Labor today announced it will support the Government’s Fairness Test legislation which aims to soften the work choices bill. The Government says its legislation will ensure fair compensation is provided for the removal of award conditions when an employee is moved onto an AWA. However critics say the legislation doesn’t provide clear guidelines on what the fair compensation will be or what form it will take. John Bucanan, Director of the workplace research centre at Sydney University spoke earlier on the issue.

The Housing Industry Association says that housing in Australia is now less affordable than at any time in the last 20 years. Dr Ron Silberberg is the managing director of the association and he spoke live to The Wire.

This week the Australian Electoral Commission has embarked on a major awareness raising campaign, with its inaugural Enroll To Vote Week. And the move has been applauded by The Federal Labor Opposition. It coincides with recent changes to the Electoral Act, that have significantly closed the window of time between when an election is called and the closing off the electoral roll to any changes, such as new voters or changes of address. Shadow Youth Affairs Minister, Tanya Plibersek and Phil Diak with the AEC spoke earlier about recent changes to the electoral act.

A new report released by the Aid organisation Oxfam the Australian Government needs to invest $1.8 billion more in helping poorer countries adapt to climate change over the next decade. The report says rich countries – including the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK and Canada – need to raise a total of $60 billion dollars to deal with the rising costs of climate change in developing countries.

It's 40 years on from the 1967 referendum to give Australian Indigenous rights of citizenship. Looking back at this landmark moment with some of the people who were there, The Wire was at the celebrations held today at the Redfern Community Centre.