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Education fails to budge work and pay divide

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Original article by Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 31-Jul-18

The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey reveals mean household income only rose by 2.4 per cent between 2009 and 2016. It found that more women held a university degree than men in 2016, but that in households with married couples that have children, women do 65 per cent of the housework but only 29 per cent of the paid work. The gap between male and female pay has only narrowed slightly between 2001 and 2016, while 68 per cent of people who become unemployed find new employment within a year.

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Union sues over ACT light rail wages

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Original article by Ben Butler
The Australian – Page: 20 : 31-Jul-18

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union has launched legal action against John Holland and CPB. The CFMMEU alleges that contractors working for them on the $700 million Canberra light rail project have underpaid staff by over $700,000, and because John Holland and CPB are in charge of the project, they are responsible for the alleged underpayments. The Australian Building & Construction Commission audited the pay records of WorkPac, one of the contractors involved in the project, and claimed to have found nothing wrong. However, the CFMMEU states this was because it did not interview any of the workers on the project.

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Trade body dumps on steel protection

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 31-Jul-18

The World Trade Organisation has criticised Australia’s anti-dumping policies in a new report. The WTO claims Australia was the third most active member country in 2017 in terms of imposing anti-dumping measures and the fourth most active in initiating anti-dumping investigations. Trade Minister Steven Ciobo will tell the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on 31 July that Australia has resisted giving into the "siren song of protectionism", while trade expert Alan Oxley contends most of Australia’s anti-dumping measures are aimed at trying to protect the local steel sector.

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Nine-Fairfax news quality is key: ACCC

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Original article by John McDuling
The Age – Page: 9 : 31-Jul-18

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says the ACCC will be closely examining the proposed $4 billion merger between Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media. Although media diversity comes under the auspice of the Australian Communications & Media Authority, Sims says the ACCC could take action against the deal if it felt it could lead to a reduction in the quality of news being provided post-merger. He said the ACCC would allow itself 12 weeks to study the merger once it gets submissions from the "merger parties".

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Heads roll in Telstra executive bloodbath

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Original article by Supratim Adhikari
The Australian – Page: 17 : 31-Jul-18

Telstra has announced a major reorganisation of its senior management, with CFO Warwick Bray one of four top executives to be leaving the telco. Telstra CEO Andy Penn said the reorganisation was in response to its recently announced three-year turnaround plan, which seeks to streamline Telstra’s products and reduce its costs by $1 billion a year. Former SBS head Michael Ebeid is to join Telstra as part of the reorganisation, with Ebeid to be in charge of its enterprise division.

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Unions tell Cash to quit over leak

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson Rachel Baxendale
The Australian – Page: 5 : 31-Jul-18

The Australian Federal Police conducted raids on Australian Workers’ Union offices in Melbourne and Sydney in October 2017 at the request of the Registered Organisations Commission. The raids attracted a lot of attention after a member of Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash’s office accessed sensitive information in order to make certain media outlets aware of the raid. The AFP subsequently investigated the leak and on 30 July announced it would be passing the results of its investigation onto the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution. The ACTU has called on Cash to reveal what she knew about the leak, or else quit.

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Disappearing flight MH370 deliberately flown off course

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 31-Jul-18

Malaysian investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was deliberately flown off course. Six Australians were among the 239 passengers and crew that were on board MH370 when it departed from Kuala Lumpur on 28 March 2014. It was bound for Beijing, but radio contact was lost within an hour of departure. No trace of MH370 has ever been found. Chief investigator Kok Soo Chon said it had not been able to rule out the possibility of a third party being involved in MH370 being flown off course. Investigators were critical of Malaysian and Vietnamese traffic controllers for not advising authorities sooner about its disappearance.

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Compromise possible on company tax cuts

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 31-Jul-18

The federal government’s poor showing in the Longman by-election appears to have prompted a rethink on its company tax cut package. It has previously sought to have its entire package approved by the Senate or not have it passed at all, but it is understood that some members of the government are thinking of restricting its proposed cuts to companies with an annual turnover of $500 million or less a year. Independent Senator Derryn Hinch has indicated he would support this measure, which would rule out cuts for Australia’s biggest companies, including the banks. Labor achieved a two-party swing of 3.7 per cent in Longman, which is located in Queensland and where the federal coalition holds eight seats with a margin of five per cent or less.

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Eating and drinking out and playing computer games jump in popularity

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 31-Jul-18

Research by Roy Morgan indicates that in the year to March 2018, Australians went out for food and drink nearly 1.35 billion times at cafes, restaurants, fast food outlets and pubs – or an average of 66 times each by every Australian aged 14+. This represents an increase of an average of two trips per Australians since last analysed in September 2016. The other big increase over the period was Australians playing video, computer or board games at home. In the last 12 months an Australian played a video, computer or board game at home a total of 704 million times – up a total of 43 million since the year to September 2016. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine notes that while it recently reported that Australians are spending more time online, popular sporting and leisure activities continue to increase, led by Australians heading out for a bite to eat or a social drink.

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Ad honchos caution Nine over merger

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Original article by Jennifer Duke John McDuling
The Age – Page: 6 : 30-Jul-18

Dentsu Aegis CEO Simon Ryan says the proposed merger between Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media will be good for shareholders of both firms, as well as generating "value creation" for clients. Omnicom Media Group’s Australia and New Zealand CEO Peter Horgan said there would be some benefits to media buyers that would result from the merger, while he warned there should not be any thought of combining Nine and Fairfax newsrooms. He says newspaper journalists are very different to television journalists.

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