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‘Bee Speaker’ by Adrian Tchaikovsky: A Book Review
Another month, another book by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This time, returning to his irregular but excellent Dogs of War series. Each book nominally stands on its own. Indeed, I read book 2, Bear Head, before reading book 1, Dogs of War, with little detriment. Having said that, to fully understand the world Tchaikovsky has created, I…
Adrian was ‘gutted’ to be underpaid by the Commonwealth Bank. He hopes new laws will protect workers
Criminal penalties for employers who deliberately underpay workers have come into effect, including up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $7.8m Commonwealth Bank call centre worker Adrian Thoen was devastated when he found out he was among thousands of workers at the nation’s biggest bank being underpaid to the tune of…