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Saturday 4 February 2012, 03:55:17

Top news stories from Australia

Westpac plans to wield the axe - Have your say [FSU] 2012-02-04

Queensland Overwhelming vote as BHP’s Central Queensland mine workers refuse to back down on safety, equal pay [CFMEU Mining and Energy] 2012-02-04

Abbott must stop playing games with 200 000 auto jobs [AMWU] 2012-02-04

Unlike Mortein & Sacking Aussies [Facebook] 2012-02-04

Employers stuck in past and must catch up to values on equal pay for women [ACTU] 2012-02-04

Other labour news from Australia

New South Wales WorkCover leaders step down [SMH] 2012-02-04

Western Australia Fremantle Port workers warned over 'scab' stickers [West Australian] 2012-02-04

Australian Capital Territory Construction workers brought from China to build embassy are exempt from Australian workplace laws [SMH] 2012-02-04

Victoria HSU whistleblower denies money laundering [SMH] 2012-02-04

Stench around Fair Work Australia over refusal to release Thomson report: Opposition claims [SMH] 2012-02-04

Australian Capital Territory Probe into workers' contact with chemical [Canberra Times] 2012-02-04

White collar blues [SMH] 2012-02-04

Tasmania Chips are down for hundreds of mill jobs [Hobart Mercury] 2012-02-04

South Australia Hospitals can charge staff to park [Adelaide Advertiser] 2012-02-04

Westpac workers brace for fresh wave of job cuts [News.com.au] 2012-02-04

New South Wales Mortein saves Louie, cans the workers [Sydney Daily Telegraph] 2012-02-04

Queensland Toowoomba Unions rally over sacking [Toowoomba Chronicle] For more info 2012-02-04

'Sickies' on the increase in Australia [SKY News] 2012-02-04

Queensland BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance coking coal workers vote for 7-day strikes [Platts] 2012-02-04

Queensland Unions to shut down BHP and allied mines for a week [The Australian] 2012-02-04

New South Wales Manufacturing jobs lost as Mortein heads off-shore [AMWU] 2012-02-04

Louie fans give maker a spray [SMH] 2012-02-04

New South Wales Mortein backlash as angry consumers boycott products by company Reckitt Benckiser [News.com.au] 2012-02-04

New South Wales Newsmaker: Louie the Fly [SMH] 2012-02-04

Victoria Thales' workers 'devastated' by job cuts [ABC] 2012-02-04

Victoria Thales axes 50 jobs [Bendigo Advertiser] 2012-02-03

South Australia Car industry 'safe under Labor' - Prime Minister Julia Gillard assures Holden workers [Adelaide Advertiser] 2012-02-03

Tasmania Industrial umpire backs timber stand downs [ABC] 2012-02-03

South Australia Union fails in Adelaide hospital parking fight [ABC] 2012-02-03

South Australia Holden job cuts at Elizabeth leave car industry on edge [Adelaide Advertiser] 2012-02-03

New South Wales Port Kembla declares force majeure on coal deliveries: miner [Platts] 2012-02-03

Supermarket Duopoly now targeting primary producers [CFMEU] 2012-02-03

Queensland BMA miners to strike [ABC PM] 2012-02-03

Victoria Bendigo Thales workers 'bitterly upset' at redundancies [AMWU] 2012-02-03

Western Australia Perth metal workers put the heat on new agreement [AMWU] 2012-02-03

Queensland BHP rank and file meetings in Qld as company stonewalls on new EA [CFMEU Mining and Energy] 2012-02-02

Australian Capital Territory PS cuts are the problem, not the answer [CPSU] 2012-02-02

Victoria Tell Mr. Baillieu to keep his hands off WorkCover - sign the petition [AWU] 2012-02-02

New South Wales Makers of Mortein cut 190 jobs [SMH] 2012-02-02

Employer groups sexist: ACTU [The Business Spectator] 2012-02-02

Landmark deal a win for gender equality [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-02-02

Community sector pay rates raised [Radio New Zealand] 2012-02-02

Community sector wages win [The West Australian] 2012-02-02

Landmark pay rise for Australia's community workers [TV-NZ] 2012-02-02

Women rejoice over equal pay [Herald Sun] 2012-02-02

Pay boost of between 19 and 41 per cent for social workers [The Courier-Mail] 2012-02-02

Win keeps everyday heroes working [The Canberra Times] 2012-02-02

VIDEO: Equal Pay victory and celebrations for 150,000 workers [ASU] For more info 2012-02-01

Equal pay justice for social and community sector workers signals historic day [ACTU] 2012-02-01

Equal Pay Day arrives at last for community workers [Australian Services Union] 2012-02-01

Prime Minister applauds equal pay decision for low paid women workers [AAP] For more info 2012-02-01

Equal Pay Decision A ‘Disturbing Outcome’ - Chamber of Commerce [Pro Bono News] For more info 2012-02-01

