Australia clearly isn’t immune from the global depression, so Crikey thought it was about time to assess the jobs carnage unfolding on the home front.
Sackings
Team Rudd: factions, feuds and fancies
Even before he’s been sworn in, Kevin Rudd has had a major win – convincing the media that he has beaten the factions and accrued unprecedented power to himself, writes Christian Kerr.
Business owners will hire less under Labor: Morgan Poll
Business owners say that Labor’s IR policy will stifle growth. They see sacking off the agenda, but also say that hiring staff would be too difficult under a Rudd regime.
What’s really gone down in the CBA’s Treasury? It’s confidential
Why two senior executives were departed from the CBA on Monday remains confidential and CEO Ralph Norris is keeping it that way, writes Michael Pascoe.
Real journalists write the story
That not being there is sometimes the best place for a journalist to be was something I learned early on in my career as a Canberra journalist.
