Last night’s edition of Four Corners was instructive but there are other things the Howard Cabinet didn’t understand…
Workplace relations minister
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Industrial peace in our time?
As Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard turns up the pressure on the Coalition in an attempt to swiftly usher Labor’s industrial relations laws through parliament, new Roy Morgan research shows Australians expect little trouble at t’mill in the year ahead, writes Christian Kerr.
Rollback on AWAs? Sure. Rollback on unfair dismissal laws? Um…
Are the ACTU suspicious of the new government? They might have good reason to be, writes Christian Kerr.
WorkChoices: Government no longer massages the truth; it lies
Disliked by the public since the day it was announced, but pursued relentlessly nonetheless, WorkChoices has played a key role in the unpopularity of the federal government and its likely sinking at the forthcoming election, writes David Peetz.
On IR, Kevin Rudd chooses WorkChoices
Kevin Rudd’s further announced changes to the ALPs industrial relations policy make one wonder what the policy will look like come the election. For all the hysteria surrounding WorkChoices the ALP’s policy is starting to replicate that of Howard’s,
Guilty political crush: tell us yours
Sure, it’s superficial, but there’s a serious side. Is it the stuff of which swing voting is made?
Was the government’s employment advocate demoted?
A significant staffing change in the government’s workplace regulation bureaucracy has passed with little fanfare. The Employment Advocate himself, Peter McIlwain, is now second in charge at the new Authority, which has a new Director – Barbara Bennett.
