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'Final step' to seal mega-union's divorce

The Federal Court has been asked to finalise a two-and-a-half year battle by mining workers who wish to split from the CFMMEU.

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What Tim Gurner’s headburp tells us about politics today

Capitalism can’t afford high unemployment anymore, and Labor is the one enforcing most of the pain. What’s this political cosplay all about?

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Mining members vote to split from CFMMEU

'Members told us they no longer felt at home in the CFMMEU,' Tony Maher said.

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Unions and political donations reform: the exemption that proves the rule

Should trade unions be exempt from political donation caps? It’s a vexed question that Liberals are rightly worried about.

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AUKUS: Labor goes to war — against itself

Anthony Albanese’s commitment to the deal is driven by demands of the foreign policy elite, and the endless factional war with Bill Shorten.

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'F---ing scabs': Union faces court action over strike 'intimidation'

Union organisers allegedly screamed abuse, climbed a crane tower and intimidated a worker while he was trying to order his lunch.

Newcastle Herald

Paul Bongiorno: Union bashing is a return to a political Jurassic Park

Australia is being taken into a past dark age by the Opposition over the suggestion workers should be given more leverage in negotiating wages.

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Construction watchdog ABCC, which the government is closing, is still starting court cases

The government vowed to shut the Australian Building and Construction Commission. But the agency is still launching court cases against its key opponent, construction union the CFMMEU.

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Labor is now the party of capital. Progressive, social, groovy, but capital’s party it is

Labor may present itself as progressive and socially conscious, but it has a commitment to capital, and that will drive its actions.

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Power trip

A secret campaign to slow the progress of electric vehicles in Australia was put in place by the car industry, and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet promised his then transport minister David Elliott a trade role.

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Australian Building and Construction Commission warned staff not to campaign against Labor’s election

Secret documents from inside the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) reveal staff were warned against directing industry bodies and supporters to help the Morrison government win the 2022 federal election.

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Dutton celebrates return of question time by diving straight into the sewer

Has the prime minister associated with rapists, Peter Dutton demanded to know in the first question time of the new government. It’s going to be a long three years.

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Anthony Albanese grilled over CFMMEU in testy first question time as PM

Anthony Albanese had a tough first question time as PM on Wednesday with little sign of the hoped-for return to civility on the floor of Parliament.

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Branch stacking, national security, and the client state: the real story behind the IBAC report into Victorian Labor

Adem Somyurek had powerful supporters. His megalomania made them enemies. Whoever wanted him gone wanted a lot more as well.

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Supply chain dramas result in increased home-grown demand for Aussie-made toilet paper, tissues

An Australian mill is reaping the reward of supply chain disruptions, reporting a 10 per cent increase in demand.

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IR, wages war ignites on election trail

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will meet for the first leaders' debate on Wednesday, as both parties go on the attack on industrial relations.

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Leaders to square off as IR fight looms

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will meet for the first leaders’ debate on Wednesday, as both parties go on the attack on industrial relations.

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