EXPLAINER: Now that we have had the double-dissolution election, the next step is for the government to attempt to pass the industrial relations bills through the House of Representatives and Senate again,
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Drama at ports as Newcastle blocked, Patrick-MUA bicker
With additional reportage by Ian Ackerman.
It’s been a dramatic few days on Australia’s waterfront, with climate change protestors blocking trade at the Port of Newcastle, and one of the nation’s
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Safety in Action set for Perth in June
Workplace safety experts from around the country are set to gather in Perth in June, to discuss how employers, business leaders and employees can play a more active role in developing safer workplaces
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ABCC rejection triggers election bid
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated the next election will be a referendum on the Australian Building and Construction Commission, after legislation to bring back the union watchdog was rejected
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Canberra dumps RSRT
Just a fortnight after it implemented a new truck driver payment scheme on April 7, the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has been abolished by the Turnbull Government.
The Road Safety Remuneration
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Labor pitches local content plan to save steel
As administrators work out what to do with collapsed South Australian steelmaker Arrium, the Federal Opposition has launched a six-point plan it says will save the metals manufacturing industry.
Arrium
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Director leaves FMG for Mormon Church
Peter Meurs has resigned from the board of massive iron ore exporter Fortescue Metals Group for a senior role in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Meurs was Fortescue’s director of development,
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Union, banks replaces Arrium administrator
South Australian treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has criticised the replacement of administrator Grant Thornton just six days after steelmaker Arrium went into administration, labelling the company’s banks
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Turnbull to abolish “destructive” RSRT
A re-elected Coalition Government will abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), and the system payment order it implemented on April 7, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said.
The Road Safety
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Arrium workers vote for pay-cut after bailout rejected
Embattled South Australian steelmaker Arrium has convinced the majority of its workers to take a 10% pay reduction, after its bankers rejected a $1.2bn bailout offer from US firm GSO Capital.
Arrium has
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