Industrial action on Sydney’s train network suspended until 1 July after Fair Work Commission ruling

Rail commuters granted temporary reprieve from work stoppages and strikes as unions and state government try to strike pay deal

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Sydney commuters have been granted a more than four month reprieve from industrial action on the city's train network, after the Fair Work Commission ordered rail union work stoppages be suspended until 1 July.

On Wednesday evening, the Fair Work Commission announced that while it would not grant the six-month suspension that the New South Wales government had requested, it would temporarily halt all industrial action to help unions and the government strike a pay deal.