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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia
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Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in – and it’s zeroes across the board. The state has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 in the community for the first time in three weeks. There are now 99 active cases of coronavirus across the state, down from yesterday’s total of 124.
Reported yesterday: 0 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
– 17,612 vaccine doses were administered
– 30,117 test results were received
NSW Health has added or updated advice for 174 sites across Greater Sydney on its list of COVID-19 exposure sites. It was too many to tweet, which isn’t a great sign. But there’s good news: only two of those have been identified as a close contact location. The state recorded 199 cases yesterday, slightly lower than the previous few days.
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Justice Michael Lee said Qantas sacked workers to prevent them from exercising their rights to bargain for better wages and conditions and to take industrial action. Further, Lee said that the evidence showed that Qantas management viewed the pandemic as a “transformational opportunity” for the airline.
Three quarters have been unable to find full-time work since they were sacked and 77% of those who were sacked want their jobs back.
ABC reported on July 30 the court was not convinced by Qantas senior executives that the decision to outsource the jobs was “not motivated, at least in part, by the fact the majority were union members and had various workplace rights under enterprise agreements”.
Federal Court decision on Qantas outsourcing ‘legal first’
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A Federal Court decision to penalise Qantas for the sacking of over 2,000 workers has been commended as a “legal first” that may have far-reaching consequences for other major companies that attempt to avoid collective bargaining.
The Federal Court largely found in favour of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) who brought a case against Qantas after it replaced 2,000 crew jobs with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic in its attempt to avoid collective bargaining for a new enterprise agreement. The court will now decide if it will reinstate the employees.