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As nurses strike, WA's Industrial Relation Commission faces its biggest challenge in years

WA's Industrial Relations Commission resolves disputes in the workplace, but it now runs the risk of being a toothless tiger as WA's nurses flatly ignored its orders and started a strike.

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Western Australian nurses and midwives strike after rejecting pay and conditions offer

Nurses and midwives have walked off the job, after their union rejected the government's latest pay and conditions offer.

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WA nurses ordered to call off strike after fresh Industrial Relations Commission hearing

Western Australia's Industrial Relations Commission orders the state's nurses to call off planned industrial action – an instruction that will almost certainly be ignored.

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Donors must act now to save East Africa from famine, IRC says

Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday.

Reuters

NSW teachers union says new pay deal of 6 per cent over two years won't help shortage crisis

Following protracted negotiations and major industrial action, the state's industrial relations commission gives teachers a 6 per cent pay increase over two years which the union says amounts to a real wage cut.

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Malnutrition woes overwhelm children in northeast Nigeria

Over 1.3 million children under 5 are likely suffering acute malnourishment in northeast Nigeria, according to the UN.

Al Jazeera

‘More dignity’: aid organisations switch to cash in drought-hit Ethiopia

Giving people money is said to be more efficient and empowering than in-kind aid such as sacks of grain

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Cholera spreading rapidly through Syria with 13,000 cases and 60 deaths

There is now 40 percent less drinking water than before the conflict began over a decade ago, according to the IRC and only 65 percent of hospitals and 56 percent of public health care centres are fully functional

Daily Mirror

Aid worker killed in air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region, IRC says

An aid worker was among three people killed during an air strike on the town of Shire in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, the International Rescue Committee said on Saturday.

Reuters

Hunter teachers wear red as Industrial Relations Commission decision looms

"We are burning out."

Newcastle Herald

‘Easy to install’ speed breakers make ride uneasy for motorists

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The Hindu

New York judge dismisses petition to compel the state’s redistricting commission to submit new congressional, legislative maps for use in 2024

Albany County Supreme Court justice Peter Lynch dismissed on Sept. 12 a petition seeking to compel the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to submit a second set of redistricting plans for the legislature to consider as part of redistricting after the 2020 census. Several New York state residents…

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Many refugees dealing with trauma face obstacles to mental health care

As a young boy living in what was then Zaire, Bertine Bahige remembers watching refugees flee from the Rwandan genocide in 1994 by crossing a river that forms the two Central African nations’ border.

Tribune News Service

Paris Perspective #33: Global crises and the International Rescue Committee - David Miliband

In this edition of Paris Perspective, RFI's David Coffey meets former UK foreign secretary and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, to discuss the crises the world is facing in 2022 and what his NGO is doing to help millions of refugees and internally displaced.

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WA child protection workers at 'absolute limit' as fight goes to Industrial Relations Commission

Child protection workers take their concerns to the WA Industrial Relations Commission, claiming multiple breaches of their workload orders.

The Guardian - US

Four countries, six years, 7,000 miles: one Afghan family’s journey to the US

Zahra Amiri is among 41,000 working-age Afghans who have resettled in the US and are set to contribute $1.4bn to the US economy in their first year of work, according to new data

Reuters

Greece locates refugees in Evros; trapped for days between Greece, Turkey

Greek police said on Monday afternoon they had located 38 Syrian refugees in the Lavara area of Evros, among them one pregnant woman and seven children.

The Guardian - US

US border patrol accused of taking turbans from Sikh asylum-seekers

ACLU says there are nearly 50 cases of Sikhs saying religious headwear was taken as they passed through CBP checks in Arizona

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Irish NGOs struggle to manage increase in Ukrainian refugee arrivals as Red Cross warns of 'very serious' situation

“The recent pulse of people has been caused by an increase of refugees coming in from Ukraine but that’s been further augmented by refugees coming in from other countries looking for political asylum. That particular pulse wasn’t foreseen at all."

Newcastle Herald

John Hunter nursing staff win fight against health district to be paid correctly

It came after a NSW Industrial Relations Commission decision on Friday.

The Guardian - AU

‘Completely bloody-minded’: NSW unions furious over fine increases for illegal strikes

Government moves to dramatically lift fines following months of industrial disputes with a range of public sector workers

The Guardian - UK

Planning for the long haul: four months on, the Ukrainian refugee crisis is only just beginning

As countries reeling from their own crises work to house millions who have fled, the focus has switched to long term solutions

AAP

NSW govt sues to cut medical officer pay

The NSW government is suing to scrap an allowance for aeromedical control centre officers which has been paid for over 30 years.

Al Jazeera

Biden’s approach to migration: ‘More carrots and fewer sticks’

The Biden administration’s focus on multilateral regional cooperation, is a major break from the stance of Donald Trump.

AAP

NSW sues teachers union over May strikes

The state government has sued the NSW Teacher's Federation seeking penalties over widespread strikes in May for better pay and conditions.

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