Thousands of NSW nurses to strike
Nurses in NSW public hospitals are to down tools in the first statewide strike in almost a decade, to call for staffing ratios and fair pay.
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The Pitts: How Hollywood star’s green housing dream turned nightmare
Brad Pitt, who took credit for launching low cost housing in 2007 has argued through lawyers that he could not be sued over the housing development’s failings.
Signs of Omicron peaking in NSW, ACT: Hunt
Health Minister Greg Hunt says there are signs the spread of the Omicron strain is peaking in NSW and the ACT.
Woolies lashed for supplier’s virus policy
Woolworths has been lashed by a union after one of its main suppliers required employees to wear coloured hairnets to indicate their COVID-19 infection status.
Annual leave levels reach record highs
The impact of COVID-19 and extended lockdowns has led to Australians accruing a record amount of annual leave, according to new figures.
Jobless rate drops as lockdowns end
The unemployment rate fell to 4.6 per cent in November as 366,000 people joined the workforce after the recent COVID-19 Delta lockdowns came to an end.
Victorian power station charged over death
WorkSafe has charged Energy Australia over the 2018 death of an employee at its Yallourn Power Station in Victoria.
Pensioners offered early budget Xmas gift
The federal government is cutting the interest rate pensioners pay should they tap the equity in their home to boost their retirement income.
New incentive to boost retirement incomes
The federal government is cutting the interest rate pensioners pay should they tap the equity in their home to boost their retirement income.