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Will the Reserve Bank review achieve anything? What difference could it make to interest rates?

A government-ordered review of the Reserve Bank — the first in more than a generation — is expected to ask searching questions of our key financial institution. The leadership of the central bank, the composition of its board, missed targets and broken promises are all elements under examination.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

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 Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Women who suffer domestic abuse three times as likely to attempt suicide

Campaigners for women’s rights say findings about intimate partner violence are ‘shocking and appalling’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

The profit crisis is the inflation-driving pressure we don't talk about

Soaring corporate profits are being blamed for fuelling inflation, as figures show companies in Australia are enjoying sky-rocketing profits despite the pandemic.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Labor's new workplace relations bill proposes new laws around work flexibility, targets gender pay gap

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will introduce Labor's Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill into Parliament, promising to "get wages moving".

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Liberal moderate Bridget Archer says Labor right to be questioning stage-three tax cuts

Archer tells Albanese government ‘it’s OK to change your mind’ as debate continues within ALP about future of Coalition tax package

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2022

Union boss seeks workplace law overhaul

In a speech to the National Press Club, ACTU secretary Sally McManus says federal workplace laws that have been in place for a decade need to be updated.

AAP · Sep 28, 2022

Should We Be Able To Swap Public Holidays That Don’t Fit Our Values? Clothing The Gaps Says Yes

Australians will get a Queen's death public holiday on September 22, but Blak label Clothing The Gaps says we should be able to swap it.

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 16, 2022

'Historic' deal to modernise workplaces

The peak body for unions and the small business lobby have agreed to work together to reform workplace relations, supporting changes to fair work laws.

AAP · Aug 28, 2022

Business and unions on common ground before summit, but Canberra clash looms

The jobs summit brings together unions, business and government, with a focus on industrial relations reform, skills and training reform, and migration.

The New Daily · Aug 28, 2022