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News in brief July 19, 2005

Nurses tell QNU to focus on wages, workloads, skills and violence; ASU triples maternity leave at AGL SA; Government wins costs for failed unfair dismissal case; Qld to legislate next month to block second wave; Government ads provide no detail: Smith

News in brief, Friday, July 15, 2005

TWU uses safety to protect contractors; Taskforce won't help, says Opposition; LHMU forms alliance with US union; and ABS data shows individual deals at 39.1%.

AIRC finds no dispute between CFMEU and explosives company

A full bench of the AIRC has upheld an explosive company's appeal against an earlier finding that a despute existed between it and the CFMEU (mining and energy division), ruling the company's employees were not eligible to be the union's members even though some of them did explosives work on coal mining sites.

PM announces taskforce to help sell IR changes

Just a week after the Federal Government launched its full-page newspaper advertisements, the Prime Minister, John Howard, has taken the next step in the battle to win public support for his IR proposals - establishing a new taskforce of Coalition members to help sell his message.

News in brief, July 14, 2005

New construction industry body for Victoria; Managers agree to "limited role" for GPS data in disciplinary proceedings; Sacking over sex e-mail upheld