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- NSW State Parliament
Law change prompts judge to warn of ‘desperate people’ left with ‘no rights’
A memo from the president of the court responsible for dealing with workers’ compensation claims in NSW warned staff to prepare for “harrowing” encounters with injured workers due to changes to the scheme passed by the Minns government.
- Michael McGowan
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‘Idiot’, ‘monster’, ‘witch’: Serial pest Andrew Thaler’s latest day in court did not go well
To most people, a three-hour grilling before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission would be something to fear. Not so for a sweary, problematic councillor.
- Bevan Shields
‘Mixed emotions’: How a record pay increase left nurses disappointed
Nurses and midwives in NSW will receive pay increases after the court acknowledged the majority-female workforce had been historically undervalued.
- Angus Thomson
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- Healthcare
The NSW nurse and midwife shortage is costing $100 million a year
The total bill for agency nurses and midwives almost doubled in one year as NSW hospitals increasingly rely on expensive and short-term health workers.
- Angus Thomson
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- Healthcare
Doctors awarded 20 per cent ‘stopgap’ pay rise after mass resignations
The government said it would honour the Industrial Relations Commission’s verdict, ending a dispute triggered by the resignation of hundreds of psychiatrists.
- Angus Thomson
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- Police
Reinstated sacked cop loses job again
A senior sergeant of 21 years’ experience, Peter Hanna was removed from the NSW Police in 2022 after he was charged with child abuse material offences that he later beat.
- Sally Rawsthorne and Kate McClymont
‘You can’t have both’: Judge blasts doctors for defying strike orders
The doctors’ union has been given less than 24 hours to back down on its planned three-day strike or risk derailing a deal for resigning psychiatrists.
- Angus Thomson
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- Health
‘Unprecedented’: NSW doctors to defy court order and strike for three days
The union wants a 30 per cent pay rise and working conditions that better address worker fatigue.
- Angus Thomson
Doctors ordered to call off three-day strike in latest pay dispute
It is unclear whether hundreds of NSW doctors will defy the demand and walk off the job for three days next week.
- Angus Thomson
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- Gig economy
The major shake-up coming for how Uber drivers are paid
New laws would give gig-economy workers in the transport industry the power to argue for minimum pay and conditions such as penalty rates.
- Michael McGowan