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The Looming Transport Crisis

December 22, 2021 10:34 am Published by

A looming transport crisis has highlighted the continued failings in Australia’s approach to energy prices.

Weekends

December 17, 2021 1:56 pm Published by

UNIONS GAVE US OUR WEEKENDS Australians love our weekends, but we take them for granted. Our weekend off was not... View Article

Workers’ compensation

December 16, 2021 3:14 pm Published by

Workers’ compensation WHAT IS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION? Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance that supports workers who have been injured... View Article

Medicare

December 16, 2021 2:46 pm Published by

Medicare Medicare is Australia’s publicly funded universal health insurance scheme. It is the main way Australian citizens and permanent residents... View Article

Superannuation

December 16, 2021 2:25 pm Published by

WHAT IS SUPERANNUATION? Download our Women and Super flyer After a lifetime of work we all deserve a comfortable retirement.... View Article

Big Win for Offshore Alliance Members

December 13, 2021 2:15 pm Published by

Offshore Alliance members on the Northern Endeavour FPSO vessel have overcome fierce employer resistance to win the right to collectively bargain. OA is the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).

The Work Week

December 10, 2021 1:42 pm Published by

What is the working week? Under Australian laws, employees work up to 38 hours in a week, or 7.6 hours... View Article