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Disgruntled workers offered another camp

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Woodside has made an offer to unions representing Pilbara workers engaged in a dispute over accommodation at its Pluto gas plant. About 1500 workers walked off the job last month in protest against a plan to have employees occupy a new donga each working cycle. Representatives from
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Disgruntled workers offered another camp

About 1500 workers will be offered permanent accommodation at another camp. (file) Map: Karratha 6714 About 1500 workers walked off the job last month in protest against a plan to have employees occupy a new donga each working cycle. Representatives from the state's three

Fed up workers look elsewhere

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Map: Karratha 6714 About 1,600 workers walked off the job recently angry over Woodside's plans to house workers in a different donga each working cycle. The workers say they are also upset at not being paid for the half hour journey to and from work. One employee has told the
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Wind farm delays worry north-east community

Communities in Tasmania's north-east are nervous about the economic impact of delays in the construction of the Musselroe windfarm . About $35-million has been spent on pre- construction work but next week the $400-million development will grind to a halt. The State Government said

Banker keeps job over Kerr pics gaffe

AFP Mr Kiely was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he opened the document as his Macquarie colleague Martin Lakos made a live cross on Tuesday to the Seven Network to discuss the central bank's latest interest rate decision. On Thursday, the subject of the semi-naked photos - model

Energy prices drop on US jobs news

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AAP Energy prices dropped as dismal job news, a sinking stock market and a lower-than-expected draw on natural gas supplies dimmed hopes for stronger energy demand. Benchmark oil for March delivery fell $US3.84 to settle at $US73.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile
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Unions behind strike: Premier

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The WA Premier Colin Barnett says he is sure unions were behind the week-long illegal industrial action by workers on Woodside 's Pluto project . 1500 workers walked off the job last month over accommodation arrangements . Colin Barnett told Fairfax radio that he believes
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Unions behind strike: Premier

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The Premier says he is sure union shop stewards were behind the strike action. Map: Karratha 6714 1500 workers walked off the job last month over accommodation arrangements. Unions have continually denied any involvement in the strike. Colin Barnett told Fairfax radio that
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Maritime Union negotiating more pay deals

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The Maritime Union dismisses Premier Colin Barnett's criticism of the latest wage rise as excessive. (ABC Rural) Map: Karratha 6714 The news comes after the union secured a $50,000 dollar pay increase for workers over three years with Total Marine Services. The union's WA
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Twitter resets scam victim accounts

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The wildly popular microblogging service locked the apparent victims of the con job out of their Twitter accounts and sent them email messages directing them to create new passwords. "OMG just looked at someone's Twitter who got hacked (and it) made me have shivers," a member of the
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