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A challenge for Shorten, IR insider
Bill Shorten is presented with an excellent opportunity to prove himself to be a minister who is not dictated to by the unions. The Australian...
Union militancy just doesn't fly
Qantas is fighting for its life and had no option but to take strong action. The Qantas action to bring its disputes with unions to a head is...
Australians are working less and earning more
ACTU President Ged Kearney announced at the National Press Club the results of a poll of union members grandiosely labelled "The Census". And she...
Union thuggery part of more damaging malaise
Recent allegations of misconduct are a dreadful example of union officials showing disdain for the interests of those they serve, their...
Business lacks courage
Six days into the federal election campaign and Work Choices has dominated the news on five of those days. We know all about Tony Abbott ducking...
Dismissal ruling isn't fair
"Pity the bosses" was the first reaction to the decision of Fair Work Australia a few weeks ago in the case of Paul L. Quinlivan v Norske Skog...
Hypocrisy at work in pay claims
Australian Workplace Agreements: how ironic that the individual workplace instruments unions spent a decade vehemently attacking should now become...
The unsafe option
It's an odd idea that Julia Gillard, in conjunction with the states and territories, would propose national harmonised work safety laws that would...
Fertile ground for litigation culture
In the three months since the Fair Work Act 2009 started, we are seeing the extent to which the bargaining environment has changed. Only a few...
Dark ages is the real deal
If you ever wanted to know the impact of Kevin Rudd's industrial relations policies there are easy ways of finding out. You could read the decision...