People & associates
Ken Phillips
An Act of Corporate Loathing
Late last month the Australian Capital Territory passed the first corporate manslaughter legislation in Australia setting a precedent that will be...
Sweet Jobs Turning Sour
Anyone who has happy childhood memories of that great biscuit snack, Weston Wagon Wheel, will also remember how the Wheel seemed to become smaller...
Dinosaurs Struggle in Uncertain World
As anyone in business knows the world of doing business has become unpredictable, unstable and uncertain. Internal business environments have...
New way of building construction deals
The Federal Government's new construction industry, industrial relations legislation tends to reinforce a view that for workplace reform to occur...
Clothing Industry Has Been Stitched Up
Five years ago in Melbourne and Sydney there was a flourishing second hand trade in industrial sewing machines with each reconditioned device worth...
Avoiding an EBA's Shackles
For many Australians, the union movement's industrial, 'Campaign 2003' might seem unknown, almost irrelevant. But for decision makers in many...
Gamekeepers Turn Poachers
The Cole royal commission could simply have produced yet another list of corrupt practices and persons in the construction industry. But the...
Business Opposes IR Changes
Most in the construction industry expect that after the Cole Royal Commission presents its report in late February a few fall guys may go to jail...
Unions Celebrate Their Past Amid Questions Over Their Future
Any business operating for 75 years deserves to be proud of achieving that milestone. And as a holder of this badge of longevity the ACTU can...
Paper 13 Challenges Labour Law
Ask almost anyone involved in the Australian construction industry what outcome they expect from the Cole Royal Commission and they will reply...