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Miners plead for no new tax slug in NSW budget

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Original article by Annabel Hepworth
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 26-May-16

The New South Wales Minerals Council has warned the State Government that imposing additional taxes on mining companies in the June 2016 Budget will deter investment and increase investor uncertainty. The Council’s pre-Budget submission has also urged Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian to provide more funding for the "Resources for Regions" infrastructure program.

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NEW SOUTH WALES MINERALS COUNCIL, NEW SOUTH WALES. THE TREASURY, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, SHENHUA WATERMARK COAL PTY LTD

Strikers still eligible for productivity bonus

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 6-Oct-15

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has rejected a bid by Thiess to overturn a previous ruling on the payment of a productivity bonus to coal miners who had gone on strike. The Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union had argued that workers at the Mt Owen mine in New South Wales should be entitled to the productivity-linked component of a weekly allowance, despite being on strike for three months. The union had argued that an enterprise agrement did not specify any causes for non-payment of the bonus.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, THIESS PTY LTD, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA