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MEDIA RELEASE 12 December 2025 Qube Forestry in Tasmania is now facing the prospect of industrial action at three of its major export log facilities — Burnie, Bell Bay and Hobart — as members of the Timber, Furnishing and Textiles Union (TFTU) move to progress a protected action ballot. Tasmanian District Secretary Danny Murphy … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has urged the federal government to implement the recommendations from a historic Senate inquiry into university governance. The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on Thursday released its final report, which has a further eight recommendations building on the 12 from September’s interim findings. The final report calls for … Continued
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Staff at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have voted overwhelmingly to declare they have no confidence in Vice-Chancellor Andrew Parfitt, with 95% of voters supporting the motion. In this historic vote, open to all UTS staff members, more than 1500 UTS staff participated. The extraordinary rebuke follows months of key failures of the VC’s … Continued
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Community and disability support workers and union representatives will sing carols in Santa hats outside the Fair Work Commission (FWC) today, urging the tribunal to protect their gender pay gains ahead of a potential pay-cut ruling before Christmas. The FWC is currently reviewing the Award for community and disability support workers, and has received submissions … Continued
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Melbourne-based Sam Wallman is both a wharf worker at a container terminal in Melbourne and award-winning writer, cartoonist and illustrator. View from the Docks showcases his latest work in an exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum opening on December 4. It depicts how life on the docks has changed – and stayed the same … Continued
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Health Services Union (HSU) members working in the public health system will walk off the job today at every major hospital to protest the Northern Territory Government’s Enterprise Agreement (EA) offer. The proposed EA would make Allied Health professionals in the NT the lowest paid in the country, threatening our ability to staff essential services. … Continued
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MEDIA CALL Art and ActivismView from the Docks The work of Sam Wallman 11am December 42 Murray Street, Pyrmont Melbourne-based Sam Wallman is both a wharf worker at a container terminal in Melbourne and award-winning writer, cartoonist and illustrator. View from the Docks showcases his latest work in an exhibition … Continued
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The Health Services Union SA/NT (HSU), representing Allied Health Professionals and Medical Scientists, has been negotiating a new Enterprise Agreement with the Finocchiaro Government for more than nine months. After voting down their first offer, the NT Government referred the matter to the Fair Work Commission. The NT Government is now putting the Enterprise Agreement … Continued
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Monash University will back-pay thousands of casual academics for almost a decade of wage theft after the National Tertiary Education Union secured a landmark legal win. Under the historic settlement, Monash will back-pay all casual Teaching Associates who performed unpaid student consultation over the past nine and a half years, in what is expected to … Continued
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MEDIA CALL Art and ActivismView from the Docks The work of Sam Wallman 11am December 42 Murray Street, Pyrmont Melbourne-based Sam Wallman is both a wharf worker at a container terminal in Melbourne and award-winning writer, cartoonist and illustrator. View from the Docks showcases his latest work in an exhibition … Continued
