The Government has pinned its hopes on industrial relations, and especially the union movement’s influence on Labor. But it was caught lying about some ALP members, and pretending that student politics counts as industrial unionism. Besides, voters know that the Liberal frontbenches are stuffed full of business lawyers, while union leaders bring a range of [...]
The Government’s reds-under-the-bed fear campaign has been kicked up a notch, with Peter Costello accusing Julia Gillard of being a closet Communist. And isn’t it awful that Labor’s candidates come from a tradition of representing Australian workers and their families? Seriously, if the ALP was in the pockets of the unions, wouldn’t the ACTU guarantee [...]
The election has been called for Saturday, 24 November. That means the clock is ticking on your electoral enrolment. The deadline for new enrolments is this Wednesday, 17 October, at 8:00pm, so there isn’t much time. Don’t assume you are correctly enrolled. Visit the AEC’s Check Your Details page to make absolutely sure you have [...]
“Are you now or have you ever been…?” was the joking title of a recent post at Larvatus Prodeo. It was responding to a despicable Government/Gazette tag-team attack on academics whose research found that WorkChoices and AWAs were slashing wages. Because there was no basis for attacking the merits of the findings, the research team [...]
Normal service will return soon. I hope. In the meantime, check out The Manic Times. Thanks to its ongoing IR coverage, it’s not welcome at the HR Nicholls Society — and I can’t think of a better endorsement.
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