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Friday, 5 October 2007 1
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A new book examining WorkChoices explodes some myths about IR system, including the misconception that it replaces a system which worked well. The old system was appalling and had to go, writes David Flint.
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Monday, 24 September 2007 0
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As The Age reported yesterday, the "union thugs" gracing our televisions are actually real life criminals, hired by the Business Coalition for Workplace Reform. Why should we be surprised? writes Jeff Sparrow.
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 0
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Is it possible to declare that Howard has won most of the work reform policy debate? This is a counter institutive idea but look at how much of WorkChoices Rudd has adopted.
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 0
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Kevin Rudd’s further announced changes to the ALPs industrial relations policy make one wonder what the policy will look like come the election. For all the hysteria surrounding WorkChoices the ALP’s policy is starting to replicate that of Howard’s,
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Wednesday, 4 July 2007 0
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Uncle Joe Hockey has responded to the release of a report commissioned by the NSW Teachers' Federation on school students' experience of, and attitudes to, WorkChoices and work by proclaiming: "It's complete rubbish".
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 0
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Union membership is down, but that’s a global trend. Truth be known, the union movement is on the cusp of enjoying its greatest political domination in Australian history.
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Friday, 15 June 2007 0
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A Fame Game question had contestants stumped on Wednesday night's Temptation.
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Friday, 15 June 2007 0
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There’s an unexamined premise in commentary about the Government's 'Rudd is a captive of the unions' tactic – that unions are wildly unpopular. But how true is that?
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 0
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Democracy has not been the bruvvers strong point for a long, long time. Just try measuring up "No ticket, no start" against the principals of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and its provisions for freedom of assembly.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 0
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WorkChoices is back! We have that from the Prime Minister’s very own mouth. Well, at least that’s what the reptiles of the Press Gallery were told in the Government Party Room briefing this morning.
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Wednesday, 6 June 2007 0
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Kerri-Anne Kennerley has done it again, somehow charming her latest victim, Industrial Relations Minister Joe Hockey, into donning a pair of Shrek ears and explaining the government's complex industrial relations reforms in a poor Scottish accent.
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 0
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Both major parties know that to be honest about the real unemployment figures would result in such an outcry that the present economic order would have to be fundamentally altered, writes Marcus L'Estrange.
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Monday, 21 May 2007 0
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In turning its back on the name “WorkChoices” for its industrial relations policy and legislation, as reported late last week , the Howard government is finally acknowledging what can only be regarded as a brand strategy disaster, writes Stephen Downes.
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Friday, 11 May 2007 0
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It's been a good week for the Treasurer. First his Budget received favourable reviews, and yesterday's job figures showed Australia is enjoying its lowest unemployment in 33 years. So here's a comparative snapshot of the labour market today, and how it looked when Olivia Newton-John hit the charts with I Honestly Love You and John Howard entered parliament as a backbencher.
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Friday, 27 April 2007 0
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Strong employment with low inflation is the surprising consequence of WorkChoices. This will prolong the China boom which, with Australia's traditional system of Labor relations, would already have blown up in our faces.
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Friday, 20 April 2007 0
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Prime Minister John Howard’s strategy to coerce industry groups into publicly backing WorkChoices is backfiring.
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Monday, 16 April 2007 0
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Yesterday, Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey, claimed that by the time the election has gone, the ACTU and the Labor Party will have spent nearly $100 million campaigning against the government’s industrial relations laws. Can he be right?
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Wednesday, 4 April 2007 0
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Confirmation by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that the trade union membership decline is continuing apace was bad news for union leaders but not necessarily for Labor Leader Kevin Rudd.
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Monday, 26 March 2007 0
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It’s commonplace to observe that there is little publicly available data on the impact of WorkChoices, but the Victorian Government has just released new research examining the evidence that does exist on its impact.
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006 0
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While there’s plenty of talk about what the High Court’s WorkChoices decision mean for federalism, there’s – ironically – been precious little on what it means for IR.
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Thursday, 24 August 2006 0
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IR looks like being a vote-changer in Queensland, with opposition to Work Choices shifting votes to Labor and holding votes Labor would otherwise have lost on state issues.
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Thursday, 27 July 2006 0
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Monday, 17 July 2006 0
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