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Govt reaches 'compromise' on workers compo reforms
The State Government has modified its contentious workers’ compensation reforms and come up with a “compromise” it says protects both injured workers and businesses.
The State Government has modified its contentious workers’ compensation reforms and come up with a “compromise” it says protects both injured workers and businesses.
South Australian businesses would need to limit wage increases, cut employees and slash staff hours if the government’s contentious workers’ compensation changes do not pass parliament, a recent survey shows.
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State Labor is dealing with dissent on multiple fronts, with Premier Peter Malinauskas facing a mutiny from the ALP state executive on which he sits, while grassroots members have been urged to speak up in “no uncertain terms” about the party’s preselection pick for the Bragg by-election, which has been likened to the federal poll’s “Kristina Keneally disaster”.
Three peak health unions will meet with the Premier and Health Minister this morning to discuss South Australia’s healthcare system and its ability to cope with the ongoing pandemic.
A social media-driven grouping of anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists and the far right is bringing violence to locked-down Melbourne streets, writes Josh Roose.
Qantas workers who have been stood down during the COVID-19 pandemic are taking their fight for sick leave to the nation’s highest court.
Powerful blue collar unions are urging Labor to show greater unity on energy policy by strongly supporting coal and gas.