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Qantas faces threat to its divide-and-conquer industrial relations policy

Qantas is expected to unveil bumper profits next month as it argues it can’t afford to give regional pilots a better deal.

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Man Travels To Australia With Only $400 And Leaves $123K Richer Thanks To FIFO Jobs

With an array of career options available, Australia has become a hot spot for 'Fly In Fly Out' workers.

International Business Times UK

Keep talking about stage three tax cuts. A turd rolled in glitter is still a turd after all!

The fact Gina Rinehart and well-paid FIFO workers are in the same tax bracket is insane. Labor made the cuts fairer, but it’s not suddenly a champion of progressive tax reform.

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Travellers affected as Qantas Group pilots strike

Thousands of passengers including FIFO workers have had their flight plans on a Qantas Group carrier disrupted as pilots walk off the job over a pay dispute.

AAP

Pilot strike at Qantas subsidiary to hit fly-in workers

Regional travellers and fly-in fly-out workers could face delays in WA as pilots give notice of a full-day strike amid stalled pay negotiations.

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Owners fined, banned for neglecting dog's allergies

A FIFO worker and his wife can keep their cats but have been handed fines after their dog was found in decrepit conditions.

AAP

Threat to flights as Qantas pilots set to strike again

Pilots at a WA-based Qantas subsidiary are set to go on strike for the second time in two months following a breakdown in negotiations over pay and conditions.

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Dozens of Qantas flights cancelled as pilots strike

Thousands of Qantas passengers and FIFO workers have had their travel plans cancelled or rescheduled as pilots walked off the job in Perth over a pay dispute.

AAP

Pilot strike to wreak havoc on resources sector workers

Thousands of FIFO workers are expected to be affected when pilots from the Qantas-owned Network Aviation work off the job as a wages dispute intensifies.

AAP

FlyPelican announces new route from Newcastle to regional NSW

FIFO workers now have better access to Narrabri.

Newcastle Herald

Building challenges are starting to ease, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to find a tradie

For more than two years, Colleen has been stuck in construction purgatory. She has the land, finances and contract to build — but finding tradies who can do the work is another story entirely.

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First Nations elders dismayed about FIFO mental health model planned for South Australia's APY Lands

Some of Australia's most vulnerable children will not have access to in-community mental health support staff, with the South Australian government set to install a fly-in-fly-out model, against the wishes of elders and the advice of experts.

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More Labor MPs come clean on WA mining junket, but questions remain

Labor MPs were treated by the mining lobby to a three-day tour of WA last month, including sunset drinks with FIFO workers and a briefing on the Juukan Gorge destruction.

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Rising demand for FIFO botox in rural communities but 'rogue' injectors a concern

Nurses are trading in scrubs for cosmetic syringes as demand for fly-in, fly-out injectable services booms in rural communities. But "rogue" injectors are also becoming more common, nurses warn.

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Perth's Forrestfield-Airport Link is open but WA's FIFO community want earlier trains

Perth's long-awaited airport rail line is finally open but WA mine workers want trains to start earlier to cater to fly-in-fly-out workers taking early morning flights.

ABC News

Female FIFO workers believe having more women in the industry would improve workplace culture

Female FIFO workers say it can be a "daunting" and isolating industry as the WA Minister for Mines calls for gender quotas to improve workplace culture.

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WA FIFO worker Jonathan David Small sentenced to 10 years' jail for repeatedly raping colleague

A FIFO worker will spend at least eight years behind bars for raping a colleague in her home, just weeks after the release of a damning West Australian parliamentary report into sexual harassment and assaults in the mining industry

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‘Horrific’ sexual abuses uncovered in Australia mining probe

A landmark inquiry into Australia’s mining sector has uncovered dozens of shocking cases of sexual harassment and abuse of women workers at companies including BHP Group and Rio Tinto Group.

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What is Australia doing about sexual harassment in mining camps?

Australia will release on Thursday a state government report on sexual harassment in the country's mineral-rich west after more than a year of investigations, as the sector tries to fix a culture of sexism and bullying.

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Fixing teacher shortages in NSW needs 'serious response' not FIFO 'gimmick', union says

The NSW Teachers Federation rejects a plan for FIFO teachers to solve the staffing crisis in remote parts of the state, saying the problem is statewide and requires fundamental change.

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Troy Hausler guilty of FIFO colleague Tobias Richter's death at Pilbara mine site

A FIFO worker was suffering psychosis and believed he was working with ASIO to take out a paedophile when he attacked a mine site colleague who died during the assault, the WA Supreme Court hears.

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FIFO workers fear donga quarantine 'hell' as industry calls to halve WA isolation period

FIFO workers raise concerns about isolating in small rooms, as the wife of one Perth-based FIFO worker whose husband has bipolar disorder says mental health should be a higher priority.

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