UNDERPAYMENTS to roofers, hairdressers, shop assistants and vet assistants have been exposed after complaints to the State Government and workplace inspectors. In the 12 months to June, $4 million in back pay and entitlements were recovered, averaging $700 for each worker, across 1948 separate cases. In all, 1500 employers breached state industrial relations laws and [...]
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FORMER Wallabies coach Eddie Jones last night predicted Jarryd Hayne would have no trouble handling a switch of codes and warned he could command more than $1million a season in European rugby union. Jones’s comments came amid speculation last night that the Parramatta fullback was about to be the subject of a massive offer from [...]
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It’s in the book, out now. As the author Matt Peacock explained to me over a cup of coffee in Parliament House, you can trace every stage of James Hardie’s asbestos production process and find a trail of death that is continuing still, in places most people – quite reasonably – don’t suspect. Such as [...]
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AFTER a slight pause when asked to reveal to whom she dedicated her world champion’s gold medal, Dani Samuels cleared her throat and simply said ”my dad”. Samuels, aged 21, but an infant in the ancient sport, joined Jana Pittman, Cathy Freeman, Nathan Deakes, Dmitri Markov and Rob de Castella as Australians to have triumphed [...]
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Wests Tigers 18 Eels 26 UM … what do you say about that? Magic, madness and more magic. Take your pick of the flicks, served with chips, in the highlights package – which will be long. How often do you find the most hyped occasions end in anti-climax? But this was no Star Wars III. [...]
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