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Topic: WorkChoices

Business bites: pizza meets a mean scheme

Companies

Dec 03, 2015

3

In the decade since the 2004 election, the composition of the economy has changed, the composition of the workforce has changed, and culture and subjectivity has changed.

Rundle: little Malcolm and his struggle against the unions

Federal

Oct 26, 2015

24

The Productivity Commission's draft report on industrial relations is a major defeat for the deregulation agenda pushed by big business -- and should be seen as such.

Industrial relations hardliners and the experience of defeat

Australia

Aug 05, 2015

9

Tony Abbott has dismantled almost half of Rudd and Gillard's major policy initiatives, but when they were in power they left John Howard's legacy largely untouched, writes freelance journalist <b>Andrei Ghoukassian</b>.

The wrecking-ball PM? Abbott destroys Labor’s legacy, while Howard’s lives on

crikey15

Jun 23, 2015

8

More confirmation that the economy is drifting along in today's jobless numbers -- while the mining industry continues to whine, write <b>Bernard Keane</b> and <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.

Lukewarm jobs market just ticking over

Economy

Mar 12, 2015

1

Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Now we’re just left with the wolf, writes <b>Emeline Gaske</b>, associate in the employment and industrial practice at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

Coalition sneakily trying to reinstate WorkChoices

Politics

Feb 04, 2015

10

Voters resoundingly denounce changes to penalty rates, while Bill Shorten surges ahead in politics of personality.

Essential: voters overwhelmingly reject penalty rates cuts

Politics

Jan 13, 2015

2

The spectre of WorkChoices visits again as employers and industry groups lobby for industrial relations reform.

Has a resurgent zombie WorkChoices come to eat your penalty rates?

Business

Jan 06, 2015

13

The national accounts show labour productivity has surged. The numbers, however, have received very different interpretations, and there's been a strange silence on productivity, Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer write.

Fair Work outperforms WorkChoices, leaves Treasurer strangely silent

Economy

Sep 04, 2014

4

What's in for me? Today's Essential Report finds a curious response from voters to last week's budget -- voters think they'll be worse off from the budget, but want the government to do more to cut spending.

Essential: tough-love voters want more budget pain

Economy

May 20, 2013

4

The Coalition has finally unveiled its IR policy, a minimalist document that is not without its concerns for trade unions -- and anyone walking past a building site.

WorkChoices it ain’t, but Abbott’s IR plan is partly feral

Companies

May 10, 2013

32

The government's effort to exploit concerns about 457 visas appears to be landing on fertile ground, today's Essential Report finds. And concerns about the 457 scheme are spread across the political spectrum.

Essential: government strikes a nerve on 457 visas

Federal

Mar 18, 2013

2

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