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Bennett QC serves up States for dinner

Commonwealth Solicitor-General David Bennett QC showed the States no mercy during the High Court Work Choices challenge, and he was at it again recently as an after-dinner speaker at the South Australian IR Society conference.



$20 for State award workers in WA

State award-covered workers in WA have this afternoon won a $20 flat increase in their pay, lifting the minimum wage to $504.40 a week ($13.27 an hour), after the WA IRC in its State Wage Case ruling ordered an increase identical to that handed down by the NSW IRC this morning.

Big drop in wage rises in federal agreements

Wage increases have tumbled to 3.8% in federal collective agreements certified in the March quarter - the last one that will include large numbers of non-Work Choices deals.



News in brief, June 23, 2006

NSW and WA wage case decisions on Monday, with Perth ruling live on the web; Two employer clientele silks appointed to Federal Court; Labor outraged at Andrews staffer appointment as Federal Magistrate; and Work bans start at Victorian Aids Council.


SA outlines protections from Work Choices

The South Australian Government is preparing legislation to change the employment powers of state government boards or agencies to prevent them being caught by Work Choices, and has also introduced a new procurement policy aimed at maintaining existing terms and conditions.