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<title>Australia : Employers stuck in past and must catch up to values on equal pay for women</title>
<link>http://www.actu.org.au/Media/Mediareleases/Employersstuckinpastandmustcatchuptovaluesonequalpayforwomen.aspx</link>
<description>Source: ACTU</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Thales' workers 'devastated' by job cuts</title>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-03/thales-workers-devastated-by-job-cuts/3809496?section=vic</link>
<description>Source: ABC</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Newsmaker: Louie the Fly </title>
<link>http://www.smh.com.au/business/newsmaker-louie-the-fly-20120203-1qxi9.html</link>
<description>Source: SMH</description>
<guid>http://www.smh.com.au/business/newsmaker-louie-the-fly-20120203-1qxi9.html</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Mortein backlash as angry consumers boycott products by company Reckitt Benckiser </title>
<link>http://www.news.com.au/business/mortein-backlash-as-angry-consumer-boycott-products-by-company-reckitt-benckiser-over-decision-to-close-sydney-plant/story-e6frfm1i-1226261472139</link>
<description>Source: News.com.au</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Louie fans give maker a spray</title>
<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/louie-fans-give-maker-a-spray-20120202-1qvq9.html</link>
<description>Source: SMH</description>
<guid>http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/louie-fans-give-maker-a-spray-20120202-1qvq9.html</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Unlike Mortein &amp; Sacking Aussies</title>
<link>https://www.facebook.com/DislikeCorporateGreed?sk=wall</link>
<description>Source: Facebook</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Manufacturing jobs lost as Mortein heads off-shore</title>
<link>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/865/Manufacturing-jobs-lost-as-Mortein-heads-off-shore/</link>
<description>Source: AMWU</description>
<guid>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/865/Manufacturing-jobs-lost-as-Mortein-heads-off-shore/</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Abbott must stop playing games with 200 000 auto jobs</title>
<link>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/866/Abbott-must-stop-playing-games-with-200-000-auto-jobs/</link>
<description>Source: AMWU</description>
<guid>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/866/Abbott-must-stop-playing-games-with-200-000-auto-jobs/</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Unions to shut down BHP and allied mines for a week </title>
<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/unions-to-shut-down-bhp-and-allied-mines-for-a-week/story-e6frg8zx-1226262269818</link>
<description>Source: The Australian</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance coking coal workers vote for 7-day strikes</title>
<link>http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Coal/7142169</link>
<description>Source: Platts</description>
<guid>http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Coal/7142169</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Overwhelming vote as BHP's Central Queensland mine workers refuse to back down on safety, equal pay</title>
<link>http://cfmeu.com.au/overwhelming-vote-as-bhp%E2%80%99s-central-queensland-mine-workers-refuse-to-back-down-on-safety-equal-pay</link>
<description>Source: CFMEU Mining and Energy</description>
<guid>http://cfmeu.com.au/overwhelming-vote-as-bhp%E2%80%99s-central-queensland-mine-workers-refuse-to-back-down-on-safety-equal-pay</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : 'Sickies' on the increase in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=714645&amp;vId=</link>
<description>Source: SKY News</description>
<guid>http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=714645&amp;vId=</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Toowoomba Unions rally over sacking</title>
<link>http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2012/02/04/unions-rally-over-sacking/</link>
<description>Source: Toowoomba Chronicle</description>
<guid>http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2012/02/04/unions-rally-over-sacking/</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Mortein saves Louie, cans the workers </title>
<link>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/mortein-saves-louie-cans-the-workers/story-e6freuy9-1226260023688</link>
<description>Source: Sydney Daily Telegraph</description>
<guid>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/mortein-saves-louie-cans-the-workers/story-e6freuy9-1226260023688</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Westpac workers brace for fresh wave of job cuts  </title>
<link>http://www.news.com.au/business/westpac-briefs-staff-on-job-cuts/story-e6frfm1i-1226260852673</link>
<description>Source: News.com.au</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Westpac plans to wield the axe - Have your say</title>
<link>http://www.fsunion.org.au/News-Views/Westpac-plans-to-wield-the.aspx</link>
<description>Source: FSU</description>
