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Meet Gaby: a nurse's concern

Meet Gaby: a nurse's concern

Published: 03/03/2021
Category: Job Security Rights at Work

As a registered nurse for the past 10 years, Gaby Norman is used to taking care of others. And that’s why, with the Morrison Government proposing dangerous industrial relations legislation, she fears for what’s ahead.

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Aged care report demands swift reforms

Aged care report demands swift reforms

Published: 02/03/2021
Category: On The Job

When it comes to looking after our elders, Australia simply must do better. That was the powerful theme that emerged from the report from the Royal Com-mission into aged care released on Monday.

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Meet Llwyd: the labour hire roundabout

Meet Llwyd: the labour hire roundabout

Published: 02/03/2021
Category: Job Security Rights at Work

Llwyd is an electrician based in Brisbane, with nearly three decades’ worth of experience. But he’s trapped on what he calls “the labour hire roundabout”.

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Meet Rylee: the need for job security

Meet Rylee: the need for job security

Published: 01/03/2021
Category: Rights at Work Working Life

Job security. That’s all Rylee Miller is asking for. She just wants to know her job is safe and permanent.

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Serving up abuse and exploitation – Australian horticulture’s dark secret

Serving up abuse and exploitation – Australian horticulture’s dark secret

Published: 01/03/2021
Category: On The Job

Australian dinner plates are carrying an uncomfortable secret. The abundance of high quality, relatively cheap fruit and vegetables that we are serving up at mealtimes comes at a much higher price to those whose job it is to harvest it.

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Need a pay rise? There’s an app for that!

Published: 28/02/2021

The gender pay gap is not going to shift itself, and that’s why Meggie Palmer created PepTalkHer.

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