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Explained: How Labor’s industrial overhaul could change your work and wages

The Albanese government has introduced its long-awaited overhaul of industrial relations laws to Parliament, promising to get wages moving.

The New Daily

More time needed to examine Labor’s IR bill, say crossbench senators and employer groups

Workplace relations minister says Australians have ‘waited long enough’ for changes but has left door open to amendments

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Aussies Will Be Able To Take 10 Days Paid Family Domestic Violence Leave From Next Year

The new law was passed by the Federal Government on Thursday.

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Labor’s industrial relations bill: how will it change Australia’s workplaces?

Albanese government says bill will promote wage growth and limit lengthy industrial action, but how will it do so?

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Workers get paid domestic violence leave

Millions of Australian workers will soon be eligible for 10 days of paid domestic violence leave after laws underpinning the entitlements cleared parliament.

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Opposition leader makes fresh nuclear pitch – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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".

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Workplace laws to get flexibility overhaul

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has introduced laws to give employees more power to request flexible work hours and strike multi-employer deals.

AAP

Labor moves to improve access to flexible work for parents, carers and older Australians

‘Secure jobs, better pay’ bill will legally require employers to try to reach flexible agreement with eligible workers

The Guardian - AU

Freshman MP’s tax cut ‘stunt’ unites government and opposition against Greens

Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather’s move in Parliament, after most MPs had left the chamber, managed to unite two unlikely allies.

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Pay secrecy clauses on chopping block

The Albanese government has kicked off its workplace reform agenda with a suite of measures to close the gender pay gap.

AAP

Federal cabinet signs off on workplace bill aimed at boosting wages, despite business concerns it is 'half-cooked'

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke plans to introduce the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill into parliament next Thursday, following the government's first budget on Tuesday.

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Liberals lash out over wage reforms

The opposition says industry groups are leaving small businesses in a state of confusion over recent industrial relations stances.

The Canberra Times

Canberra galleries, museums call for urgent budget aid to undo decade of 'utter neglect'

About $800 million is needed to repair facilities like the National Gallery of Australia and the National Library, an arts lobby group says.

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NSW rail dispute: legal threats over union plan to turn off Opal card readers at train stations

State transport department seeking legal advice over plans by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to switch off electronic gates

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Rail union Fair Work hearing back on track

Unions and the NSW government are back before the industrial umpire as the protracted dispute drags on after months of negotiations and industrial action.

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Paul Bongiorno: Union bashing is a return to a political Jurassic Park

Australia is being taken into a past dark age by the Opposition over the suggestion workers should be given more leverage in negotiating wages.

The Guardian - AU

Sydney train strikes: Union boss hopes federal intervention puts ‘go slow’ on NSW government action

The RTBU is seeking to force the state government back to the bargaining table on Tuesday

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Train strike dispute: NSW government threats won’t stop further disruptions, unions say

Dominic Perrottet says he will only seek to tear up workers’ agreement if industrial action ‘inconveniences’ commuters

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NSW premier questions Burke's intervention

Dominic Perrottet says the federal jobs minister should be focused on the people, not union bosses, as Sydney's rail fight travels to the industrial umpire.

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Welfare boost for 4.7m

In the biggest indexation rise for 30 years, 4.7 million Australians on welfare payments will receive more money, plus the Coalition (and Liberal Leader Peter Dutton) are extremely unpopular.

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Industrial relations reform and climate policy to dominate debate as federal parliament returns for latest sitting

The government hopes to introduce industrial relations reform before the end of the year as debate looks set to dominate parliament in its latest sitting.

ABC News

NSW government to investigate federal minister's letter to Fair Work Commission

The New South Wales government is probing if the federal government may have tried to improperly influence the Fair Work Commission, as the state gears up for a showdown with the rail union in the tribunal on Tuesday.

The Guardian - AU

NSW says federal Labor’s ‘brazen intervention’ in rail dispute could constitute ‘improper influence’

Federal Coalition also takes aim at Tony Burke, who last week said he wanted to change law that has become central to Sydney train strike dispute

ABC News

Federal government dismisses 'breathless hysteria' over changes to employer bargaining rules

The federal government rejects suggestions any moves to widen access to multi-employer bargaining will lead to more strikes and business shutdowns across the country.

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