Scott Morrison’s national security fail
The Morrison Government likes to flap their arms and say they’re strong on national security, but the evidence actually proves otherwise. It has been reported […]
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Hope Is The Thing With Feathers And That Makes Scotty Glad!
One of Emily Dickinson’s poems was “Hope Is The Things With Feathers” and my first thought was that she must have meant that hope enabled […]
Unemployment down, but recovery still way off: ACTU
Any cries from the Morrison government championing the gains in unemployment figures being tied to a greater economic outlook has a premature ring to it, […]
Porter’s bills may sink BOOT into penalty rates, warns Burke
Shadow industrial relations minister Tony Burke has warned that Australian workers may lose their penalty rates by the end of January 2022 – not via […]
Now is not the time for subsidy cuts, says ACTU
The timing of cuts to government welfare subsidy programs such as JobSeeker and JobKeeper still lacks an appropriate nature at the start of 2021 as […]
MYEFO missing points on long-term recovery: ACTU
Unemployment numbers were reported to have improved on Thursday while federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed that Australia’s economy was rebounding – but the Australian Council […]
ASIO bill reforms aren’t enough, say MEAA and Greens
Wedged between the recent passage of legislation expanding Australia’s spy agency’s powers and a date for a Senate inquiry into press freedom after the New […]
Insecure work inquiry forthcoming: Tony Burke
With ever-growing concerns among those in Australia’s union movement over rising levels of casual work and under-employment, a Senate inquiry on insecure work will take […]
Unflappable unions remain focused versus IR reform bills
In the federal Parliament’s final sitting week of 2020, Attorney-General Christian Porter has been unveiling the industrial relations reform “Omnibus Bill” via a piece-by-piece treatment […]
ACTU advocating justice calls for on-the-job deaths
Responding to revelations surrounding of an increase of workers killed in workplace-related accidents last year, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for […]