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Airservices Australia has been fined $160,000 over the deaths of three architects, who were killed when an Airservices firetruck struck their vehicle.

A worker who was summarily dismissed for allowing a friend to bring a gun into the workplace, and was supported by NSW Senator David Leyonhjelm at his show-cause meeting, has been denied reinstatement.

The 2016 Safe Rates remuneration order has taken effect, with the Federal Court overturning a stay order yesterday afternoon, while the National Road Transport Association says it has been "priced out" of its battle against the order.

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Employer groups have been slammed for successfully seeking a Federal Court injunction preventing the minimum-safe-rates order for contractor drivers from taking effect today.

In a decision busting the "myths" surrounding the Safe Rates remuneration order, the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has decided the order should commence on Monday (4 April) without any transitional provisions relating to minimum payments.

A sacked worker's $46,000 award has been quashed by a Fair Work Commission full bench, which found his unsuccessful attempt to report a serious safety issue to a supervisor lacked diligence.

A major employer has unsuccessfully argued that the Fair Work Commission only has jurisdiction to make stop-bullying orders if there is a "discernibly identifiable" rather than "speculative" risk of the applicant being bullied in future.

Two train drivers who committed serious safety breaches deserved sanctions, but the uncertainty, embarrassment and stress they endured during their employer's protracted investigation should have been taken into account when determining their penalties, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Hirers could avoid paying contractor drivers minimum "safe rates" until January 2020, under a draft remuneration-order variation proposed by the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal.