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Employers on notice after millions recovered for unpaid workers · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Kristen Amiott with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Some of Australia's biggest employers have
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  Speaker 1: been put on notice by the Fair Work Ombudsman after
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  Speaker 1: the watchdog recovered almost half a billion dollars in unpaid
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  Speaker 1: wages and entitlements for more than 180,000 workers. Fair Work
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  Speaker 1: recouped $ 453 million in what's become the fourth biggest recovery
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  Speaker 1: operation in the Ombudsman's history. Half of the recoveries made
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  Speaker 1: in the 2025-2026 financial year came from the corporate sector.
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  Speaker 1: Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth said employers, workers and unions
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  Speaker 1: could work together to build what she called a culture
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  Speaker 1: of compliance. Booth said her office is aware of a
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  Speaker 1: so-called continuum of non-compliance, comprised of inadvertent mistakes to deliberate acts.
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  Speaker 1: The president of a Victorian motorcycle club died after striking
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  Speaker 1: a pothole on the Western Highway near Ballarat on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Peter Tiki Mason led the Eureka Social Rides Club since
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  Speaker 1: it was established in 2018. The 71-year-old's death follows a
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  Speaker 1: report by the Victorian Auditor General's office showing Victorias in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of a full-blown pothole crisis, with almost half
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  Speaker 1: of the state government roads deteriorating faster than they can
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  Speaker 1: be repaired. Prodigal son Jordan Pattaya will return to the
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  Speaker 1: Wallabies rugby union squad after his bid to join America's
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  Speaker 1: NFL was a non-starter. Pattaya last pulled on the gold
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  Speaker 1: jersey at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. He's
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  Speaker 1: one of three new players named in the 34-man squad
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  Speaker 1: slated to take on South Africa in Perth on September 27.
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  Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at theaustralian.com.au and
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  Speaker 1: come back to the front first thing in the morning
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  Speaker 1: for our look at the new brand of politics being
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  Speaker 1: peddled by One Nation founder Pauline Hanson. That's right here
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday morning.