transparency and whether to extend Lowe’s term are likely to come under scrutiny

The Guardian - AU

Reserve Bank causing households ‘too much pain’ with rate rises, says union chief Sally McManus

Australian union leader says the absence of labour market expertise on the RBA board had caused ‘missteps’

The Conversation

Friday essay: how Blanche d'Alpuget's 'warts and all' biography of her lover Bob Hawke helped make him prime minister

Blanche D’Alpuget was born in 1944, the daughter of Lou d’Alpuget and Josie Stephenson, and grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. She attended Sydney Church of England Girls’ Grammar School and, briefly, the University of Sydney before becoming a journalist with the Daily Mirror, rival newspaper of the Sun where…

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Cambodian community calls for casino union leader Chhim Sithar's release from prison after visit to Australia

The Australian ambassador has raised his concerns about the questionable basis for Chhim Sithar's arrest, but Cambodia's Justice Ministry says it doesn't need to respond.

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