The Latest Breaking News from Sharon Graham

Sharon Graham says she is needed amid ‘crescendo’ of pay talks, but calls for Labour to show support for workers

A man who was found dead in a woodchipper had a "safety first" approach at work as a butcher, his colleagues have told the Brisbane Supreme Court.

"We're prepared to go on as long as it takes, because we believe that we're right. We believe that we're worth more."

The trial of a couple who stand accused of killing Sunshine Coast man Bruce Saunders, whose body went through a woodchipper, is told the woman allegedly involved asked friends to make false statements about her relationship with the man who died "because of insurance".

A woman accused of murder asked a friend to say she was in a relationship with Bruce Saunders "because of the insurance" after his death, a court has heard.

A jury hears Sharon Graham is accused of asking two men to kill her ex-partner Bruce Saunders for financial gain and allegedly told friends he was "pathetic" but "had money", in the months before his body was lodged inside a woodchipper.

The owner of the property where Bruce Saunders' body was found in a woodchipper says it didn't make sense after asking questions about the horrific death.

Gregory Roser and Sharon Graham are on trial for the murder of Bruce Saunders in November 2017, who prosecutors allege was killed by a blow to the head before his body was placed in a woodchipping machine.

Bruce Saunders was killed before his body was fed into a wood chipper after unwittingly becoming embroiled in a "love quadrangle", a Brisbane court has heard.

Trade union Unite has dismissed a revised average 7 per cent pay deal as a "cynical publicity stunt".

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, says workers are 'simply no longer prepared to accept poverty wages'