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TWU is criticising Lindsay Transport for an inadequate response to the death of one of its workers six years ago.
Safe Work NSW has released information about undertakings it has forced Lindsay to comply with, including developing a safety app, following the fatality in October 2015 in Western Sydney.
But the TWU says a substandard workplace agreement and the death of another driver three years ago, who was left dead for 10 hours on the underpass of a Brisbane motorway without the company even knowing he was missing, shows Lindsay has not changed its attitude to safety.
The Fair Work Commission has raised a number of concerns about rates and conditions in the Lindsay enterprise agreement not meeting the minimum standards. Pay and safety for truck drivers have been scientifically linked through decades of research.
Vouchers, giveaways to bring office workers back to Brisbane CBD on Fridays
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Subscriber only Desperate city shops and landlords will offer discount vouchers, gift card giveaways, freebies and coffee deals and even putt-putt in their building foyers in a bid to get workers to ditch Friday work from home and breathe life back into Brisbane s city centre. CBD offices are sitting one-third empty, among the most vacant in the country despite Queensland avoiding the long crippling lockdowns of other states, with foot traffic dropping by as much as 40 per cent compared to pre-COVID. The new campaign kicking off tomorrow aims to get workers to change their work from home day from Friday and get them into the CBD and spending money again.
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TREASURER Josh Frydenberg will hand down the federal budget next week and we will learn how much money will flow for infrastructure, upgrades and other programs in Ipswich.
Ahead of the budget, the QT asked all of the cityâs elected representatives what they believed to be the priority projects in their patches.
As the fastest growing city in Queensland, Ipswich desperately needs the infrastructure to keep up the expected population growth with the total number of residents set to more than double to 558,000 in the next 20 years.
Hereâs what they said:
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BLAIR SHAYNE NEUMANN (LABOR)
Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Mark Bailey
An independent study of potential routes for the Coomera Connector’s northern section has confirmed the corridor already preserved for the future road as the preferred option.
The route is proposed to cross the Albert River east of Eagleby, connecting to the M1 and Logan Motorway at Loganholme.
It was considered in comparison to six other alternative routes by independent traffic planners and environmental specialists.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said the Coomera Connector would be critical to easing traffic congestion between the Gold Coast and Logan.
“Thanks to our state’s strong management of the COVID-19 health and economic crises, more Australians are choosing Queensland as the place to live and invest in,” Mr Bailey said.