Struggling industries’ bid to hire young talent to fill jobs with $80k salaries

Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2022 There is a critical shortage of these jobs offering a salary of $80,000. And it could be “catastrophic…

Hospital security guards hamstrung by inadequate laws: Union

Daily Telegraph, 9 July 2022 Security guards say they are still being treated like punching bags and can’t proactively take down aggressive patients…

Lack of government ‘expertise’ for industrial relations

Sky News, 1 July 2022 NSW Health Services Union Secretary Gerard Hayes says they would “attack Labor” as they would attack the Liberal…

Westmead Hospital cleaners, HSU members to go on strike

Daily Telegraph Newslocal Parramatta, 29 June 2022 Industrial action continues to deepen, with scores of cleaners at a major NSW hospital poised to…

‘Worst-case scenario’: Aged-care staff shortages double in nine months

The New Daily, 28 June 2022 Australia’s aged-care industry is hurtling towards a “worst-case scenario” as growing staff shortages threaten to derail efforts…

Aged care sector facing shortfall of 35,000 workers, says report

Financial Review, 27 June 2022 Australia’s aged care sector is facing a shortage of 35,000 workers and risks not being able to meet…

‘Advice from Putin’: Union boss slams new fines for industrial action

The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2022 A bid to increase illegal strike action fines has seen union bosses blast Dominic Perrottet, going as…

Aged care sector calls for government to foot wage rise

Sydney Morning Herald, 15 June 2022 The aged care industry says the federal government needs to pay for the wage increases flowing from…