At least one union is still hoping to reach agreement with Qantas before the 21-day negotiation period ends at midnight tonight, while the CFMEU – which is not involved in the industrial dispute – is seeking to call an extraordinary general meeting of Qantas shareholders to examine its grounding of the airline.
FWA's president, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, has provided until March 8 next year for applications to be lodged to vary modern awards during the tribunal's two-year review of the instruments.
Fair Work Australia has this afternoon ordered Victorian public hospital nurses to end their industrial action by 7.30pm, after they defied a suspension order made on Wednesday evening.
The Victorian Government has now turned its attention to ending industrial action by public servants, seeking an order from Fair Work Australia to suspend or terminate protected industrial action.
Fair Work Australia will tomorrow morning resume hearing an urgent bid by the Victorian Government to halt industrial action by public hospital nurses, after they defied a suspension order.
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The ANF is adopting a "risky industrial tactic" in not advising its members in Victorian public hospitals to lift their bans after Fair Work Australia last night suspended all industrial action to be suspended for 90 days.
