01/12/2021
The Treasurer’s commentary on his new assessment guidelines reads like he’s the champion of working people. The truth, as it usually is with the Treasurer, is buried in technicality. Rob Lucas’s double deduction remains in the new guidelines. The Return to Work Act requires a monetary deduction be applied for previous compensation paid for the same injury site. The new Impairment Assessment Guidelines now additionally require a deduction for pre-existing and asymptomatic injuries.
01/12/2021
More than 1100 jobs have been lost from the South Australian naval shipbuilding industry or are in serious doubt, with former Naval Group employees only being guaranteed 3 months’ work at ASC.600 construction workers face uncertainty as Australian Naval Infrastructure shut the gates on the construction of the new shipyard building for the Naval Group subs. Many workers were locked out following the announcement that the project had been scrapped, without even being given access to retrieve their tools.
01/12/2021
Two months after The Fair Work Ombudsman begun action against Yuxuan Group, which operated “Fun Tea” outlets on Gouger Street, York Street and Rundle Mall, the company has entered liquidation, leaving the underpaid workforce high and dry and out of pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars.
17/11/2021
In a stunning chain of events at Parliament today the South Australian Liberals voted unanimously to strip working South Australians of their Christmas Eve public holiday penalty rates.
16/09/2021
This morning’s surprise announcement of the scrapping of the Attack Class Submarine project with Naval Group has left more questions than answers for South Aussie workers and businesses.
15/09/2021
Unions have welcomed the action commenced by the Fair Work Ombudsman against Yuxuan Group, which operates Funtea stores in Adelaide.
It is alleged that Funtea underpaid their employees $180,000. It is also alleged that the workers were not provided meal breaks nor with the required minimum engagement requirements.
08/09/2021
South Australian unions are joining a national ad campaign to encourage Australians to get vaccinated to support essential workers and those who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic.
04/09/2021
South Aussie essential workers will rally as the SA Liberal Party commences its State Council AGM at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Saturday morning.
18/08/2021
The most recent IPCC report shows Australia has already experienced 1.4 C° warming and faces a future of more extreme weather, bushfires, flooding, and lower winter rainfall in our major cities and agricultural regions.
09/08/2021
Workers and supporters will protest outside of the Adelaide Magistrates Court this Wednesday as Gavin Guo receives sentencing for the Funtea assault, an incident which saw widespread outrage online this year.