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Workers' pay has not kept pace with productivity growth in 30 years
Research suggests that the typical worker’s pay has not kept pace with productivity growth in Australia for 30 years. Source link
'Risk of death': Snowy Hydro worker's narrow escape from falling truck
A major contractor on the multi-billion-dollar Snowy Hydro project is defending itself against accusations it exposed five workers to the risk of death or serious injury in two separate incidents. Source link
Government, experts repeatedly warned of issue that caused Telstra outage
Government agencies and academics both recently warned Telstra it was vulnerable to the type of error that caused this week’s national outage. Source link
This nursery owner doesn't use Telstra, but the outage still cost her dearly
The economic cost of the latest Telstra network outage could run into hundreds of millions of dollars, an expert estimates. Source link
Union says it raised safety concerns day before major train derailment
The rail union says it raised safety concerns with a freight train operator about 24 hours before a major derailment in the New South Wales Southern Highlands. Source link
Why a telco outage has stopped some trains but not others
Trains relying on the 4G network of freight rail track operator ARTC went down amid the Telstra failure. Source link
Live: Telstra investigating secondary network fault affecting Triple Zero
Telstra is investigating a secondary network fault affecting Triple Zero callers since yesterday’s outage. Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. Source link
Reform demanded after Telstra becomes latest telco to suffer outage
Advocates have demanded changes to how telecommunication companies are regulated and held accountable for outages after Telstra became the latest telco to suffer a large-scale network failure. Source link
Australians face record-high rents as agents see 'enquiries flooding in'
Rents are soaring in several capital cities as low vacancy rates collide with rising interest rates and population growth. Source link
RBA chief economist warns of more frequent supply shocks
The Reserve Bank’s Sarah Hunter says global supply shocks appear to be occurring more frequently and the RBA will try to adjust to the new reality. Source link