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Advertisement Two heavyweights of the union movement were walking the corridors of Macquarie Street on Tuesday – the outspoken Gerard Hayes, head of the Health Services Union, and Daniel Walton, the national secretary of the Australian Workers Union. While it is not uncommon for union bosses to pay a visit, this time they had one pressing concern: the leadership of NSW Labor. The party’s NSW general secretary, Bob Nanva, was also in the building, as he often is when the NSW Parliament is sitting. The pressing concern for him was to calm the troops. It may have been a coincidence tha...

Sunshine grain harvester that helped set the basic wage is restored to original glory at Quirindi TueTuesday 16 The iconic 1907 Sunshine Harvester, before restoration began. ( Share Print text only Cancel Volunteers at the Quirindi Rural Heritage Village are resurrecting a machine that represents a revolution in Australia. Key points: The "Harvester Judgement" dates back to 1907, the same year the minimum wage was set The harvester will be displayed at the Workers Memorial Precinct in Blacktown, Sydney Not only did the Sunshine Harvester forever change the agriculture industry, but it was at...

Normal text size Very large text size They’re derided as faceless men, they make and break Labor leaders and they determine the policy decisions the ALP takes. Amid recent chatter about Anthony Albanese’s leadership, there has been speculation about whether he still has the backing of a particular faction or state group. Factions play a crucial role in deciding the leader of the ALP (though the party membership now also gets a vote), in allocating frontbench portfolios, in choosing who gets to run for parliament, and in deciding the party’s policy positions. But if factional di...

By Cam Lucadou-Wells Greater Dandenong Council is standing by a recycling contractor accused of underpaying refugees on visas nearly $200,000. Polytrade is being prosecuted in the Federal Court by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying five workers at Dandenong and Hallam a total of $194,249 over 20 months. Polytrade Employment Services – which supplied labour to Polytrade – and Polytrade’s husband-and-wife owners Man Sang Chen and Pui Shan Ho are also charged. Greater Dandenong Council has taken a nation-leading public stance on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers, leading...

A group of vulnerable migrant workers were allegedly underpaid hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages by a Victorian waste management company.