Industrial relations
Opinion
Opinion
Tickets on sale: It’s the Big Australian vs the Australian government
So intense has the standoff between BHP and the Albanese government become that the parties are even contesting who started the fight.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Part-time on way out as Australians opt for ‘flexible work’ instead
Women are voting with their feet in a move to flexible full-time rather than traditional part-time work, a significant snapshot of Australian workplaces reveals.
- by Hamish Hastie
BoM loses illegal sacking case as staff condemn ‘toxic’ and ‘chaotic’ culture
A judge has criticised chief executive Andrew Johnson’s management style, while current and former staff claim they were gagged over climate change.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
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Media & marketing
Guardian Australia journalists threaten to walk out over pay negotiations
Staff have voted to take protected industrial action after negotiations with management over its latest pay deal hit an impasse.
- by Calum Jaspan
Political staffers deserve to be able to disconnect: union
Community and Public Sector Union national secretary Melissa Donnelly said the new right-to-disconnect laws align with the push for federal parliament to be a more inclusive.
- by Olivia Ireland
King plays down ‘hysteria’ over Pilbara unionisation, lashes BHP
Madeleine King has accused BHP of trying to weaponise the press amid claims the federal government’s industrial relations laws could spell an “economic catastrophe” in the Pilbara.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Healthcare
Ambulance Victoria hit in coffers by patient billing ban
Protracted industrial action by paramedics, including an indefinite pause on taking billing details from patients, is hitting the service’s bottom line.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Cassandra Morgan
Protest directs fury at Labor as tens of thousands march through city for CFMEU
A sea of protesters marched through central Melbourne, expressed their disgust for federal Labor’s move to put the CFMEU into administration.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Cameron Houston
I’ll be face of CFMEU’s High Court fight, ousted Qld leader tells rally
Michael Ravbar says the union faces “the biggest fight we’ve ever had” amid nationwide protests against the construction arm’s takeover.
- by Matt Dennien, William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
‘I’m not going anywhere’: Darren Greenfield’s big day out
The former secretary of the NSW CFMEU began his day with a court mention for bribery charges, and was a hero by lunchtime.
- by Harriet Alexander, Max Maddison and Perry Duffin
As it happened: CFMEU protests across the country after union plunged into administration
Read our coverage of the CFMEU rallies across the country on Tuesday, August 27.
- by Cassandra Morgan