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The federal budget deficit forecast for this financial year has been slashed to just $1.1bn, all but guaranteeing Jim Chalmers will deliver back-to-back surpluses.In a move designed to ease inflationary pressures, the Mid-Year Economic and…

Low paid migrant workers should not get a pay rise because their conditions are already better than where they have come from, according to Barnaby Joyce.Wages for temporary skilled migrants will be raised by up to $16,000 from July under a…

Australians earning the minimum wage would get a raise in line with inflation if the national workplace umpire follows Labor’s recommendation.The Albanese government has confirmed it will back a wage increase for Australia’s lowest paid…

Waste workers employed by a major company will refuse to collect at least 35,000 bins in what will be their third strike action since the start of the year.Members of the Transport Workers Union employed by waste giant Cleanaway on…

Labor Senator Tony Sheldon has accused Qantas of “mongrel corporate gorillaship” and suggested airline boss Alan Joyce is a greedy ape who is not prepared to “share his bananas”.The former union boss has unloaded on the flying kangaroo’s…