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Review underway as workers pay a deadly price for cheaper engineered-stone bench tops

Many engineered-stone benchtops could soon be taken off the market as governments push ahead with plans to review a ban.

The New Daily

Safe Work Australia asked to look at regulations needed to ban engineered stone over silicosis risk

Federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says he and other ministers have asked Safe Work Australia to look into what would be needed to put in place a ban on the material.

ABC News

Stonemason says silicosis risk can be managed as ministers meet to discuss ban

A Far North Queensland stonemason says there has never been a case of silicosis among his staff because his business insists on strict safety protocols. Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says if a ban is introduced it will not come into effect for at least 12 months.

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Unions issue ultimatum over deadly silica dust ban

A ban on the domestic use of silica over health fears is on the table at a meeting of federal, state and territory workplace ministers.

The New Daily

Australia moves to fast-track ban on silica stone benchtops that cause fatal lung disease

Federal government hopes to draft ban to combat silicosis by end of year with support from states and territories

The Guardian - AU

Ministers asked to fast-track ban on silica products

A ban on the domestic use of silica over health fears is on the table at a meeting of federal, state and territory workplace ministers.

AAP

Culturally significant Mexican artefacts seized in Australia handed back to Mexico

A painting by a Mexican worker who was trapped in a mine and a tiny copper bowl caught the attention of Australian authorities, leading to the artefacts being returned to Mexico.

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Early childhood educators 'barely able to survive' on wages as workers call for action

Waitlists and demand for child care are on the rise in regional areas as educators increasingly leave the industry. Centres say it is a crisis and federal support is urgently needed.

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Upholding Qantas’s decision to sack staff would weaken workplace rights, union warns

The airline is seeking to overturn in the high court a finding that it illegally outsourced 1,700 ground handler jobs

The Guardian - AU

Employment department's 1000 contractors 'hypocritical' as public service cracks down on outsourcing

The Employment Department's use of 1000 contractors is 'hypocritical', Michaelia Cash says.

The Canberra Times

Labor’s new cultural policy ‘first step’ in addressing National Gallery of Australia’s $265m shortfall

Funds needed to keep doors open, exhibitions free and carry out urgent repairs to protect $7bn worth of art, director says

The Guardian - AU

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

Michelle Rowland faces calls to resign for accepting gaming company donations before election

Communications minister tells parliament all donations met disclosure rules while independent Andrew Wilkie calls her ‘utterly conflicted’

The Guardian - AU

Ex-union legal adviser to head up new workplace umpire

The Albanese government has appointed a former transport union legal adviser as president of the Fair Work Commission.

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Behrouz Boochani calls for asylum seeker royal commission from inside Parliament House

In defiance of the former government's vow that he would never set foot on Australia soil, refugee and journalist Behrouz Boochani calls for a royal commission into immigration detention, as he stands in Parliament House.

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock blasts Albanese government as it reauthorises Nauru offshore immigration detention

Labor also seeks to overturn court decision that forced it to release 100 people from onshore detention despite character concerns

AAP

Wage boost confidence despite looming rate hike

Government frontbencher Tony Burke says he's confident wages will rise despite a looming interest rate increase when the RBA meets on Tuesday.

The Guardian - AU

Push to refer Scott Morrison to privileges committee fails – as it happened

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Hopes music body could take fans from Beyonce to Briggs

Music Australia should be able to work out how to get Spotify and Apple Music to feature more Australian tunes, the national arts funding body chief says.

The Guardian - AU

Business sector has driven shift to ‘values-based capitalism’, Jim Chalmers says

Treasurer hits back at criticism of his essay that championed co-investment and economic inclusion

The Guardian - AU

Workplace reforms back on agenda when parliament returns next week, Tony Burke says

Albanese government to launch new industrial relations negotiations but all but rules out bringing back bargaining fees for non-union members

The Canberra Times

Constitution did not detail air force, nuclear subs: Albanese on Voice referendum

Tony Burke has accused "no" proponents of not understanding the constitution.

AAP

Labor lines up insecure work crackdown for late 2023

Labor's promised crackdown on insecure work and wage theft will wait until later in the year after the government closes loopholes in earlier workplace reforms.

The Conversation

Pay, safety and welfare: how the new Centre for Arts and Entertainment Workplaces can strengthen the arts sector

In May, we predicted Tony Burke’s joint portfolio of workplace relations and the arts was an opportunity to address some of the challenges facing the arts and cultural sector.

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Domestic violence leave comes into effect

Full-time, part-time and casual workers will be entitled to 10 days of paid domestic violence leave at their full-pay rate under new laws to start within days.

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