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Cleaners join hospital staff ranks in move to 'more integrated system'

Job security for insourced workers comes is worth it, govt says.

The Canberra Times · Aug 11

Woolworths sacks two workers and investigates dozens over alleged conduct during 17-day strike

Letters seen by Guardian Australia focus on alleged pickets on 26 November outside warehouses that were not then on strike

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2025

Sandringham rail line suspended due to signal fault – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2024

Prisoners hit the roof as mass jail breakout fails

More than a dozen inmates tore through a ceiling and attempted to escape a prison on Boxing Day before guards foiled their bid for freedom.

AAP · Jan 3, 2024

Strong interest in Sara Lee dessert company

Sara Lee production has remained unchanged following administration.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 26, 2023

Victorian dairy workers say they want to ‘keep communities alive’ amid industrial dispute

Processing workers who went on strike this week were fighting for the right for community consultation, as well as a 5% pay rise

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023

Solidarity through TikTok for union body

TIKTOK might be on the nose with intelligence agencies worried about its Chinese ownership, but for the Hunter Region's peak union body, the social media app has driven a communications revolution.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 12, 2023

NT prison officers feel unsafe, depressed

A union survey of prison officers at Alice Springs has blamed a staff shortage for guards feeling unsafe and depressed at work.

AAP · Dec 19, 2022

'Acknowledgement doesn't put food on the table': ACT govt lowest-paid workers threaten to walk off job

The base rate for workers is $50,925.

The Canberra Times · Nov 2, 2022

Calls for beefed-up court security after escape of man sentenced to jail and alleged assault on officer

There are growing calls for Tasmania's court security to be beefed up after the alleged assault of a police officer and the successful escape of a man shortly after he was sentenced to jail.

ABC News · Oct 5, 2022