Industry
Greens push for penalty rates to be protected in law
The Greens upped the ante on the penalty rates debate today, announcing a plan to legislate to protect existing rates. Industrial......
Abolishing road tribunal will have devastating effects: TWU
The Turnbull Government’s announcement that they will abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal if re-elected has been slammed by the......
Could we see a Whyalla wipeout?
The future of the South Australian steel town, Whyalla hangs in the balance today as creditors are furiously negotiating a......
Deconstructing the ABCC
Changes to the controversial Industrial Relation laws specifically targeting the construction industry were tabled in Parliament today. So, what does......
What’s the future for Qantas and Australian jobs?
With 1750 jobs gone yesterday, 90 last month, and 1500 last year, following a decline in international travel as world......
Car industry on the decline?
A leading public policy think thank is urging the Rudd Government to phase out financial assistance to the Australian car......
IR reform before senate
At the last federal election, Kevin Rudd promised to junk the coalition’s Work Choices industrial relations regime. Labor’s alternative, entitled......
Textile union slams Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN
The Minister for Trade, Simon Crean, is celebrating a landmark agreement with the Association of South East Asian Nations (or......
Aussie textile industries take a blow, but is there hope?
Pacific Brands 1850 job cuts represent a dwindling textile and manufacturing industry in Australia. With bleak economic circumstances and upcoming......
Textile workers get a worse deal than blokes who make cars
It would be fair to say that there are around 1800 fairly depressed people facing the prospect of unemployment after......