Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Coalition will re-introduce the two Bills used to trigger the double dissolution election, in a bid to win their passage, but if they are rejected, "then a joint sitting can be held".
The Federal Court has imposed a $61,000 fine on the CFMEU, senior official Joe McDonald and workers at a Perth construction site after a walkout to protest being docked four hours' pay for starting work less than 30 minutes late after a union meeting.
The MUA could face millions of dollars in damages after the Federal Court found safety was merely a "pretext" for unlawful industrial action that prevented the loading of a supply ship for the construction of the Gorgon LNG project.
A court has today fined the CFMEU's construction and general division and three organisers more than $50,000 for their "conspicuous public display of civil disobedience" when they orchestrated an unlawful walk out at a $105 million development project in support of a sacked delegate.
A university academic, who sought to reinstate an appeal against the Federal Court's rejection of her sex discrimination claim, now faces a total costs bill of almost $1 million due to her "litigious and adversarial approach" to proceedings.
ASX 200 organisations are "pro-active" in addressing gender-based pay inequity and more likely than smaller companies to address gender pay gaps but they still have a higher pay differential and a fewer women in leadership roles, according to a new WGEA report.
In mixed news for the federal government, minor party MP Bob Katter has committed to ensuring supply and voting confidence in the Coalition if it can't achieve a majority in the House of Representatives after last Saturday's election, but has warned that "all bets are off" if there is the "slightest hint of union bashing".
A truck driver at a coal mine overheard on a two-way radio saying his colleague would "like a good teabagging" and that Muslims were "f--ked up" because of "years of inbreeding" has won his job back after the FWC ruled his dismissal was harsh.
