Caltex Shuts Kurnell Refinery; 600 Jobs Lost for #Ausunions
via smh.com.au Petroleum company Caltex will close its Kurnell refinery in Sydney in a move that will cost up to 630 jobs, with unions claiming the announcement is a [...more]
#Workcover axes annual leave pay for workers comp | #Ausunions #NSWpol
“It’s disturbing that an independent statutory authority could be perceived as taking its orders from the employer lobby” … Secretary of Unions NSW [...more]
NSW Premier O’Farrell snubs Disability scheme, refuses to take part | #NSWpol @BarryOfarrell #Auspol
THE Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has accused NSW and Victoria of paying lip service to the disabled after one of her signature reforms, the National Disability Insurance [...more]
Workers agree to halt #Coles blockade | Herald Sun #AusUnions
Coles workers picketing last week in rain at Somerton. Picture: Trevor Pinder Source: Herald Sun WORKERS at Coles’ national distribution centre will return this morning [...more]
#Fire Negligence « Australian Emergency Law | #RFS #FRNSW
Warragamba Winery Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWSC 701 In Fire, Negligence on July 19, 2012 at 7:42 pm In an earlier post (Christmas 2001 Bushfire [...more]
