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Federal government dismisses 'breathless hysteria' over changes to employer bargaining rules

The federal government rejects suggestions any moves to widen access to multi-employer bargaining will lead to more strikes and business shutdowns across the country.

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International travellers to face delays when Qantas strike begins – as it happened

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Australia’s jobs and skills summit: who’s going and what’s on the agenda?

Labor hopes together business, unions and the community sector will be able to find ways to lift wages, spur productivity and ease skills shortages

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After two disastrous elections, Liberals debate major reforms at landmark state party conference in Perth

After two dismal election results in Western Australia, at both state and federal levels, the stakes are high for the Liberal party as it weighs up major reform at a two-day state conference in Perth.

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Parcels being checked for foot-and-mouth disease but Australian government says border should not shut

Coalition offers conflicting messages on if Indonesia border should be closed despite industry advice it would ‘do more harm than good’

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Unions warn Tony Burke against potential debate on the better-off-overall test

Workplace relations minister says he will ‘take some convincing’ on industrial relations changes as he announces gutting of building watchdog

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Fatima Payman claims sixth WA Senate seat for Labor as Michaelia Cash reinstated

Fatima Payman will become the first Muslim woman who wears a hijab to sit in Australia’s Parliament after claiming WA's sixth senate seat.

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Liberals hurt in federal election by move to back WA hard border challenge, Michaelia Cash admits

Senior West Australian Liberal Michaelia Cash says she did not agree with the federal government's support of Clive Palmer's legal challenge to WA's hard border, conceding it contributed to the party's disastrous election result.

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Anthony Albanese and four senior frontbenchers sworn in ahead of Quad trip

Moments after he is officially sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, the Labor leader appears alongside his new ministers and makes a symbolic change inside parliament.

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Western Australia goes all in on red – and it could deliver Labor majority government

Large swings in WA meant the Liberals lost Hasluck, Swan, Pearce and Tangney and will have just five seats – down from 10 – after the election

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Collaery set to call on Timorese presidents again

The whistleblowing lawyer hopes to provide further evidence from two former presidents of East Timor, including one who is set to return to the nation's top job on Friday.

The Canberra Times

Future crises handled in same way: PM

Scott Morrison says Australians know he has the strength to make tough calls during a crisis, and that he will continue to do so during future events.

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Coalition remains non-committal on paid domestic violence leave after Fair Work Commission backs the entitlement for millions

The Coalition is remaining non-committal about legislating 10 days' paid family and domestic violence leave for all workers, after the industrial umpire backed a union push to grant the entitlement to millions of Australians.

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LETTERS: Trams, traffic, transformation: What's true?

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Alan Tudge, Scott Morrison and who knows what about Rachelle Miller’s reported $500,000 payout

No one knows anything about the payout process (except when they do). Political editor Katharine Murphy walks through the saga

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Terminally-ill Canberrans want voluntary assisted dying laws to be federal election issue

Independent Senate candidate David Pocock says if elected he will move a private Senator's bill to try and restore the ACT's right to legislate voluntary assisted dying.

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Federal election 2022: New faces in WA seats Curtin and Pearce reshuffle decks in Liberal heartlands

The electorates of Curtin and Pearce are like chalk and cheese but have one thing in common – they used to be Liberal strongholds. With an interesting range candidates thrown in the mix, holding those seats is far from guaranteed.

Newcastle Herald

Sanction over deadly workplace fall at Mayfield West

A company has been banned from Commonwealth-funded work for nine months over the 2018 death of Brayden Asser - a 20-year-old who fell from a roof onto a steel beam while working at Mayfield West.

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Michaelia Cash rejected transgender sports changes last year, despite Morrison embracing issue

The attorney general said changes were not being considered, despite the issue now being front and centre in the Coalition’s campaign

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Factcheck: has the Coalition really ruled out industrial relations changes that could cut pay?

Labor is on the attack over PM’s ambiguous stance on changing better-off-overall test in omnibus bill

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Labor and Coalition turn federal election campaign focus to industrial relations

Both parties renew a debate over industrial relations, with the Coalition vowing to double the fines imposed on unions that break the law and Labor arguing the Coalition's proposed changes to penalty rates and overtime will leave some workers worse off.

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Morrison government unnecessarily extended plum jobs worth up to $500,000 ahead of federal election

Plum jobs worth up to $500,000 a year were extended to Liberal Party-linked individuals by the Morrison government in the lead-up to the election, and many were not due to end for another two years.

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Business calls for political 'courage' to confront industrial relations reform

Business groups are urging both political leaders to show "courage" and confront the politically fraught issue of industrial relations, arguing any benefits of future wage growth could be delayed by an inflexible enterprise bargaining system.

AAP

Defence, veteran suicide inquiry extended

The final report date for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been extended by an additional year to June 17, 2024.

The Guardian - AU

Government defends flurry of appointments to key roles of former Coalition staffers and MPs

Morrison government accused of rushing in appointments prior to election amid latest announcements

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