Australian chamber of commerce


Your local member used to be a cruise master

The long and winding road to Canberra has many pit stops (just ask dirty commie Julia Gillard) — Crikey has trawled through the official CVs of the ministry and their respective shadows, without cherry picking, to see what kind of pasts have shaped their politics.

Industry’s verdict on Labor’s IR policy: yawn

Crikey has done a sweep of the main industry sectors to get their verdict on Labor’s rejigged Industrial Relations policy.