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News in brief, September 21, 2005

Andrews now has five sitting days in October to table second wave; and Second 24-hour stoppage in six weeks at troubled Pacific National.

ACTU plans to take 4% safety net claim to state commissions

The ACTU today applied for an annual safety net increase in award pay rates of 4%, in line with the Wage Price Index, and threatened to take the claim to state industrial commissions if the AIRC does not decide the case.

RBA’s 4% deal within its wages comfort zone

The Reserve Bank has struck a deal with the FSU that pays its 311 agreement-covered employees a 4% annual pay rise – well shy of the 4.5% mark that sets off the central bank’s wage growth alarm bells.

Robb lauds Rio Tinto's non-union model

Liberal MP Andrew Robb has today championed Rio Tinto's iron ore operations as a breathtaking example of the turnaround in IR practices able to be achieved by dealing directly with employees - a model that will be fostered by the Howard Government's second wave IR changes.

Bank bargaining round-up

Emerging "thaw" in union-employer relations at ANZ; bargaining deadlock continues between Westpac and FSU; and union seeks 3% employer contribution to super at NAB.

Female judge on High Court again

Federal Court judge Susan Crennan has today been named as the new appointment to the High Court.


CFMEU kicks off long service leave campaign with full-page ads

The CFMEU (mining & energy division) has today launched its campaign to protect coal miners' long service leave entitlements from the Federal Government's second-wave IR laws, with full-page advertisements in major metropolitan and regional papers.

Victorian Government admits to FOA breaches

The Federal Court has today found that the Victorian Government committed two breaches of freedom of association obligations when it refused to engage a demolition contractor on a gasworks remediation site in 2003.

News in brief, September 19, 2005

AEU seeking rule change to cover new Australian Technical Colleges; Nationals call for early release of second wave details; Further hearing for Joe McDonald's bid to have permit returned; AIRC says ACTU safety net claim would be handled in the usual way; and PM overestimating real minimum wage increase during Howard Government's term, says Labor.