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Public transport
Stalled industrial dispute adds $50 million to Sydney Metro costs
Sydney’s biggest public transport project has been swept up in a long-running dispute between the NSW government and rail unions.
- by Tom Rabe
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Teachers quit union over ‘weakest’ workplace agreement
State school teachers have accused the Australian Education Union of being too close to the Andrews government to effectively advocate for the profession.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Adam Carey
Opinion
Minimum wage
Yes, minimum wage rises can hurt jobs, but not this one
The only path to sustainable real wages growth is a sustained improvement in the productivity of our workforce.
- by Jessica Irvine
Why there’s a picture of a coal-fired power station on Adam Bandt’s wall
The Greens leader discusses his tough stance on climate, why being a politician doesn’t make you a sex symbol, and the defining case he worked on as a lawyer.
- by Benjamin Law
Bonus payments for health workers to tackle hospital staffing crisis
All staff who work in Victoria’s public hospitals and ambulance services – including nurses, midwives, doctors, and paramedics – will get an extra $3000 payment.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Aisha Dow
Union calls for new tax on gas exporters ahead of ministers’ crisis talks
The Australian Workers’ Union’s demand comes as energy chiefs warn more small electricity retailers could collapse under the weight of soaring wholesale prices.
- by Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Miki Perkins
Unions reject government pay offer, push ahead with strikes
The NSW government will lift its public sector wages cap for the first time since 2011 but the move has been dismissed as insufficient by unions.
- by Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack
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Victorian election
‘He is not liked’: Unions’ state election campaign takes aim at Peter Dutton
Victorian Liberals will face a co-ordinated attack by unions hoping to capitalise on the new federal Liberal leader’s unpopularity among Victorian voters ahead of the state election.
- by Annika Smethurst
Unions, business, lay out priorities for incoming Albanese government
All sides have congratulated Labor on its victory but the future of building industry union regulation looms as a flashpoint.
- by Nick Bonyhady
‘D-Day’: Perrottet enters fray on train fleet industrial dispute
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has stepped into a long-running industrial feud between the government and rail unions over a mothballed train fleet.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
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Hospitals
Labor sides with NSW government to block demand for nurse ratios
NSW Labor has sided with the Coalition and refused to support increased nurse-to-patient ratios in the state’s troubled rural and regional hospitals.Â
- by Alexandra Smith