LABOUR hire companies must be held responsible for their actions, and there is urgent need for changes to the $170 billion franchise industry.
AS traffic backed up after being blocked by a truck on a busy Sydney motorway recently, police had a simple request for the driver: please reverse away.
But the hapless driver had to admit he couldn’t back out of the chaos. Why? He didn’t have…
UPDATE, 4pm, 24 March: The Senate has voted 37 to 31 in favour of an inquiry into Australia’s working visa system. The inquiry is due to report on 22 June.
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ON 28 February last year, a community-based political rally took place on the grounds of the WA Premier’s office at Parliament Place, West Perth.
Twelve months later, akin to being dragged from their homes in the middle of the…
NURSE and midwifery hopefuls embark on their degrees with that certain type of passion common to those who pursue a career in essential services — but a striking paradox leaves about 3000 a year unable to gain employment.
EXCUSE us if we are a little self-indulgent today — but you don’t get to celebrate your first anniversary every day.
Twelve months ago, this site went live to the public promising to provide an alternative to the one-sided…
Posted: 17 March 2014
IMAGINE you’re a professional cook, with a strong employment history in your home country of Vietnam. You’ve visited Australia, made friends, started to learn English. You’re keen on living there full-time, perhaps…
EMMA Champion realises she is lucky to have completed an apprenticeship in the construction industry.
The 23-year-old carpenter admits she is ‘daddy’s little girl’ and that it was his influence that got…
GIVEN the current prominence of the 457 visa debate, you could be mistaken for thinking this is an issue that has just suddenly emerged. However, unions have been advocating and campaigning consistently for years to highlight cases of exploitation and…
THE increased spotlight on the 457 visa skilled migration program is beginning to have an effect, with more and more cases being exposed of exploitation of foreign workers here on short-term permits.