Australia’s truck drivers are pushing for federal action over what they say are hazardous working conditions, unfair pay, and a lack of minimum safety standards. A large convoy of trucks and buses descended onto Canberra’s Parliament House on Saturday afternoon to call for “urgent” industry reform. Transport Workers Union nationalContinue Reading
The second last joint-parliamentary sitting week of the year is underway, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rides the high of a successful stint of overseas commitments. Question Time on Monday was set to be dominated by questions about cost of living, and the domestic implications of the ongoing conflict inContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces growing fury over the cost of living and Labor’s response to the Israel-Gaza conflict as he returns to Canberra following a whirlwind global diplomatic stint. Mr Albanese’s return to parliament comes after tens of thousands gathered across major cities over the weekend, with large pro-PalestinianContinue Reading
A push by Labor to unblock a legislative backlog in the Senate this week has failed with the government only able to pass two non-contentious amendments of its own through the upper house. A senior government spokesperson accused the Greens and the Coalition of deploying “cynical procedural tactics” to delayContinue Reading
A DoorDash executive has faced tough questions around driver deaths and safety during a senate inquiry examining the laws around the sector. Representatives from Uber, MenuLog and DoorDash fronted the aenate inquiry into the Closing Loopholes Bill currently before parliament, with senators from the major parties and crossbench questioning themContinue Reading
The government has waved through a push to split up its own controversial reforms to workplace laws, in an awkward blow to the Prime Minister. On Thursday, influential crossbench senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie brought on a vote to split off the non-contentious elements of the government’s proposed IRContinue Reading
Influential senate crossbenchers are demanding the federal government split the controversial second tranche of its workplace laws in order to pass the less contentious element by year’s end. Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock on Monday will introduce four private senators’ bills to strip out the least controversial elements of Labor’sContinue Reading
Senator Jacinta Price has accused the government of racism after her motion to hold a commission into the sexual abuse of Indigenous children was rejected. In an emotional video posted on Facebook, the Country Liberal Senator said she was “furious” and “horrified” the motion, tabled in the Senate on TuesdayContinue Reading
A Gold Coast cabaret club will have to pay thousands of dollars to two staff after the workplace watchdog found they were unfairly sacked. The Fair Work commission found that The Pink Flamingo Spiegelclub did not have grounds to dismiss a former bartender and box office assistant after they revealedContinue Reading
Residents in a northern NSW town have exposed the astronomical cost of insurance premiums after being lashed by floods, fires and severe weather events. The Australia Institute released the findings of its annual benchmark Climate of the Nation report on Wednesday, saying that Australians recognise that climate change is exacerbatingContinue Reading