Hundreds of Australian broadband technicians stop work
Hundreds of Australian broadband technicians have walked off the job in recent days in protest over low pay, “pyramid” contracting and an unworkable job scheduling platform.
The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has staged a series of protests in an effort to divert the anger of workers behind the corporatised unions and the Labor Party in the lead-up to the next federal election. The aim is to prevent a broader movement of workers across the logistics and telecommunications sectors amid stepped-up pro-business restructuring, and to direct the contractors back behind union-company negotiations.
Young Frydenberg rates budget as âboringâ
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May 13, 2021 â 12.01am
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The Treasurerâs annual budget lunch for the National Press Club was a full house after last yearâs cancellation. Amazon, Westpac, BHP were all there to glad-hand Treasurer
Josh Frydenberg, who recounted a post-budget encounter with a tough critic â his four-year-old son
Blake, who was told to âshushâ by his mother
Amie during the budget address.
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Blake later told him âattending last nightâs budget was the most boring thing heâs ever doneâ. Good news for Frydenberg jnr that his father had booked him and the family on a return flight to Melbourne on Wednesday evening.
Alan Joyce a no-show at budget for good reason
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The Treasurerâs annual budget lunch for the National Press Club on Wednesday was a full house after last yearâs cancellation.
Cheers: Peter Dutton and Josh Frydenberg.
Credit:Illustration: John Shakespeare
Josh Frydenberg, who recounted a post-budget encounter with a tough critic â his four-year-old son
Blake, who was told to âshushâ by his mother
Amie during the budget address. Blake later told him âattending last nightâs budget was the most boring thing heâs ever doneâ.
May 10th, 2021 By David Knox 4 commentsFiled under: News,
Canterbury-Bankstown Council is hoping to lure SBS from Artarmon to a new cultural hub it is calling SBS Square, as part of a bigger vision, Connective City 2036.
The council told the Sunday Telegraph the cost of building SBS Square with a new SBS HQ will be in the vicinity of $120 million, create almost 400 construction jobs and generate $85m for the Sydney economy. But former premier and federal foreign minister Bob Carr and Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour believe the sale of Artarmon site would net some $70m to offset costs.
“Our city has nearly 70 per cent of its residents who come from a non-English speaking background and that’s why we would be a perfect fit for Australia’s only multicultural broadcaster,” Mr Asfour said.
Four Corners.
Ms Holgate this week demanded Communications Minister Paul Fletcher and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham agree to talks âin order to avoid time-consuming and costly litigation for all partiesâ.
High-profile defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles is representing Ms Holgate. She has criticised board chairman Lucio Di Bartolomeo over claims to a Senate hearing that Australia Post did not know what Ms Holgateâs demands were.
Legal letters show the mediation will include Ms Holgateâs treatment by Australia Post, the circumstances of her departure, allegations of defamatory statements, breaches of duty of care and tortious interference with her employment contract.