The only thing holding Greg Combet back from parliament was the prospect of an ugly fight over his replacement as secretary of the ACTU. The two contenders were Jeff Lawrence (from the Labor Left) and John Robertson (from the Right). Robertson appeared to have picked up some support, but when the biggest Right-wing union announced [...]
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There’s a pattern emerging in the criticism of Labor’s IR policy. The critics are driven by vested interests and partisan loyalty to the Liberal Party. First, we’ve got the major media critic, the News Ltd group of newspapers (especially The Australian). Why would they be such vocal barrackers for WorkChoices? Because the company uses AWAs [...]
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Labor’s new industrial relations policy,
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