Australia failed to finalize a free-trade agreement with the European Union during negotiations in Japan at the weekend, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said Monday. “I came to Osaka with the ...

CANBERRA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Australian trade unions have promised a new campaign to convert millions of contract and casual workers to full-time jobs, setting the stage for a row with business groups ...

CANBERRA, May 28 (Reuters) - Australia's powerful trade union movement, the grassroots of the country's Labor government, will pressure Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to ease curbs on pay disputes and ...

Political events of the past week in the Australian state of Queensland have provided a graphic picture of the extent to which the top trade union bureaucrats control the country’s Labor governments.