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In a hypothetical example, Perram also found employees who were entitled to a fortnight’s pay of $2000 should have still received $1500 in overtime, and he said Coles and Woolworths were not allowed to offset any underpayments in some fortnights through overpayments that occurred in others.“The employee is to be restored to the position he or she would have been if the contraventions had not occurred,” said Perram.“It is a payment in addition to the remuneration under the contract of employment and it is clear it is not a payment directly related to the performance of work.”The judge also ruled…
Dwayne Johnson deeply moved by outpouring of love at Venice Film Festival Dwayne Johnson is “deeply moved” by the outpouring of love from audience at the Venice Film Festival.The wrestler-turned-actor turned to Instagram and posted a clip from the festival where he got emotional after The Smashing Machine received a 15-minute standing ovation at the festival.In the clip, The Rock could be hugging director Benny Safdie and Emily Blunt as the clapping continued. After this surreal experience, the Red Notice actor wrote a heartfelt note for the honour he received at the festival.“I feel like dreams are something we can…
Embattled former federal Labor MP Craig Thomson has pleaded guilty to migration fraud, four years after his arrest.Australian Federal Police officers searched Thomson’s home in Wamberal on the NSW Central Coast in July 2021 and arrested him three months later under a multi-agency investigation into an alleged major visa and migration scam dating back to 2019.Former federal Labor MP Craig Thomson outside court in 2023.Credit: Louise KennerleyThomson was accused of facilitating fraudulent visa applications in the food service and regional farmworker industries.The matter was listed for a NSW District Court trial next month, but court records show that the 61-year-old…
Video: Liam’s message to other survivorsLiam’s message to other survivorsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerIn 2014, Liam’s coach was convicted of using a carriage service to groom a minor. Now, he’s suing the Sydney Swans.September 5, 2025 — 5.45am
“They do a very good job,” he said. “But they’re built for everyone, and that limits what they can do for specialists. In any field, competition is healthy. Our goal isn’t 6 billion users, it’s the billion knowledge workers who need a better tool.Loading“We think there’s a far better way for them to work.”He said Atlassian briefly considered building its own AI-powered browser, but opted for an acquisition, particularly given that it had already been an investor in The Browser Company and Cannon-Brookes knew the founders well.The deal also lands just weeks after Atlassian announced fresh redundancies, the latest in…
Last night, when I finished my work and went home, I turned on the TV. What I saw sent a cold shiver down my spine. Tanks once again rolled through Tiananmen Square, soldiers in sharp red-army uniforms marching in perfect formation. It was a grand show of power for China’s 80th anniversary of military victory over Japan, but for me, it opened a wound that has never truly healed.Thirty-six years ago, those same colours and tanks filled Tiananmen Square. But then, they were not part of a celebration – they were used to crush thousands of young students who were…
Husic is right to say that “a lot of people were warned” that these “rallies were whipped up by far-right extremists and neo-Nazis”. He therefore assumes attendees turned up knowing this, and must be ideologically aligned with them: fascists one and all. It’s here that I think Husic’s formulation falters. What it gains in moral clarity, it loses in social accuracy.Protesters during the March for Australia anti-immigration rally outside Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday.Credit: AAPReporting from the ground paints an enormously varied picture, much as you’d get from any protest. Some openly admitted to being neo-Nazis and racists. Others…
It also takes a long time to change an ingrained working culture, and our lived experience of being “always on” has slowly accumulated over decades and will take longer than a year to undo.LoadingThere are ways that workers can help to hurry it up, though. Every employee should politely insist that their workplace has a clear policy on after-work communications, and that everyone knows what that is so the company can be held to account.Once there’s a clear policy, it’s time to integrate the policy into your teams, with modelling starting from the top. “Managers should lead by example,” Volkova…
Freddy and Freddy are the children of Jeff Brazier and the late Jade GoodyFreddy Brazier is seemingly wants peace in his life, admitting he ‘does not like people at the moment.’ The son of Jeff Brazier and the late Jade Goody has gone through rough patch following a high-profile battle with his dad over the last six months. For context, Jeff filed a legal case in a bid to prevent the aspiring model from seeing his grandmother, Jade’s mum Jackie Budden. However, last week brought a major twist when Freddy accused his grandmother of getting him hooked on strong cannabis when…
Video: Teen accused of stabbing Uber driver ordered to provide DNATeen accused of stabbing Uber driver ordered to provide DNAWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerA teenage boy accused of stabbing an Uber driver outside a Gold Coast shopping centre has been ordered to provide DNA.September 4, 2025 — 7.34pm