Joe mcdonald


WA business doesn’t fear all unions, just one in particluar

To the west for business and pleasure – and confirmation that business’ fear of Kevin Rudd’s industrial relations changes is real and focussed, a factor in the Ruddster’s act not playing quite so powerfully in WA.

Seriously, what is Rudd doing? A study in overreaction

I can vouch for the fact that industrial negotiations — even in white-collar settings — are not Baptist Union tea parties. It’s not too hard a point to make: people understand that IR is adversarial, writes Mark Bahnisch.