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Subscriber only Mine workers will today plead their case before a Senate Inquiry on proposed workplace law changes which the union has labelled a detriment to Mackay and its resources industry. Tightening the definition of casual employment will be a key aspect of a 27 page submission union representatives will present to the committee, which is sitting in Townsville. CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland southwest vice-president Shane Brunker said the casualisation of mine jobs was a cancer that s spreading through the industry . He said there were thousands of workers across the Bowen Basin, contracted through labour hire companies as a casual employee but working a full-time roster without benefits such as annual or sick leave.
Ireland s complex relationship with shame
Updated / Thursday, 14 Jan 2021
16:04
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin giving a State Apology in the Dáil after the findings laid out in the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Opinion: After the report into the Mother and Baby Homes, we need to rethink shame and especially its relation to violence
Shame seems to be everywhere. But shame is also a complex and often misunderstood emotion, which moral philosophers have been debating for centuries. To understand the true horror of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, investigating the idea of shame is a good starting point.
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Subscriber only One of Queensland s powerful unions suffered a significant hit to its membership while others recorded mammoth uptakes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost 1200 people left the Electrical Trades Union in Queensland during the 2019-20 financial year, while 372 left the CFMEU. However the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union welcomed 3137 new members - the largest increase of all unions in Queensland. The SDA, which is still on a holiday from Labor s Right Faction, recorded the second biggest increase with 1603 people signing up. Members of Electrical Trades Union are seen during the annual Labour Day march in Brisbane. Picture: AAP Image/Darren England
Lyndhurst police nabbed a Newark couple for drugs and other offenses following a traffic stop.
Brake lights that weren’t working drew the attention of Officers Michael Clifford and Nicollette Villani to an older model Nissan Altima with an expired registration near the corner of Riverside Avenue and Jauncey Avenue, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said.
That wasn’t all, he said.
The driver, Raymond Dock, 30, didn’t have a license, the license plates on the Altima were bogus and the vehicle wasn’t insured, Auteri said.
Dock was arrested after a computer check also showed that he was wanted on an outstanding warran, the lieutenant said.