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Calls to rewrite the rules for backpackers and seasonal workers in Australia Audio
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The debate continues over Australian government plans to tax backpacker workers at 32 percent, a move which growers and farmers say will impact negatively on their supply of seasonal labour.
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Labor senator calls for urgent action to protect Gippsland jobs
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Labor's Kim Carr is accusing the Anti-Dumping Commission of dragging its feet in investigating cheap paper imports.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, work, morwell-3840
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Calls for a more flexible approach to seasonal workers in Australia Audio
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The Australian government is understood to be considering scaling down its planned tax on backpackers who are employed on working holiday visas.
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Asbestos customs crackdown worries brokers after discovery of deadly material
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Customs brokers who work to bring goods into Australia fear they will be made 'the fall guy' for failing to stop tainted products entering the country after a new directive is issued.
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Wage deal a 'huge wedge' between CFA volunteers and staff, senate inquiry hears
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Country Fire Authority volunteers fronting a Senate inquiry into the Fair Work Act disagree on a controversial pay deal, but agree morale is low and firefighters are divided.
Topics: emergency-planning, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, unions, work, vic, canberra-2600
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Female health professionals at greater risk of suicide, study finds
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Women working in health professions have a rate of suicide which is three times higher than those in other occupations, says a new Australian study.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, suicide, community-and-society, women, womens-health, health, work, medical-research, australia
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Sick of work? Maybe it's your job that's harming your health
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A divide is emerging in society, between busy, interesting jobs that give life meaning, and jobs that harm the body and damage the soul, Sir Michael Marmot says.
Topics: work, community-and-society, epidemiology, health, australia, united-kingdom, india
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Jobs website accused of eroding workers' rights
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An Australian online service that allows people to auction work to job seekers is "exploiting" workers by ignoring basic employee entitlements, such as penalty rates and the minimum wage, Unions NSW says.
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Sick of work? Maybe it's your job that's harming your health
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A divide is emerging in society between busy, interesting jobs that give life meaning, and jobs that harm the body and damage the soul, Sir Michael Marmot says.
Topics: work, community-and-society, epidemiology, health, australia, united-kingdom, india
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Vegetable grower Rick Ertler says Premium Fresh is seeing a big reduction in inquiries from backpackers Audio
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Vegetable grower Rick Ertler says Premium Fresh is seeing a big reduction in inquiries from backpackers.
Topics: rural, rural-tourism, community-development, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, work, federal---state-issues, tax, hobart-7000
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Vegetable grower Mike Badcock says growers are planting less crops as a result of the backpacker tax. Audio
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Vegetable grower Mike Badcock says growers are planting fewer crops as a result of the backpacker tax.
Topics: rural, rural-tourism, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, federal---state-issues, community-development, work, tax, hobart-7000
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Continuing stalemate on the planned backpacker tax
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A Tasmanian delegation has been unable to gain any concessions over the backpacker tax, despite travelling to Canberra.
Topics: rural, rural-tourism, community-development, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, work, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000
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Protesters blockading Collie coal mine moved on by police
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Protesters blockading the Griffin Coal Mine in Collie where workers are facing pay cuts of up to 43 per cent, are moved on by police.
Topics: work, mining-industry, collie-6225
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Jobseeker takes to Riverland roadside with signs to find trucking work
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Riverland jobseeker Garry Wilson hits the road in his quest for truck driving work, putting up signs and waiting in truck stops in the hope someone will give him a chance.
Topics: work, unemployment, community-and-society, monash-5342
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Perth baggage handler 'unfairly sacked' over sarcastic Islamic State message
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The Fair Work Commission finds an airport baggage handler in Perth was unfairly sacked on suspicion of being an Islamic State supporter.
Topics: work, perth-6000
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One Plus One: Sir Michael Marmot Video
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Sir Michael Marmot is a global authority on public health who has spent his career investigating how social factors affect the health of the world's population.
Topics: health, diet-and-nutrition, doctors-and-medical-professionals, environmental-health, epidemiology, epidemiology---epidemics-and-pandemics, health-policy, mental-health, obesity, smoking, stress, lifestyle-and-leisure, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-other-peoples, poverty, work, australia, japan, united-kingdom, united-states
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Sugar gangs wait for pay as FSC cheque is dishonoured Audio
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A cheque issued by the Fiji Sugar Corporation was dishonoured, leading to sugarcane team leaders - or 'sardars' - having to wait for their pay.
Topics: agribusiness, sugar, work, farm-labour, pacific, fiji
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Dream & Do office in Sydney image
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Topics: work, careers, small-business, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000
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Tara Shelton's boss lady shoes image
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Topics: work, careers, small-business, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000
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Why the four-day week isn't all it's cracked up to be
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Many of us dream of having longer weekends, but there are significant drawbacks to working a four day week.
Topics: work, careers, small-business, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000
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Dream & Do creative director Tara Shelton image
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Topics: work, careers, small-business, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000
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Get out of my face! We're more antisocial in a shared office space Opinion
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If we all work side-by-side in an open-plan office or "hot desk", moving from place to place, it's sure to increase collaboration, right? Maybe not. Research shows shared work spaces are not just distracting, but bad for workplace friendships.
Topics: management, industrial-relations, work, australia
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The 'office psychopath' may be more common than you think
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A forensic psychologist says in some sectors, the prevalence of people with psychopathic traits is almost the same as in prison.
Topics: psychology, community-and-society, work, melbourne-3000, australia
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Workers' compensation failing vulnerable Victorians, ombudsman finds
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A former police officer describes a "dehumanising" stoush with a WorkCover insurance agent, as Victoria's Ombudsman finds workers' complex cases are being mishandled, delayed or cancelled without reason.
Topics: health-insurance, state-parliament, workplace, work, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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