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One Nation should tell NSW workers whether it will support labour hire licensing, after reports it accepted nearly $50,000 from Australia’s biggest labour hire firm following a Senate vote that wiped out workers’ claims against the company, Unions NSW said today.

NSW workers will face a clear choice at the state election between a Labor Government committed to cleaning out dodgy labour hire operators and a One Nation party that has never delivered a single gain for working people, Unions NSW said today.

AI has failed to reduce workloads for more than three-quarters of Australian workers, including one in eight whose unpaid overtime has increased since the technology was introduced, a major Unions NSW report has found.

Poker machine gamblers will have clearer information on their spend and the 4am-10am pokie shutdown will be reviewed, under a suite of reforms pushed by unions and gambling reform advocates.

Pressure is building on the NSW Government to establish a labour hire licensing scheme, following recommendations from a NSW parliamentary committee and fresh revelations of migrant exploitation in NSW horticulture on the ABC’s 4 Corners.

A new McKell Institute report outlines how dozens of labour hire operators banned in other states have been drawn to NSW which has no licensing scheme, prompting calls to clean up the state’s notorious labour hire sector.

Real wages are growing across New South Wales, the wages cap is gone, and hospitals and prisons are returning to public hands, in a state budget that delivers for working people, according to Unions NSW.

Unions NSW has strongly endorsed the Minns Government’s common sense reforms to shield workers who use medicinal cannabis from criminal proceedings if they’re found with a small amount of THC in their system.

Passage of the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Bill 2025 through the NSW Parliament will curb unsafe, AI-driven work practices, rostering and invasive workplace surveillance, representing a landmark victory for workers.

A Redbridge poll of NSW workers reveals surging anxiety over the use of artificial intelligence in work practices, surveillance and rostering, and overwhelming support for the NSW Government to tackle the problem.

New analysis from Unions NSW indicates that workers forgoing just one hour of penalty rates over the Christmas and New Year period could amount to more than $30 million in lost wages.

Psychologically injured workers who are close to catatonic will have their support payments cut under new laws agreed to between the Government and the Liberals and Nationals. 

More than four in five women say they’ve experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, in a shocking new survey of essential workers that uncovers a fear-based culture of silence around reporting the problem.

NSW will become the first Australian state to explicitly hold employers responsible when AI and digital systems harm workers, under new laws to be presented to NSW parliament today. 

The Government must drop its proposal to increase impairment thresholds to 31% and should instead find savings by clamping down on insurance companies, Unions NSW said following the release of a report into proposed workers compensation changes.

The Government must drop its proposal to increase impairment thresholds to 31% and should instead find savings by clamping down on insurance companies, Unions NSW said following the release of a report into proposed workers compensation changes.

The NSW Government should expedite reforms to treat medicinal cannabis the same way as any other medicine for motorists.

Unions NSW has welcomed a parliamentary report into essential worker housing and called for a levy on short-term rentals to help fund housing for workers.

A new report exposes the alarming prevalence of sexual harassment of migrant women on temporary visas in Australian workplaces, highlighting a culture of widespread silence and fear.

A new report exposes the alarming prevalence of sexual harassment of migrant women on temporary visas in Australian workplaces, highlighting a culture of widespread silence and fear.