An application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) by the hair and beauty industry aims to cut penalty rates under the Hair and Beauty Award. Under the proposed cuts, hairdressers and beauty therapists could lose up to $95 of their weekly take-home pay if they work on a Sunday.
Read MoreMember for Blair, Shayne Neumann MP, said Labor launched the campaign, including a petition, calling on the Turnbull Government to stop the uncertainty and commit long term funding for universal access to preschool.
Read MoreSurgeries will be delayed, nurse and doctor numbers will decline and emergency department wait times will increase in Ipswich, the Somerset Region and the Karana Downs region, following the Turnbull Government cutting $4.61 million from local public hospitals from 2017-2020.
Read MoreLabor is driving a better deal to put more money back into the pockets of car owners and give 23,000 independent repairers a boost – with a plan to make car manufacturers share their technical information so that vehicles can be serviced by any mechanic.
Read MoreTuesday night’s budget was Malcolm Turnbull’s last chance to fix five years of unfairness – and he failed. This unfair budget gives big business and the banks an $80 billion tax handout, and makes Australians pay for it with savage cuts.
Read MoreA Federal Shorten Labor Government would invest $170 million into the Cunningham Highway to help fix the Willowbank interchange.
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