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The union representing Telstra workers says they weren't given prior notice the company was set to slash 2800 jobs, equivalent to about 9 per cent of its workforce.

The Australian share market starts the week on a positive note, ahead of interest rate decisions at home and in the US. Here's how the trading day unfolded on the ABC markets blog.

Daniel Ziffer has worked at the intersection of journalism and public debate for nearly two decades. He covers Melbourne-based issues for ABC News. Daniel is the long-time senior producer of Mornings with Jon Faine, ABC Radio Melbourne, and has worked on air and in production at Macquarie Radio, as a freelance foreign correspondent based in New York City, journalist at The Age and a magazine editor.

ABC Radio Sydney Evenings host Indira Naidoo has thrown her hat in the ring for the staff elected position on the ABC Board.  She said she would put wage

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