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23/06/2017

Super changes seem daunting, but the basics haven’t changed

Next week we will see the introduction of another raft of significant changes to superannuation.

23/06/2017

Opinion: It’s past time for Channel Nine to show Sam Newman the door once and for all

If Australian television was like Survivor, John ‘Sam’ Newman would have been voted off long ago.

22/06/2017

'When we come after you, you'd better be careful': Union threatens ABCC inspectors at Melbourne rally

Victorian construction union leader John Setka has threatened to hunt down and "expose" Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors, warning: "When we come after you, you'd better be careful."

22/06/2017

ABC management accessed staff emails without consent

ABC management signed off on requests to access the email accounts of current and former employees without their knowledge more than a dozen times in a two-year period, The New Daily can exclusively reveal.

21/06/2017

Struggling workers need more, not less, on their plates – and super rules aren’t helping

The drums are beating for overdue reform to super rules for Australia’s most vulnerable employees – especially younger workers and women.

21/06/2017

Nationals MP George Christensen crosses the floor to defend penalty rates

Maverick Nationals MP George Christensen has fired a warning shot at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull by crossing the floor of Parliament to prevent impending cuts to penalty rates.

21/06/2017

Perth Mint staff may be forced to wear work-issued bras to improve security

The Perth Mint is considering a ban on all clothing containing metal, including underwire bras, in a bid to boost security.

21/06/2017

Victorian SES staff were underpaid by more than $220,000 over eight years, review finds

Dozens of Victorian State Emergency Service staff have been underpaid by a total of more than $220,000 over eight years, but will be compensated with interest, the organisation says.

20/06/2017

Liberal Senator pushes to scrap $450 super threshold

There is a glimmer of hope that the Turnbull government will heed calls from Labor and industry super funds to abolish an outdated superannuation rule that punishes casual workers.

20/06/2017

RBA boss tells workers to demand more money

Australia’s central bank boss has urged workers to ask for pay rises for the good of the economy – an extraordinary call likely to reignite the penalty rates debate.

20/06/2017

Perth trucking company Serin accused of ripping off workers with sham contracts

A Perth trucking company that carries out work for the RAC has been accused of using sham contracts to underpay its workforce by tens of thousands of dollars.

19/06/2017

Cold storage company blocked from locking workers out of bargaining

Australia's largest privately owned cold storage company has been stopped from transferring workers to a new labour-hire company to avoid negotiating a fresh enterprise agreement.

19/06/2017

'Sexist, evil company': Uber recruiters rebuffed by women they try to hire

Last year, software engineer Elizabeth Ford got what many young engineers in Silicon Valley once considered the dream job pitch: Would she be interested in working at Uber?

19/06/2017

All-Indigenous refuelling crew shows fly-in, fly-out workforce not needed in Djarindjin

A reformed alcoholic is helping to turn around the fortunes of a tiny Aboriginal community in Western Australia's north, as it capitalises on a boom in the vast offshore gas reserves of the Browse Basin.

19/06/2017

Women over 50 are living out two fates that show feminism is an incomplete project

I was on The Drum last week with three other women of my vintage talking about some of the key issues that affect Australian women over 50, including ageing, work, money and relationships.

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