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13/09/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-13/work-from-home-laws-changing-workers-rights/104343392

The Fair Work Commission is reviewing whether administrative workers should be included under an award that would give them the right to work from home.

10/09/2024

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/bosses-warned-over-new-right-to-disconnect-law-as-critical-questions-raised/news-story/6111304b55eebedefd5b10d816a377bb

The new Right to Disconnect laws are in full force across the country and now bosses have been offered a fresh warning in light of the change.

03/09/2024

27/08/2024

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/harassing-31yo-boss-slams-working-trend/news-story/f67f74778e998ce72a91e04386053943

Australian workers are now legally allowed to ignore tests, calls and emails from their bosses outside of working hours.

05/06/2024

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/covid-vaccines-may-have-contributed-to-rise-in-excess-deaths-researchers-suggest/news-story/cdf3a64c434c29a8ebc3215ab3aa335b

Covid vaccines may have contributed to a rise in excess deaths observed across the western world since the pandemic, including in Australia, scientists have suggested.

01/06/2024

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/secret-covid-documents-in-victoria-to-be-released-after-almost-4-year-fight/news-story/0742ab4b20de073b6b742bef6ac62300

Secret government documents behind Victoria’s controversial Covid lockdowns are set to be released after the state’s Department of Health lost an almost four year long fight to keep them concealed.

10/05/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-10/high-court-dismisses-asf17-migration-case/103829640?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

The High Court dismisses a case brought by an Iranian man demanding to be released from immigration detention after refusing to cooperate with efforts to deport him.

09/04/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-09/qld-plibersek-refuses-toondah-harbour-wetland/103684674

Tanya Plibersek has announced she plans to reject an apartment and retail development on an "internationally important" wetland at Queensland's Moreton Bay.

08/03/2024

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/queensland-government-loses-legal-fight-to-stop-worker-only-being-in-the-office-one-day-per-week/news-story/a82dc0d1af4e9527dc64f85b8fec314b

A public servant has won his bid to work from home despite multiple appeals by his employer, the Queensland government, to force him into the office on a more regular basis.

07/03/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-03-07/traditional-owners-appeal-santos-narrabri-gas-project-upheld/103557892

Gomeroi people who have successfully appealed against the Narrabri Gas Project say the ruling is groundbreaking and could set a precedent for other major fossil fuel projects.

01/03/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/30/redcycles-collapse-and-the-hard-truths-on-recycling-soft-plastics-in-australia

Shoppers are still being incorrectly told they can return food packaging to supermarkets a year after the program ended. So is any soft plastic being recycled?