Industrial Action

For the first time in 15 years, ACT public school staff have gone on strike in a two-hour work stoppage that saw all public schools, including specialist schools and preschools, keep their doors closed until 10:30am on Friday.

ABC staff have struck an enterprise agreement with the broadcaster, bringing an end to a pay dispute that culminated in a 24-hour strike. 

The Australian Education Union has suspended part of its industrial campaign during budget week, but Australia's 'largest-ever' strike by council workers will still take place.

Queensland Rail has warned there may be more disruptions to train services on Thursday due to protected industrial action from electricians.

Industrial action by teachers seeking better conditions means government schools in southern Tasmania, including in the Hobart area, are shut today.

Some 35,000 people gathered for a rally in Melbourne CBD as teachers, principals and education support staff statewide stopped work for 24 hours.

The state's public schools will be closed in the north-west on Tuesday, the north on Wednesday and the south on Thursday as a result of the industrial action.

Alice Springs prison guards have taken industrial action, including a 12-hour work stoppage across the town's correctional facilities, over what they say are unsafe conditions.

Daily heart surgeries have been cut to two a week in Tasmania while a small group of crucial specialists strikes for better pay and conditions. But negotiations with the government have halted, and locums are being sought to plug resulting healthcare gaps.

The state government has made its first pay offer to teachers in an attempt to avoid next week's 24 hour statewide strike.

Teachers in Tasmanian public schools will refuse to administer the nation-wide tests, as part of escalating industrial action calling for improved pay and conditions.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation cancels a strike at one of Adelaide's largest public hospitals after securing a 2 per cent pay rise on top of a 4 per cent immediate increase in wages announced earlier this week.

The South Australian government says plans from Lyell McEwin Hospital nurses to strike tomorrow have been postponed, amid an unresolved industrial dispute over pay and conditions.

Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.

Nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital remain set to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday, with the union saying the government's decision to introduce an immediate 4 per cent pay rise still falls short of expectations.

Workers from Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania's north take "unprecedented" industrial action, walking off the job for two hours over ongoing safety concerns.

Victorian healthcare workers are continuing strike action for at least another month over pay disputes with the state government, leaving one woman wondering when her fertility surgery will happen.

Fed up with restrictions over what they earned and where they could go, pearl boat workers embarked on nine months of industrial action that would change the face of their communities forever. Ninety years on, their legacy is still felt across the Torres Strait.

About 500 workers at Melbourne's Crown casino will stop work on Wednesday after rejecting a proposal they say will cut pay for new workers and imperil those currently employed.

Strike action involving prison officers has again escalated, forcing the closure of SA's major courts and causing disruptions to case hearings, which will now be rescheduled.