Universal paid domestic violence leave to be minister’s first act
Tony Burke says legislating 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave as a universal right would be his first parliamentary act.
- by Angus Thompson
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Wage rise tipped to spur greater living costs
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the decision by the Fair Work Commission to award a $40-a-week increase to the minimum wage saying it was a cost of living lifeline.
- by Rachel Clun and Angus Thompson
Aged care sector calls for government to foot wage rise
The aged care industry says the federal government should pay for the wage increases flowing from the Fair Work Commission’s decision on the minimum wage.
- by Angus Thompson
Lowest-paid workers to receive 5.2% wage rise: Fair Work Commission
Australia’s lowest-paid workers will receive $40 extra a week following the Fair Work Commission’s decision to lift the minimum wage.
- by Angus Thompson
Vinnies wants its shop workers to accept rise lower than what church is asking of employers
St Vincent de Paul wants its low-paid charity shop workers to accept a wage increase below cost-of-living rises and just over half of what the Catholic Church is calling on Australian employers to foot.
- by Angus Thompson
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Jobs summit, white paper ‘pivotal’ opportunity to address national skills gap: O’Connor
Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor says driving economic productivity is “not just about hard hats”, it’s about investing in all sectors of the labour market suffering skill shortages.
- by Angus Thompson
Construction watchdog to be defunded to bolster federal budget
Labor’s election costings show it plans to rip $28m from the ABCC’s operating budget next year as it moves to scrap the controversial watchdog altogether.
- by Angus Thompson
ABC archive staff redundancies won’t risk local content, managing director says
The planned redundancies are part of the ABC’s digitisation of much of its audio and video collection and the rollout of systems that reporters and producers will use to source their own archival material.
- by Angus Thompson
Extra staff promised to ease passport delays
The number of passport applications has increased from pre-pandemic levels of up to 9000 a day, to up to 12000 a day, with the number daily applications reached a record 16,400 on Tuesday.
- by Angus Thompson
Bruce Lehrmann trial delayed further
The man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent, an allegation to which he has pleaded not guilty.
- by Angus Thompson
Government ‘not ruling anything out’ as it calls gas crisis meeting
State and federal ministers will meet on Wednesday to discuss solutions to the gas crisis as they look to protect local manufacturing from supply shortages.
- by Angus Thompson, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Lucy Cormack