Industrial Action

Premier Chris Minns said the government has agreed to run as many 24-hour train services as possible this weekend and intensive negotiations with the rail union will be held over the next two weeks to hammer out a long-term deal.

A dispute over whether rail services should operate overnight on weekends has become a sticking point amid continuing negotiations with the government and union.

From Friday morning, trains across and into Sydney will come to a halt. The NSW government has said there will be some new measures to help address demand, but what exactly will they be?

Transport for NSW is "scrambling" to bring in replacement transport amid the Sydney trains shutdown this weekend. But why are workers striking and exactly what is the union demanding?

NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen says the industrial action on Sydney trains from Friday to Sunday will cause "major disruption for millions of train passengers" across the city.

Industrial action will freeze all train services across Greater Sydney from Friday to Sunday morning. Here is what the strike means for commuters.

When Canberran Nick Proud saw people standing at a bus stop looking confused during a surprise city-wide bus strike, he offered them free lifts in his 1964 Mustang.

Grace Searle said she is one of a handful in her Melbourne emergency department who left NSW over pay and work condition concerns.

Victorian firefighters who attended a rally against the state government will be docked at least four hours pay, with Fire Rescue Victoria saying the industrial action was unprotected.

Hundreds of GrainCorp workers in the state may refuse to load or unload grain trucks and trains during the approaching harvest unless they are given a pay rise.

NSW Health will begin paying an interim 3 per cent wage increase to nurses and midwives, with the union accepting a recommendation from the Industrial Relations Commission to enter into four weeks of negotiation.

Nurses and midwives across New South Wales have marched to Parliament for the second time in three weeks.

Tasmania's Fair Work Commission has heard of four incidents deemed to have threatened community safety earlier this month during recent storms.

Police officers will alert motorists to speed cameras and paint slogans on police vehicles after pay negotiations with Victoria Police broke down.

AFP officers have walked off the job at seven major airports around the country as part of ongoing industrial action.

When your power goes out, it's only natural to want it resolved as soon as possible. Here's why in Tasmania that might not happen.

Journalists from multiple major Australian newspapers have announced they will go on strike from Friday morning, on the eve of the Paris Olympics.

Ballarat council's union members are ramping up the impact of their fight for a bigger pay rise with their sights set on a spectacle that has previously attracted 40,000 visitors to the town.

Train drivers have called off a strike during next week's AFL Showdown between Port Adelaide and the Adelaide Crows after reaching an "in principle" agreement over a pay dispute.

Workers at a major cheesemaking plant in Burnie say they are sick of being treated like the "poor cousins" of mainlanders doing the same job for the same company.