Decision on equal pay for community sector workers is a step forward for all Aussie women [AAP] For more info 2012-02-01

Community services sector in NT welcomes pay rises [ABC] 2012-02-01

Community service workers set for pay increase [ABC The World Today] 2012-02-01

Koori and looking for work in construction? training opportunity [CFMEU Construction] 2012-02-01

New South Wales Coal terminal workers strike over enterprise deal [ABC] 2012-02-01

Tasmania Workers fight sawmill shutdown [ABC] 2012-02-01

Price war could devastate farmers - union [AAP] 2012-02-01

Equal-pay push lands workers big rise [Melbourne Age] 2012-02-01

Fair Work orders pay increase for community sector [ABC] 2012-02-01

Final decision on pay rise for community jobs [Ethical Jobs] 2012-02-01

New South Wales Makers of Mortein cut 190 jobs [SMH] 2012-02-01

Community workers celebrate pay rise decision [ABC] 2012-02-01

Govt hasn't interfered in FWA: Shorten [AAP] 2012-02-01

South Australia Holden to cut output of Australian plant: union [ABC] 2012-02-01

New South Wales Management’s backward offer leaves Port Kembla workers no option [CFMEU Mining and Energy] 2012-02-01

Unions form alliance with Jack Thompson Foundation to improve job outcomes for Indigenous Australians [ACTU] 2012-02-01

FWA decision on ASU Equal Pay case [Fair Work Australia] 2012-02-01

Unionists are ‘jumping for joy” in landmark equal pay decision by Fair Work Australia [Pro Bono News] 2012-02-01

Payday for Community Workers as FWA Agrees on Equal Pay [Pro Bono News] 2012-02-01

Equal-pay push lands workers big rise [SMH] 2012-02-01

Fair Work inquiry needed: HSU secretary [AAP] 2012-02-01

Jackson's allegations over HSU Thomson probe a 'conspiracy theory', says Conroy [The Australian] 2012-02-01

Health union gives ALP $600,000 despite $18m debt [SMH] 2012-02-01

Fair Work Australia gives 150,000 low-paid workers a pay rise [Sydney Daily Telegraph] 2012-02-01

EQUAL PAY DAY: Huge win for women 'could help close wage gap' [News.com.au] 2012-02-01

HSU leader Kathy Jackson calls for immediate inquiry into Thomson probe [The Australian] 2012-02-01

Pay descision a win for women: ASU [AAP] 2012-02-01

Fair Work Australia decision delivers $1.1b pay rise to working women [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-02-01

HACSU welcomes Fair Work Equal Pay decision [HACSU] 2012-02-01

Equal Pay Day: 150,000 low-paid workers granted historic pay rise [News.com.au] 2012-02-01

New South Wales West Cliff industrial action called off after CFMEU, bosses make concessions [CFMEU Mining and Energy] 2012-02-01

Australian Capital Territory 14,000 jobs in Fed public service and military set to go [Canberra Times] 2012-02-01

Teacher shortage looms as many approach retirement [SMH] 2012-02-01

Claims for job losses jump under Fair Work [SMH] 2012-02-01

Union: Thomson probe hampered [SMH] 2012-02-01

ALP interfering in Thomson probe: HSU's Jackson [The Australian] 2012-02-01

Union head calls for review of Thomson probe [ABC] 2012-02-01

HSU head Jackson's extraordinary claim that Fair Work 'stalling' investigation [Melbourne Age] 2012-02-01

Fair Work Act: unfair dismissal claims rising [Melbourne Age] 2012-02-01

Australian Capital Territory Dick Smith staff future uncertain with stores to close [Canberra Times] 2012-02-01

Australian Capital Territory Comcare denies union claim complainants' identities leaked [Canberra Times] 2012-02-01

New South Wales Tradies demand Govt pays for work [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-02-01

New South Wales Strike to disrupt loading of coal in Port Kembla [The Australian] 2012-02-01

Students' retail jobs at risk, say employers [The Australian] 2012-02-01

Safe Rates legislation will substantially reduce $2.7 bill cost of truck incidents annually [TWU] 2012-01-31

VIDEO: Kathy Jackson reflects on Health Services Union investigation [ABC 7.30] 2012-01-31

New South Wales BHP Port Kembla workers to go on strike [SKY News] 2012-01-31

Opposition's division over car subsidies causes angst for MPs and industry [SMH] 2012-01-31

Health Services Union dissidents start cyber war [The Australian] 2012-01-31

Abbott claims Fair Work 'go-slow' in Thomson case [AAP] 2012-01-31

Tony Abbott demands answers from Fair Work Australia on Thomson inquiry [News.com.au] 2012-01-31

Queensland New Research on Quad Bike Safety Remains Academic in a Climate of Uncertain OHS Reform [SafetyAtWorkBlog] 2012-01-31

Australian Capital Territory Unions ACT's Sattler to explain herself to union bosses [Canberra Times] 2012-01-31