How Tony Abbott deals with industrial relations could decide his political future, declares Peter van Onselen. Will Abbott ignore one of the foundations of the Liberal Party?
Industrial relations laws
Colless: Tony, don’t be afraid of the big bad union
A new media campaign by ACTU called “Don’t Go Back To WorkChoices” is an unfair and untruthful attack on Tony Abbott. The Libsneed to offer a suitable IR alternative since Rudd’s policies are collapsing, writes Malcolm Colless.
Grattan: WorkChoices back from the dead
Let the scaremongering begin. Tony Abbott’s new workplace relations reforms aren’t dissimilar to the much hated WorkChoices. It’s a risky move by Abbott to bring IR laws back into the spotlight, writes Michelle Grattan.
The fairly quiet Fair Work Week
A whole new set of federal laws about industrial relations has slid into being this week with very little fanfare. Anne Junor explains exactly what the changes entail for employees and employers.
When I grow up I want to be an industrial relations consultant…
How careers nights have changed! South Australia’s peak business lobby, Business SA, is now offering seminars for university students on the new workplace relations system. A flyer circulated by the Careers & Employer Liaison Centre at Flinders University in Adelaide’s south invites students to the session early next month.
