Coles workers face bleak Christmas as wave of automation sweeps industry
Coles workers face bleak Christmas as wave of automation sweeps industry
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Matthew Wood has been trying to work out what to tell his children after he was locked out of his job as a Coles warehouse worker without pay for three months over summer because of an industrial dispute that will eventually claim his job. They don t deserve to be thinking about why did Daddy s company steal Christmas away from them? says Mr Wood, 37, a father of four. I ve had to cancel holidays. Christmas definitely isn t going to be what it was planned to be.
Law reformer and ICAC commissioner tackled corruption head on
Law reformer and ICAC commissioner tackled corruption head on
By Keith Mason and Geoffrey Watson
December 22, 2020 2.10pm
Normal text size DAVID IPP: 1938 – 2020
David Ipp was a jurist, law reformer and corruption fighter whose term as Commissioner at ICAC was explosive. Under his guidance ICAC opened inquiries into some of the worst corruption in NSW history. He led an inquiry into corruption allegations concerning the process relating to the supply of security services to several NSW public authorities and into allegations involving businessman Michael McGurk who was murdered in a contract killing.
Ratepayers dudded $4 million as council forgets to bill developers
Ratepayers dudded $4 million as council forgets to bill developers
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Four million dollars that was meant to have been paid by developers for the community’s benefit has been discovered missing from the coffers of a Sydney council after a secretive internal investigation.
The missing millions have been quietly investigated by auditors with Georges River Council after it absorbed Kogarah and Hurstville councils during the 2016 amalgamations.
Sydney developer Toufic Terry Kayrouz is facing questions over payment of contributions for a project at Kogarah.
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Developers contributions, also known as section 94 contributions, must be paid to council when a project is approved to fund essential community infrastructure like footpaths and parks.
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From their surgeries, laboratories and executive suites, former students of James Ruse Agricultural High say some of their fondest memories of the school known as the genius factory involve its farm.
âWe had to manage our own plots, we fertilised them, we harvested them and took fruit and vegetables home,â says class of 2001 graduate David Fung, who is now an internationally renowned concert pianist.
Jason Liu and Junlin Guo, both in year 11 in 2020, topped the state in HSC Agriculture.
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âIt was almost like a stress release,â says Kavita Enjeti, a Sydney-based dermatologist from the Class of 1998. âI remember digging, harvesting the potatoes, having sheep around. Maybe it was the connection with nature.â
Not a safe zone : Havelock North resident calls for City Assist in the village
11 Dec, 2020 02:35 AM
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Havelock North father Dean Sewell has warned that the village is not safe after his teenage son and friend were harassed and threatened with a beating. Photo / Paul Taylor
Havelock North father Dean Sewell has warned that the village is not safe after his teenage son and friend were harassed and threatened with a beating. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
A Havelock North father is calling for City Assist patrols in the village over summer after his son and friend were threatened and harassed.