Queensland Rail says "the public has lost" after it and the Crisafulli Government again failed to stop industrial action hitting trains through to the end of June, despite the FWC accepting it will affect this weekend's NRL Magic Round and might pose safety risks.
Queensland's Crisafulli Government is again seeking FWC intervention to stop industrial action affecting the rail network, ahead of the State hosting the NRL Magic Round and the tribunal kicking off a series of intensive negotiations this week.
Unions say 100% of their Inpex members have voted in favour of taking protected industrial action, weeks after they rejected the company's unilateral offer.
The first lawful industrial action in more than 30 years in the Pilbara will begin next week, with ETU members on a crucial BHP power network launching work bans.
A senior FWC member has unflatteringly compared a past NSW government's successful application to avert rail strikes with the sparse evidence provided by the Crisafulli Government in last week's failed bid to suspend similar industrial action in Queensland.
The prospect of the first lawful strikes in more than 25 years at BHP's Iron Ore mines has moved closer, after ETU members on a crucial Pilbara power network voted up a protected action ballot.
Tasmania's peak business group says it is behind a coordinated campaign that prompted Launceston council to backtrack on an Australian-first in-principle deal enshrining a 30.4-hour four-day work week.
Crown Melbourne workers will strike on Valentine's Day to pressure the casino to make an improved wage offer, after the UWU accused the casino of stalling negotiations since employees resoundingly voted "no" to December's proposed deal.
An emergency care flight service has withdrawn objections to an ANMF protected action ballot of nurses and midwives, and the FWC has found no reason to block it, after the union inserted a caveat to protect patient safety.
The CEPU's South Australian branch has failed to convince Commissioner Chris Platt in his final ruling before retirement that an employer breached its good faith bargaining obligations by putting a single-enterprise agreement to a vote after the union sought a supported bargaining authorisation.
