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The ‘wrong kind of sorry’: will a record fine for Qantas deter other companies from breaking the law?

On Monday, the Federal Court of Australia handed Qantas a record fine of A$90 million for breaching the Fair Work Act by unlawfully terminating the employment of 1,820 ground workers during the pandemic.

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Afternoon update: Qantas fined $90m; far-right Israeli MP barred from Australia; and Margaret Pomeranz remembers David Stratton

Airline handed record penalty for illegally firing 1,820 baggage handlers and other ground staff during Covid lockdowns in 2020

The Guardian - AU

Qantas fined $90m for illegally sacking ground staff as judge describes airline as ‘the wrong kind of sorry’

Lawyer for Transport Workers’ Union calls record penalty the ‘darkest day’ in airline’s 105-year history

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Deliveries not impacted as freight pilots go on strike

Qantas has put contingency plans in place as freight pilots, responsible for delivering parcels, prepare to take industrial action over a wage offer dispute.

AAP

Qantas makes mercy plea for illegal sackings 'mistake'

Qantas has urged a court to treat its illegal sacking of almost 2000 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic as a mistake and impose a "mid-range" penalty.

AAP

Qantas judge's corporate tip: 'Don't play us for fools'

A judge who will decide the penalty Qantas must pay for illegally sacking 1800 workers has warned the corporate world it must not "play the court for a fool".

AAP

The Lege’s ‘Big Government Intrusion’ into University Academics

Expanding on last session's anti-DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

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Aviation 'crisis' - bulk injuries for airport workers

A union says the aviation industry is at breaking point, with a survey of workers revealing a sector in crisis, with unsafe conditions after years of upheaval.

AAP

Airport Chaos Is Expected Across Australia This Weekend As 1000 Workers Walk Out

"You don’t take a thousand people out of ground services in Australia without there being disruptions."

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Qantas says sorry as sacked staff seek $200m justice

Qantas has apologised for its unlawful pandemic retrenching of 1700 workers as the transport union pursues the airline for hundreds of millions of dollars.

AAP

Transport union disbands branch over 'cultural' issues

The Transport Workers' Union is disbanding one of its branches after significant cultural and operational problems were found.

AAP

Truckies, food riders and couriers fight for rights

Truck drivers, food delivery riders and parcel couriers are seeking fairer work conditions, which could pave the way for global reforms.

AAP

Driver charged after cyclist killed in alleged hit-and-run in Melbourne

Southbank man, understood to be a food delivery rider, died at scene of crash on Plummer Street in Port Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

As many as 360 workers sacked at Rex with hundreds more jobs to go

Employees reportedly told the airline will no longer operate flights between capital cities

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Melbourne legionnaires’ disease outbreak grows – as it happened

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Cabin crew had to scoop human waste from toilets after AFL team’s plane ran out of water, union says

Transport Workers Union outraged at conditions on National Jet Express flight to Perth chartered by Fremantle Dockers

The Guardian - AU

Virgin Australia delays vote on controversial enterprise agreement that would cut pilots’ days off

Exclusive: Last-minute decision comes as Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it is ‘engaging’ with airline on concerns rostering is leaving pilots fatigued

The Guardian - AU

Virgin Australia is rostering pilots ‘closer to the limit’ of fatigue, watchdog tells Senate estimates

Almost 5% of pilots refused shifts due to tiredness in the last 28-day roster period, senators told, amid concerns about back-to-back 12-hour days

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Sackings 'very likely' in pandemic crisis, Qantas says

Qantas staff unlawfully fired in 2020 should get reduced compensation because they would have been fired in 2021 anyway, lawyers for the airline have argued.

The Guardian - AU

‘Rostering to the limits’: senior Virgin Australia pilots raise safety concerns over fatigue

Exclusive: Correspondence from pilots seen by Guardian Australia pleads for changes to the roster system to address fatigue

The Guardian - AU

Almost 1,700 illegally sacked Qantas workers would have been retrenched following year, court hears

Former chief executive says there would have been strong commercial reasons in ‘the context of the pandemic’ for choosing to outsource the roles

AAP

Qantas workers' distress forms major compensation claim

The psychological distress of workers who were illegally sacked by Qantas during the COVID-19 pandemic will form part of a major compensation case.

The Guardian - AU

Hungry Panda delivery rider launches legal action against company claiming loss of work after protesting pay

Data seen by Guardian Australia shows Zhuoying Wang gets between 30 to 70 orders per shift but this dropped down to zero around the protest

The Guardian - AU

Virgin should get rights to extra Bali flights over Jetstar, Transport Workers Union says

TWU backs Virgin over Qantas’s budget carrier, citing former’s commitment to employing locally based crews in submission to International Air Services Commission

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A Food Delivery Rider Was Killed, And No One Reported His Death For More Than 12 Months

The death of a food delivery rider went unreported for over a year, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) union says, amid cries that unfit employment laws are endangering workers.

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