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- Human Resources, Oil Mining Resources
- 11/03/2026
- 11:51
AWU Members at Townsville Glencore Refinery to Take Protected Action in Fight for Better Wages and Conditions
Members of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) at the Townsville Glencore Refinery will take protected industrial action after almost a year of negotiations. Negotiations started on the 25thof March last year, but to date Glencore has refused to offer workers a decent wage increase that meets the rising cost of living. This week theAWU gave notice of protected industrial action, with workers planning to walk off the job on Friday if the issues can’t be resolved at a bargaining meeting scheduled for Thursday this week. Quotes attributable toAWU Queensland Branch Secretary Stacey Schinnerl: ‘After almost a year of negotiations workers…
- Animal Animal WelfareRights, Science
- 11/03/2026
- 11:01
Coo-ee! Scientists tap into the inner workings of long-distance animal calls
UNSW Sydney researchers have traced the evolution of over 100 animal calls – including from lions, koalas and whales – to learn more about…
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- Culturally and linguistically diverse, Employment Relations
- 11/03/2026
- 11:00
PALM Futures Forum: key PALM stakeholders come together to call for community-centred visa reform
At Australian Parliament House today, Welcoming Australia hosts a PALM Futures Forum: Community-centred visa reform. Exploitation and poor living conditions have led an estimated…
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- Veterans Affairs
- 11/03/2026
- 10:41
Media release – Minister Keogh – MORE FUNDING FOR FREE VETERAN ADVOCATES
OFFICIAL THE HON MATT KEOGH MP Minister for VETERANS’ AFFAIRS MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL MEDIA RELEASE 11 MARCH 2026 MORE FUNDING FOR FREE VETERAN ADVOCATES The Albanese Government has more than doubled funding to enable veterans to better access free advocacy services when lodging claims with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). Up to $58.6 million over three years is now available to ex-service organisations (ESOs) to provide free advocacy services through the improved Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Grants Program. These changes address Recommendation 99 of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s Final Report, which…
- Research Development, Science
- 11/03/2026
- 10:39
On the road to cheaper, safer commutes with CDU’s new research hub
The Northern Territory is on the road to smoother, safer commutes with innovative support and research from Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) new Centre for…
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- Community
- 11/03/2026
- 10:35
7-Year-Old Organises 200-Person West End Clean-Up
Key Facts: 110 kids and 90 parents are registered to participate in the TidyTown Clean-Up in West End. The initiative was created by seven-year-old…
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- Employment Relations, Indigenous
- 11/03/2026
- 10:00
New research finds racism widespread in Australian workplaces
Almost 60 percent of Indigenous employees experience racism in Australian workplaces, a new study has found. Gari Yala 2 (Speak the Truth), a survey of more than 1,100 Indigenous employees by the Centre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW) at the University of Technology Sydney, found that one in two (53 percent) Indigenous employees still experience inappropriate race-based comments and assumptions at work. In addition, only 40 percent of Indigenous employees reported that their workplaces were culturally safe, with most reporting being either in a culturally unsafe (25 percent) or only moderately safe workplace (35 percent). Director of CIPW, Professor…
- Business Finance
- 11/03/2026
- 09:11
Hightouch Expands ANZ Presence with Appointment of Aidan Lynch as Country Manager
SAN FRANCISCO–BUSINESS WIRE– Hightouch, the leader in data and AI for marketing, today announced the expansion of its Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) operations…
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- Music
- 11/03/2026
- 09:02
THE BLACK CROWES: THROUGH THE LENS OF ROSS HALFIN
Key Facts: Melbourne Exhibition Venue: 14 Langridge Street, Collingwood, VIC, 3066 Opening Night: Wednesday 1st April 6pm What’s On: Thursday 2nd April, 10:30am –…
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