Is trouble brewing internally at the Electrical Trades Union with leadership challenges? Plus, tough news for those working in IT at Foster’s.
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Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: the axe drops at Foster’s
NSW Labor to fight Iemma on privatisation
The blowtorch to the belly of the Iemma Government over its plans to privatise the NSW power industry has become a whole lot more menacing, writes Alex Mitchell.
Why have Iemma and Costa woken the privatisation gorilla?
NSW Premier Morris Iemma and Treasurer Michael Costa have set themselves on a collision course with the NSW Labor Party and influential trade unions in their headlong quest to part-privatise the state’s electricity industry, writes Alex Mitchell.
Hurray! A point of policy difference. At last!
In Australia’s careful game of political chess the play in recent times has been very much on the defensive side. Every attacking gambit of Prime Minister John Howard has been matched by Kevin Rudd being prepared to sacrifice a pawn or two like a candidate from the Electrical Trades Union or even a Peter Beattie.
