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#4 TOP STORY OF 2019: Australia's very weak economy makes global headlines

Alan Austin's economics pieces are immensely popular amongst readers — probably because he actually provides facts, not spin. This October article was no exception, being read by more than 41,000 truth fans

FRENCH-SPEAKING READERS of the Belgian news outlet RTBF.be were informed last Tuesday about the extraordinary protest by 1,000 Australian engineers – yes, one thousand – who are calling for environmental risk assessment for all Australian construction projects.

But here's the thing. Unless they are readers of The Guardian, Australians will not have heard or read about this significant development. As far as we can tell, no major news outlet has bothered to cover it.

People Are Refusing To Use Self-Checkout Because They ‘Kill Jobs’

Penalty rates reductions result in $50m loss in wages

 LNP ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT COMPANY TAX CUTS & PENALTY RATE REDUCTIONS MERRY XMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

A new analysis has found that hospitality workers will be $16.3 million worse off on Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day as a result of penalty rate reductions. 

Hospitality and retail workers will miss out on close to $50 million in wages over Christmas and New Year because of reductions in penalty rates, new analysis shows.
The Fair Work Commission approved the reduction which was implemented in July 2017, with further reductions phased in from July. Public holiday penalties for retail and hospitality workers were reduced from double-time and one-half to double-time and one-quarter.

Jo-Anne Schofield, national president of the United Workers Union, said hospitality staff working hard to ensure that others can enjoy New Year’s Day were having millions of dollars ripped from their pay packets every public holiday.

"Public holiday penalty rates are about fairly compensating workers who forfeit spending time with family on holidays. These penalty rates are relied on by hospitality workers to meet normal household expenses," she said.
"With workers continuing to have millions ripped from their penalty rates every holiday, they have less to spend supporting local businesses."

Bushfires

Extreme bushfire weather risk growing with climate change, experts warn

LNP GOVERNMENT RESPONSE" NORMAL WEATHER" WE AREN"T DISCUSSING OR CHANGING POLICY. EXPERTS SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT THESE FIRES AREN"T THE RESULT OF WARMING YET. HOWEVER, WORSE IS YET TO COME (ODT)

Think the bushfires are bad now? It will be up to four times worse with global warming, experts warn.

Australian National University Climate Change Institute professor Mark Howden on Tuesday said global warming would make dangerous bushfire events more likely.

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