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Federal government backs wage increase for lowest-paid workers in line with inflation

The federal government has backed a wage rise for the nation's lowest paid workers in line with inflation, arguing they should not see their real wages go backwards.

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Shorten attacks Robert’s links to lobbyist – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: unions call for big wage boost, elder cut from Obama event, Pope in hospital

Peak union body demands 7% rise in the minimum wage; Aunty Joy Murphy describes ‘deep offence’ after being barred from welcome ceremony

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ACTU pushing for 7 pct rise to minimum and award wages

More than two million workers on minimum and award wages should get a seven per cent pay rise to keep up with the rising cost of living, the ACTU argues.

AAP

‘Simply about survival’: ACTU calls for 7% pay rise for lowest-paid workers to keep pace with inflation

Minimum hourly rate would rise to $22.88 – or $45,337 a year – if the Fair Work Commission grants the increase

The Guardian - AU

Why are Australian households struggling as corporate profits soar?

Everyday Australian’s are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living with soaring inflation hurting households’ hip pockets.

The New Daily

Will the Reserve Bank review achieve anything? What difference could it make to interest rates?

A government-ordered review of the Reserve Bank — the first in more than a generation — is expected to ask searching questions of our key financial institution. The leadership of the central bank, the composition of its board, missed targets and broken promises are all elements under examination.

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Afternoon Update: anger over Qantas’s record profit; Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner subpoenaed; and Starbucks’ olive oil coffee

Qantas the latest company to announce record profits, causing anger among some travellers and a Labor senator

The Guardian - AU

Women who suffer domestic abuse three times as likely to attempt suicide

Campaigners for women’s rights say findings about intimate partner violence are ‘shocking and appalling’

The Guardian - UK

Reserve Bank causing households ‘too much pain’ with rate rises, says union chief Sally McManus

Australian union leader says the absence of labour market expertise on the RBA board had caused ‘missteps’

The Guardian - AU

Alan Kohler: The right to strike, and recessions we have to have

Ostensibly Labor's workplace laws are about "getting wages moving", but what it really comes down to is the right for workers to strike.

The New Daily

Qantas outsourcing fight off to High Court

The High Court has granted Qantas leave to appeal a decision that found the outsourcing of more than 1600 baggage handlers and other employees was unlawful.

AAP

Tug of woe: strike off but lockout still looming as Svitzer stands ground

Svitzer lockout holds national economy to ransom says ACTU

Newcastle Herald

The profit crisis is the inflation-driving pressure we don't talk about

Soaring corporate profits are being blamed for fuelling inflation, as figures show companies in Australia are enjoying sky-rocketing profits despite the pandemic.

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Labor's new workplace relations bill proposes new laws around work flexibility, targets gender pay gap

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will introduce Labor's Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill into Parliament, promising to "get wages moving".

The Guardian - AU

Liberal moderate Bridget Archer says Labor right to be questioning stage-three tax cuts

Archer tells Albanese government ‘it’s OK to change your mind’ as debate continues within ALP about future of Coalition tax package

AAP

Union boss seeks workplace law overhaul

In a speech to the National Press Club, ACTU secretary Sally McManus says federal workplace laws that have been in place for a decade need to be updated.

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Should We Be Able To Swap Public Holidays That Don’t Fit Our Values? Clothing The Gaps Says Yes

Australians will get a Queen's death public holiday on September 22, but Blak label Clothing The Gaps says we should be able to swap it.

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'Historic' deal to modernise workplaces

The peak body for unions and the small business lobby have agreed to work together to reform workplace relations, supporting changes to fair work laws.

The New Daily

Business and unions on common ground before summit, but Canberra clash looms

The jobs summit brings together unions, business and government, with a focus on industrial relations reform, skills and training reform, and migration.

ABC News

Unions and businesses unite on TAFE and training ahead of Jobs and Skills Summit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "energised" by unions and business groups uniting to tackle problems in the training sector, despite them being at loggerheads about whether multi-employer bargaining should return.

The Guardian - AU

Unions and business agree on need for higher wages as jobs summit looms

ACTU and business council want to revive ‘key principles’ of enterprise bargaining deal that was dumped in 2020 after industry backlash

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?

The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging beast to manage, economically and politically.

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Sally McManus says union demands at job summit will centre on collective bargaining

Workers and their union representatives would be allowed to negotiate deals on pay and conditions with multiple employers at once and sometimes across entire sectors, under proposals the trade union movement will take to the Albanese government's upcoming jobs summit.

The Guardian - AU

Jobs summit must endorse sector-wide pay claims to lift wages, unions say

Sally McManus says industry-level bargaining across workplaces essential to address Australia’s wages crisis

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