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The union movement is mourning the sudden death in Sydney yesterday of veteran communicator and activist, Andrew Casey.

Government queries basis for multi-year minimum wage target; Industrial dispute data among potential casualties of ABS cuts; Ex union official named in Royal Commission wins Labor Senate seat; Respected NZ trade union leader dies at 52.

Alan Goldberg, the barrister seen as the mastermind behind the landmark Dollar Sweets case, has died, aged 75.

Justice Jim Staples, the senior Arbitration Commission judge who was effectively removed from office by the Hawke Government, died last week, aged 86.

Long-serving national teachers' union leader Rob Durbridge passed away yesterday at 68, after a year-long battle with cancer.

Ray Evans, one of the founders of the HR Nicholls Society, died yesterday after being a powerful force in Australia’s conservative intellectual circles for decades.

A firebrand ex-leader of the meatworkers' union, Wally Curran, has died in Melbourne, rekindling memories of his famous falling out with former ACTU president and future Labor prime minister, Bob Hawke.

Combative building billionaire and longtime foe of Western Australia's construction unions, Len Buckeridge, died at his Perth home yesterday, aged 77.