Skydivers go on strike in three Australian states and claim pay has plummeted

December 4, 2025

Union asks ‘would you want your mum strapped to an underpaid instructor?’

Australian skydivers in three states have gone on strike while pay negotiations drag on.

Skydiving instructors employed by tourism giant Experience Co were due to walk off the job on Friday at eight sites in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria after refusing multiple pay offers.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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Families to be offered help to leave temporary accommodation under UK child poverty strategy

Government says series of measures, including childcare support, will lift 500,000 out of povertyFamilies will be offered help to get out of temporary accommodation and support with childcare as part of the government’s delayed child poverty strategy, with ministers saying the entire package will lift more than half a million […]

December 4, 2025