Recent publications

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Submission to the Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011

SUBMISSION | John Lloyd

Submission to the Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011

Contempt for the law to return to building and construction

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

John Lloyd, Director Work Reform and Productivity at the Institute of Public Affairs, has today called for a Bill before the Senate to be defeated. The Bill, the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work)...

Penalty rates killing restaurants trade

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

John Lloyd, Director Work Reform and Productivity at the Institute of Public Affairs today called on Bill Shorten and the unions to listen to the concerns of leading restaurateur George Calombaris about the impact of weekend penalty rates. George...

Will Shorten Stand up to Unions?

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs said today that, "Bill Shorten is presented with an excellent opportunity to prove himself as a minister who is not dictated to by the unions. The...

ACTU Insecure Employment Campaign Misguided

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

The ACTU on 24 October 2011 announced a national inquiry into insecure employment.  Starting today submissions can be made to the so called independent inquiry. The Institute of Public Affairs has labelled the campaign a misguided...

Qantas debacle reflects wider problems

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

The deterioration of the Qantas dispute with the grounding of its fleet reflects a disturbing trend in Australian workplace relations. John Lloyd, Director Work Reform and Productivity at the Institute of Public Affairs said "union leaders are...

Qantas action justified

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity at the Institute of Public Affairs said the Qantas action to ground planes and lock out workers was justified. Qantas has been subjected to a destructive and at times vicious industrial campaign...

Minister out of touch on Qantas: IPA

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

 John Lloyd, the director of the Institute of Public Affairs Work Reform and Productivity Unit, today called on Fair Work Australia to suspend industrial action at Qantas for a four-month cooling off period. Last Friday the Minister for...

Qantas industrial action should be suspended for four months

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

 The Qantas industrial disputes, according to reports today in The Australian and The Daily Telegraph, have degenerated into death threats, abuse, property damage and intimidation. The more serious matters have been referred to the police. It...

Tough stand on construction - the right decision

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government that it would establish and to enforce industrial relations principles on its construction sites. This follows a report in The...

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