A strike threatens to shutdown Sydney's train network from Friday; A slight narrowing of Australia's gender pay gap; And the Socceroos draw 2-all with Bahrain.
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In this bulletin;
- A strike threatens to shutdown Sydney's train network from Friday;
- A slight narrowing of Australia's gender pay gap;
- And the Socceroos draw 2-all with Bahrain.
A union has agreed to delay strike action that threatens to shutdown the Sydney train network.
A strike was due to start tomorrow night but is now expected to begin on Friday.
The Rain, Tram and Bus Union agreed to the concession which will mean thousands of Pearl Jam fans willl be able to get to and from Sydney Olympic Park to attend the rock band's Thursday night concert.
New South Wales Transport Minister Jo Haylen says it's a small concession and she's appealing to the union to keep negotiating over a new enterprise agreement.
"The actions are still in place for Friday and Saturday causing potential massive disruption to our network and meaning that people can't get where they need to go. Now the only way to keep our network running and to make sure people can get where they need to go is for the union to withdraw their industrial actions that are currently in place for Friday and Saturday and that remains our ask of the unions."
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Wage increases in the aged care sector have helped Australia to narrow its gender pay gap.
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has found the average total remuneration gender pay gap is 21.8 per cent, down 0.6 percentage points compared to 2023.
Women are earning 78 cents for every dollar men make.
The agency says there been a 13 percentage point jump in the proportion of employers embarking on a gender pay gap analysis.
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A new report by Australia's cyber spy agency has found private schools, aged care homes and real estate agencies are among the top targets for cyber hackers.
The Australian SIgnals Directorate says there were more than 87,000 cybercrimes reported in the past year and the agency took more than 36,000 calls to the Australian Cyber Security Hotline which is a 12 per cent increase.
The Coalition's spokesman for Cyber Security, Senator James Paterson, says people should never pay money to criminals if they are the victim of a cyber attack.
"Because there is no guarantee that your data will be returned or released and there is no guarantee that you won't be victimised again and in making that payment, you are helping this business model and supporting this business model. But in some circumstances people still do make the choice to pay and unfortunately that sends a signal to cyber criminals that there crime does pay and they continue to do it."
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A woman is facing hate crime charges for confronting a man wearing a shirt with Palestine written on it inside a restaurant in the United States.
The 64-year-old confronted the man and his pregnant wife inside a bakery at Downers Grove, southwest of Chicago.
The man's wife filmed the altercation on her mobile phone and it was uploaded to social media.
It shows the woman trying to knock the phone out of her hands, throwing coffee and yelling expletives at the couple.
She has been charged with hate crimes and disorderly conduct.
Waseem Zahran says the confrontation began when the woman asked him if he was Palestinian.
"And she specifically asked, are you Palestinian? And I said yes and she started getting physical. She came closer to our face and started like asking are you Palestinian? And I said, yes I am. And then she proceeded to scream in my face, fuck Palestine."
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In football, the Socceroos have retained the second automatic qualifiying place in their World Cup group by drawing 2-all in Bahrain.
The team took the lead early and had a 1-nil second half lead before conceding two goals in two minutes.
An injury time equaliser from Kusini Yengi ensured the Socceroos retain second place in the group.
