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ABCC passes public interest test
The Australian Building and Construction Commission operates an oppressive kangaroo court. It victimizes innocent construction workers and...
Fair pay will lead to unfair results
Two weeks ago the Fair Pay Commission awarded a 4.1 per cent pay increase to the 1.3 million workers who earn the minimum wage. While most...
Co-operative deferralism
Co-operative federalism sounds good in theory. In theory, after the election of the Rudd government Australia was going to have lots of cooperative...
Drums are beating for Iemma
Of all Labor governments across Australia, NSW seems to be the one tearing itself apart. What's happening is critical to Labor nationally and to...
Developers have building blocks to get better results
It's long been a dream of many in the Melbourne construction sector to build medium-density apartments at the same cost of building housing in the...
The regiments of left and right now march to market
The left has lost. So say the left! This is not a point-scoring statement from someone from the right but the words of the people from the...
Inflation kiss of death haunts Labor
The Labor Party understands economic and political history. It knows that wage break-outs ignited inflation, sealing the death of the Whitlam,...
Labor's IR shake-up passes test
The federal government's workplace reforms are well into implementation. An assessment is now possible as to whether the reforms are genuine or a...
Freedom to work: everyone's a winner
Proposals to restrict the weekly working hours of Australians reflect a confusion of moral principles, a disconnect from reality and a threat to...
Same old problems driving us mad
Another inquiry into the car industry is about to begin and yet again the dominant issue, endemic labour problems, will be ignored. There's a...