<guid>http://www.fsunion.org.au/News-Views/Westpac-plans-to-wield-the.aspx</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Hospitals can charge staff to park </title>
<link>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/hospitals-can-charge-staff-to-park/story-e6frea83-1226261979417</link>
<description>Source: Adelaide Advertiser</description>
<guid>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/hospitals-can-charge-staff-to-park/story-e6frea83-1226261979417</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Chips are down for hundreds of mill jobs</title>
<link>http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/02/04/298131_tasmania-news.html</link>
<description>Source: Hobart Mercury</description>
<guid>http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/02/04/298131_tasmania-news.html</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : White collar blues </title>
<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/white-collar-blues-20120203-1qxwy.html</link>
<description>Source: SMH</description>
<guid>http://www.smh.com.au/national/white-collar-blues-20120203-1qxwy.html</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Perth metal workers put the heat on new agreement</title>
<link>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/867/Perth-metal-workers-put-the-heat-on-new-agreement/</link>
<description>Source: AMWU</description>
<guid>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/867/Perth-metal-workers-put-the-heat-on-new-agreement/</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Bendigo Thales workers 'bitterly upset' at redundancies</title>
<link>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/869/Bendigo-Thales-workers-%E2%80%9Cbitterly-upset%E2%80%9D-at-redundancies/</link>
<description>Source: AMWU</description>
<guid>http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/869/Bendigo-Thales-workers-%E2%80%9Cbitterly-upset%E2%80%9D-at-redundancies/</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Supermarket Duopoly now targeting primary producers</title>
<link>http://cfmeu.com.au/supermarket-duopoly-now-targeting-primary-producers</link>
<description>Source: CFMEU</description>
<guid>http://cfmeu.com.au/supermarket-duopoly-now-targeting-primary-producers</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : BMA miners to strike</title>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3422839.htm</link>
<description>Source: ABC PM</description>
<guid>http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3422839.htm</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Port Kembla declares force majeure on coal deliveries: miner</title>
<link>http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Coal/7142177</link>
<description>Source: Platts</description>
<guid>http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Coal/7142177</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Holden job cuts at Elizabeth leave car industry on edge </title>
<link>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/holden-job-cuts-at-elizabeth-leave-car-industry-on-edge/story-e6frea6u-1226261315282</link>
<description>Source: Adelaide Advertiser</description>
<guid>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/holden-job-cuts-at-elizabeth-leave-car-industry-on-edge/story-e6frea6u-1226261315282</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Union fails in Adelaide hospital parking fight</title>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-03/hospitals-car-parking-charges-industrial-court/3809946</link>
<description>Source: ABC</description>
<guid>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-03/hospitals-car-parking-charges-industrial-court/3809946</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Industrial umpire backs timber stand downs</title>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-02/20120202-fair-work-forestry-hearing/3808388?section=tas</link>
<description>Source: ABC</description>
<guid>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-02/20120202-fair-work-forestry-hearing/3808388?section=tas</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Car industry 'safe under Labor' - Prime Minister Julia Gillard assures Holden workers </title>
<link>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/talks-over-holden-second-shift/story-e6frea83-1226259558573</link>
<description>Source: Adelaide Advertiser</description>
<guid>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/talks-over-holden-second-shift/story-e6frea83-1226259558573</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Thales axes 50 jobs</title>
<link>http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/thales-axes-50-jobs/2442435.aspx</link>
<description>Source: Bendigo Advertiser</description>
<guid>http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/thales-axes-50-jobs/2442435.aspx</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia : Tell Mr. Baillieu to keep his hands off WorkCover - sign the petition </title>
<link>http://vic.awu.net.au/67699_5.html?H|0|67699|67699_16</link>
<description>Source: AWU</description>
<guid>http://vic.awu.net.au/67699_5.html?H|0|67699|67699_16</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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