This piece was first published yesterday by Larvatus Prodeo.
Massive upheaval is occurring to Australia’s standard employment conditions and minimum wages, with little to no understanding or public attention.
The ‘award modernisation’ process currently underway in the AIRC, following a request from the Workplace Relations Minister, Julia Gillard, will impact on all Australian workers … either directly [...]
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One of the many travesties of the Howard Government was the establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and its supporting legislation, the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act (BCII Act).
Together they strip away the basic human rights of workers in these industries, taking away the right to silence and giving the ABCC [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Budget, Christine Milne, Climate change, Coal, Drought, Education, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Family & Community, Forestry, Greens, Health, Housing Crisis, Indigenous Australian, Industrial Relations, Logging, Marine, NT Intervention, Peak oil, Poverty, Renewable energy, Senate, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable Farming, Tax, Transport, Water, Web 2.0, Welfare, Wind Power, YouTube on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This has taken a while, but we finally have Christine’s Budget Reply Speech up on YouTube and postable to the blog. Those of you who have enjoyed reading or listening to it may be interested in watching it.
In five parts.
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During Senate Estimates last night, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission confirmed $1.8 million of funding to support workplace related complaints has been cut by the Rudd Government, placing more stress on the Commission.
HREOC received additional money when Work Choices was introduced, as it was expected that workplace related complaints would increase, given the [...]
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The Rudd–Gillard Labor Government has just passed its first piece of IR reform legislation through the Senate. For many who engaged with the Your Rights at Work campaign and voted to see the end of Howard’s Work Choices, the result may seem a little disappointing as this legislation doesn’t go as far as it could [...]
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Posted in Greens, Guest Post, Industrial Relations, tagged alp, industrial, ir, relations, rights, union, workchoices, workers on January 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Or ‘Will Labor’s IR laws be the biggest ever fraud on the Australian public?’
Today we have the pleasure of featuring a guest post from Adam Bandt, who stood for the Seat of Melbourne in the 2007 Federal election.
One of the most enduring images of the federal election campaign is from an ACTU advertisement. The distressed [...]
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I am constantly amazed at the Howard Government’s lack of interest in the real care and education of our children. Cutting corners on the health and well-being of today’s generation of children is a false economy, as the consequence costs to society of poorer lifetime health and lower educational achievements and social engagement are massive. [...]
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Posted in Industrial Relations, Rachel Siewert, tagged industrial, relations, work, choices, workplace, union, abs, statistics, employee, employer on October 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Australia @ Work report is a reputable academic report outlining the issues that affect Australian workers under Work Choices. Surprise, surprise, since the results are less than favourable towards the Government, they are attempting to discredited the whole report due to the association with Unions NSW.
It is irresponsible to write-off any research in this manner, and frankly, it doesn’t do them any good. By resorting to a simple smear campaign, the Government is merely reducing their own credibility and losing face in an ever increasing battle to keep Work Choices afloat.
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It is clear that the Government is not interested in providing assistance to people to help them understand the new Workplace laws and wants to cut access to independent advice.
When I cross-examined the Office of the Employment Advocate (now operating under the Workplace Ombudsman and the Workplace Authority) in May 2007 they were unable to [...]
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