The Joint Standing Committee on Migration will hold the first public hearing for its inquiry into the value of skilled migration to Australia in Canberra on Friday, 13 March 2026. The Committee will hear from Australian Government departments and agencies, including the Department of Home Affairs, about the vital contribution skilled migration makes to Australia’s economy and how the … Continued
WHAT: Striking Workers WHEN: 8am, Friday 13 March WHERE: Glencore copper refinery @ 100 Hunter Street, Stuart MORE INFO: 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 25th of March last year, but … Continued
Professionals Australia extends its deepest sympathy to the hundreds of highly skilled Australian technology workers at Atlassian who will lose their jobs to AI, a development that will be a devastating blow for those workers and their families. These are experienced professionals who have helped build one of Australia’s most successful technology companies from the … Continued
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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 25th of 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 the AWU gave … Continued
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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 7,000 people to walk away from the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. Over 30,000 people from Pacific Island nations and Timor Leste hold PALM visas, which allow them to work … Continued
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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 … Continued
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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport’s inquiry into local government funding will hear from Jobs and Skills Australia tomorrow. The Committee wants to better understand labour market conditions, workforce skills, and training needs across Australia, in the context of local government financial sustainability. Committee Chair, Mrs Fiona Phillips, said “the Committee … Continued
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A new survey of young workers reveals almost four in ten respondents (39.8%) received no safety training when they started a new job while more than half (50.2%) never had their work health and safety (WHS) rights explained to them. Unions NSW, which conducted the survey, said it revealed a dangerously lax attitude to safety … Continued
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WHAT: Press Conference WHEN: 11am today WHERE: Adelaide Remand Centre , 208 Currie St, Adelaide SA 5000 Cocaine bungle leads to call to de-privatise prison run by overseas multinational SA Correctional Officers are calling on the major parties contesting the upcoming state election to commit to returning the Adelaide Remand Centre (ARC) to … Continued
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Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) and the University of Technology Sydney’s Centre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW) have announced a new research partnership to calculate and analyse the pay gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia. This Indigenous‑led initiative seeks to shape national dialogue around economic equality and the Indigenous economy and build the … Continued
