Why MP says we will all benefit from tough new federal powers designed to crackdown on rogue behaviour on building sites by...
02nd Dec. 2016 11:12 AM
WE HAVE a hybrid free enterprise system regarding wages. The minimum wage has been ignored by 7-11 and some farming labour...
01st Dec. 2016 7:12 AM
7-Eleven has launched an internal investigation after covert video reportedly showing an employee handing back a sizeable...
21st Nov. 2016 6:11 AM
WHILE welfare recipients are the first to be targeted when it comes to finding savings, the government should also take a...
28th Sept. 2016 5:09 PM
NOBODY saw the warning signs in the Five Stars Fujian's sketchy safety and financial record
02nd Sept. 2016 6:09 PM
Fair Work Commission ruling finds some Queensland apprentices' weekly income is below the poverty line.
16th Aug. 2016 12:08 PM
Coffs Harbour councillors to vote on wage increase
22nd June 2016 6:06 AM
HOW much do you think your local Federal MP should be paid? Our candidates share their thoughts on the wages of MPs.
20th June 2016 12:06 PM
DO you realise that Australia's high standard of living has been delivered by unions?
15th June 2016 8:06 AM
MORE than $2 million in lost wages is gathering dust in government coffers.
07th June 2016 5:06 AM
While men were getting on average a six figure income women weren't getting paid half of that.
06th June 2016 11:06 AM
THE Fair Work Ombudsman is on the hunt for thousands of workers owed a total of more than $2 million by their former...
06th June 2016 9:06 AM
THE Fair Work Ombudsman will inspect road freight transport businesses in Western Australia this July.
01st June 2016 2:06 PM
AFFORDABLE housing, lower cost of living and the lifestyle are just some of the reasons people move to the Wide Bay region...
24th May 2016 5:05 AM
Readers discuss how much money they spend on groceries a week.
26th April 2016 10:04 AM
WAGES and leave were a hot topic for local councillor candidates this week.
17th March 2016 5:03 AM
TEACHERS and support staff from 13 Catholic schools on the Coast stopped work yesterday morning as part of a 10 month...
25th Feb. 2016 6:02 PM
MORE than 8500 Catholic school union members across 242 school sites are authorised to stop work next Thursday.
17th Feb. 2016 7:02 AM
TAKING aim at NatRoad last week, the TWU have called them out on comments about the Road Safety Remuneration Order for...
15th Feb. 2016 12:02 PM
DESPITE financial markets “dropping their bundle” in recent weeks, Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens said the effect of...
13th Feb. 2016 6:02 AM
NEW wealth distribution figures reveal the widest divide between the Coffs-Clarence region’s “richest and the rest” lies in...
06th Feb. 2016 6:02 AM
AN INTERNATIONAL student working at a 7-Eleven was beaten by the franchisee, a Senate hearing into widespread wage fraud at...
06th Feb. 2016 5:02 AM
UNPAID workers at W.E. Smith have been granted some relief as the company this week issued four week's back-pay owed to its...
05th Feb. 2016 2:02 PM
JERRY Brown-Sarre has written an explanation of what the new Road Safety Remuneration Order for owner drivers means...
19th Jan. 2016 4:01 PM
HAVE you ever experienced not being paid properly?
19th Jan. 2016 12:01 PM
THE former owner-operator of a transport company is facing court for allegedly short-changing 12 truck drivers more than...
11th Jan. 2016 3:01 PM
UPPORTING penalty rates to remain “a common-sense component of our wage system” was the main thrust of an ongoing campaign...
07th Dec. 2015 5:12 AM
THE Queensland Resources Council has launched a report of the economic contribution that resources makes to Queensland...
02nd Dec. 2015 10:12 AM
I AM totally opposed to penalty rates being removed for shift workers. Shift work affects families, social life, and sleep...
28th Oct. 2015 10:10 AM
JEREMY Renner says "it's not [his] job" to help actresses negotiate their salaries, but insists he supports gender...
22nd Oct. 2015 2:10 PM
![Jeremy Renner says "it's not [his] job" to help actresses negotiate their salaries.](https://media.apnarm.net.au/media/images/2015/10/22/getimgintranet-67hbazskbc43cdwc2l2_fct650x487x23.0_ct140x106.jpg "Jeremy Renner says \"it's not [his] job\" to help actresses negotiate their salaries.")
CATHOLIC school union members from 178 schools across Queensland, including the Sunshine Coast, will stop work from11am-1pm...
21st Oct. 2015 7:10 AM
TO PROVIDE nursing as an essential service, we must work shift work and as a result, we often miss out on spending time...
20th Oct. 2015 10:10 AM
THE Queensland Resources Council has dug deep to find out how much money the mining sector brings into the Fitzroy...
14th Oct. 2015 10:10 AM
THE Queensland Resources Council has dug deep to find out how much money the mining sector brings into Mackay and...
14th Oct. 2015 8:10 AM
TOOWOOMBA residents who are employed part time or casually could soon be working for less on Sundays.
08th Oct. 2015 11:10 AM
ALRTA President Grant Robins said the draft RSRO is unworkable in the rural transport sector.
25th Sept. 2015 9:09 AM
THE Fair Work Ombudsman now has a mobile-friendly pay tool to give Ipswich employers and employees access to reliable...
27th Aug. 2015 5:08 AM
The MPs current entitlements and this list does not include cheap meals and drinks in Parliament House and all the...
21st Aug. 2015 10:08 AM
A LOCAL government employee on the Sunshine Coast takes home about $20,000 more than the average household income for the...
17th Aug. 2015 9:08 AM
Act aims to make sure truck drivers are paid for all hours worked instead of solely per-mile pay.
12th Aug. 2015 1:08 PM
SAMANTHA Cook remembers all too well the financial strain employees’ wages had on the business she managed during Cyclone...
07th Aug. 2015 5:08 AM
WARWICK workers say they've been poorly treated and now want more respect, increased wages and improved redundancy deals...
29th July 2015 5:07 AM
COUNCILLORS from Lismore and Kyogle voted for a 2.5% pay rise on Tuesday night in a move that might ruffle the feathers of...
11th June 2015 5:06 AM
TRANSPORT Workers Union NSW Secretary Michael Aird has called for an urgent investigation of Coles' supply chain by the...
04th June 2015 4:06 PM
ROCKHAMPTON’S Fiona Jones has had it up to her hair with the issue of wage inequality.
22nd May 2015 12:05 PM
A CENTRAL Queensland coal prospector “deliberately and cynically” refused to pay an employee nearly $40,000 in wages and...
21st May 2015 6:05 AM
AN ABBOTT government move to cut the pay of foreign workers on ships in Australian waters was rejected by unions on...
20th May 2015 6:05 PM
MEN in the South Burnett are getting paid about $19,000 a year more than women – that’s 56% more.
20th May 2015 3:05 PM
FIGURES from the Bureau of Statistics show Australian wages are rising at their slowest pace since records began.
14th May 2015 5:05 AM
FIGURES from the Bureau of Statistics show Australian wages are rising at their slowest pace since records began.
13th May 2015 8:05 PM
