Peter Dutton tested positive to Covid19
Peter Dutton in a statement has said that this morning he woke up with a temperature and sore throat . He was subsequently tested for COVID – 19 . I was advised by [...]
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FWO: Qantas Forced to back pay hundreds of workers millions of dollars after investigation
Qantas has been made to enter into a Court-Enforceable Undertaking to back pay hundreds of workers. After an investigation by the Fairwork Ombudsman it was found that the [...]
Covid-19 Stimulus: Right Size, Wrong Shape – @TheAusInstitute
Senior Economist at the Australia Institute,Matt Grudnoff, in responding to the Morrison government’s stimulus package details has said that the size of the stimulus is [...]
Greens to introduce law: 14 days coronavirus leave for all affected workers
Amid the Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent community discussions around how vulnerable casual workers are in Australia, Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP said that when parliament [...]
The coronavirus stimulus program is Labor’s in disguise, as it should be
John Quiggin, The University of Queensland The spread of the coronavirus has brought us all face to face with the remorseless logic of exponential growth. A handful of cases [...]
Medical experts: WHO announcement Covid-19 is a pandemic changes nothing, whether it’s an outbreak, epidemic or pandemic, virus still poses very significant risk to global public
Dr Ed Wright, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Sussex has said that the announcement from the WHO that Covid-19 is a pandemic does not change anything. He [...]
ACTU calls for two weeks paid special leave for all workers
The ACTU Executive today has called on the Morrison government to provide a guarantee of two weeks paid leave for all workers, permanent, casual and contract, who are forced [...]
Australian taxpayers bear the cost for Morrison Government’s surplus fetish
Key points Morrison Government’s obsession of achieving a budget surplus is hurting Australian taxpayersMorrison Government’s obsession for a surplus can be seen as a [...]
Singapore Airlines wants power to stand workers down without pay in Australia in the event of an escalation of the Covid19 crisis
At a time of high anxiety in Australia about the prevalence of insecure work and financial pressure that has been exacerbated by the Covid19 Singapore Airlines is using the [...]
A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common
Nicky Wright, Australian National University; Bethany Ellis, Australian National University, and Nerilie Abram, Australian National University Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy [...]
