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More than 1000 jobs will be lost indefinitely when a south-east Queensland meatworks suspends operations on Friday.
Retiring Senator Steve Hutchins has been lauded for improving the lot of truck drivers and for bringing the “warring” tribes of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) together.
The union movement says it is time the Federal Government pulled the trigger on safe rates, as a Labor backbencher calls for the reforms to be introduced urgently.
The commentary Qantas CEO Alan Joyce gave yesterday concerning the restructuring of its international services means August 24, when all is revealed, will be a flag-lowering day, a bloody day, with the loss of experienced pilot jobs and a retreat from poorly performing routes after what he promised would be a review made with “ruthless but honest” eyes.
A parliamentary committee is urging a massive overhaul of airport and marine port security to fight the rise of crime networks in Australia.
A Sydney man has been charged with forging national airport security cards - a key component of Australia's national security regime - after representing himself to several airport cleaning companies as a legitimate card supplier.