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Ken Phillips
Building sector cements its base
For property investors, developers, superannuation and other fund managers, the dramatic change in the construction sector over the past two years...
IR policy gives the lie to Rudd's economic credibility
In Kevin Rudd's ''me too'' scramble to replicate every conservative economic thing that John Howard is, there's one glaring difference -- the...
Fear and loathing in NSW
In the race to win government a major threat facing federal Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd is the impression that he's controlled by unions. This is...
The two faces of Haneef's defenders
Civil libertarians and many legal groups are guilty of hypocrisy in the way they allegedly defend justice in the Australian community. Their double...
New laws free the worker from the mob
The Howard Government has been attacked by unions and supporting academics for allowing small business to collectively bargain but denying the same...
Take another look at the leaves
Why is it that over the past several months financial analysts and pundits seem to have been convinced that the Reserve Bank would increase...
Labor's new workplace relations discoveries
Lately the work reform debate has started spinning in unexpected directions. Last week Julia Gillard criticized the government for creating a...
ACTU oversteps moral boundary line
If Australian unions aren't careful they risk losing much of their moral authority in the debate over workplace reform. If this occurs they could...
Brave policies doing the business
Why is it that we seem to be experiencing a miracle economy? What's happening today was thought impossible just 10 years ago. In the 1990s...
Labor nurtures reactionary line
The main reason unions are doing so well in their campaign against Work Choices is because they are appealing to long-held conservative values....