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Latest Stories
- Same Job Same Pay laws hit Parliament
Same Job Same Pay laws for labour hire workers are set to be introduced to Federal Parliament on Monday afternoon, 4 September. In the meantime, … Read more - Hydrogen industry can create jobs in coal communities
Our submission to the Australian Government’s Review of the National Hydrogen Strategy has laid out evidence that real jobs that can be generated in coal … Read more - BHP drops flawed OS Maintenance Agreement
BHP has withdrawn its application to the Fair Work Commission for approval of an Enterprise Agreement covering maintenance workers employed by its in-house labour hire … Read more - Bellbird Tragedy was the birth of Mines Rescue
On 1 September 1923 a fire and explosions at Bellbird Colliery in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales caused the deaths of 21 underground … Read more - What is a checkie?
Industry Health & Safety Representatives – known as ‘check inspectors’ – play a unique role in the sector. Some say they have the most important … Read more
