Optus is back-paying more than $7.8 million to underpaid employees around Australia and has signed an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Victorian police officers have kicked off industrial action today, revealing secret locations of speed cameras to drivers following a five-month dispute over pay and work conditions.
The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 per cent in October (seasonally adjusted), according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Experts say employers have been forced to up their offers recently - a situation which will ease soon as more workers return to the economy and the skills shortage weakens.
The Finnish company, one of the world's main suppliers of high-speed 5G wireless networks, said it's trying "to navigate the current market uncertainty" as higher interest rates take a toll.
Sources have told 9News the Mt Isa copper mining operation has reached "end of life" but the copper smelter and refinery operations will not be effected.
Commonwealth Bank is cutting almost 200 jobs in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, unions claim, despite posting a record full-year profit of $10.2 billion.
The lingering perception of vocational education and training as a "second option" to the "first choice" of university is holding some students back from potentially lucrative and fulfilling careers, an expert on the sector says.