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Workers receiving payments beyond two-and-a-half years to undergo another impairment test under changes expected to pass parliamentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWorkers’ compensation for mental health injuries such as stress and burnout will be limited after the Victorian government struck a deal to push through contentious changes to the...

Fisherman, 47, facing dozens of charges, including assault and torture of young male and female deckhands offshoreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA fisherman has been charged with nearly two dozen further offences, including slavery and torture against deckhands on his boats.The 47-year-old had already been charged with 46 offences...

Labor will be forced to introduce special legislation after Coalition prevented last-minute amendments to fix the issueGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor’s closing loopholes bill has passed the Senate with a Greens amendment creating a new right for employees to disconnect from work emails and calls.But the final votes were thrown into confusion by the discovery that...

Adam Bandt says changes to industrial relations bill mean ‘when you clock off, you’ll be able to switch off’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor’s so-called “closing loopholes” bill is set to pass parliament after deals with the crossbench, including inserting a Greens amendment creating a right to disconnect from work for employees.On Wednesday the Greens announced the...

Move comes as pressure mounts on broadcaster’s management with union members passing vote of no confidence in managing director David AndersonGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC has claimed it did not sack the journalist Antoinette Lattouf from her casual radio role, paving the way to attempt to have her termination case thrown out.It comes as pressure...

Mining safety regulator launches investigation after 27-year-old man killed at BHP-owned mine in the Bowen BasinThe mining safety regulator has begun an investigation after an employee was crushed to death at a central Queensland coalmine on Monday.The 27-year-old man was working at southern section of the BMA Saraji coalmine located in the Bowen Basin, near Dysart, south-west of Mackay. The mine is owned by...

Police say group jumped on the car in Coburg and shattered windows in what union calls ‘horrific planned assault’A mobile speed camera operator has been injured after his car was attacked by five men in a Melbourne street.The blue SUV, fixed with traffic cameras in its rear window, was operating on Nicholson Street at Coburg in the early hours of Friday morning when it...