7 September 2026
One Nation’s ‘super pay boost’ slammed as retirement raid SMH. com. au
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7 September 2026
A shortage of cardiac beds and staff in Wellington and Christchurch hospitals is leaving patients at risk and waiting weeks for treatment instead of the recommended days - a situation one doctor describes as a "shambles".
7 September 2026
One Nation Back In Front After Pauline Announces Ban On Benson Boone From FM Radio If Elected The Betoota Advocate
7 September 2026
Recent reporting shows employers are increasingly using Australian Business Numbers (ABNs) to misclassify and short-change workers, costing a cohort of employees about $3.2 billion a year. Many bosses are perpetrating underpayment through 11‑digit ABNs, exposing cracks in enforcement and labour protections.
Community angle
Local communities rely on fair workplaces. When migrant workers are underpaid through ABN misclassification it not only harms those individuals and their families, it also corrodes wages and conditions for everyone in sectors that depend on migrant labour. Ordinary Australians should care because wage theft distorts competition, pressures services and undermines social cohesion.
7 September 2026
Solomon Islands and the United States have signed an agreement to resume the Peace Corps programme, ending a suspension that began during the ethnic tensions of the early 2000s.
7 September 2026
A Far North fire investigator says Friday night's fire near Kemp House in Kerikeri was arson.
7 September 2026
The Stella Passage development will involve extending the Sulphur Point container berth by 385 metres and the Mount Maunganui wharf by 315 metres.
7 September 2026
The industry has been pushing for cuts to excise for decades. With the explosion in illegal cigarette sales, those calls have grown louder ...
