Amendments to union-busting Bill made in secret

24 Nov 2019 | Labor will not support the Ensuring Integrity Bill under any circumstances, writes William Olso ...  

Australia’s unemployment ranking statistics now worst ever

22 Nov 2019 | As Australia’s economy continues to decline relative to the rest of the world, the latest area ...  

Frydenberg's 'Work until you drop' idea

21 Nov 2019 | On Tuesday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg mumbled stuff about the problem with old people.  

Attacks and defiance plague progress on wages and jobs

20 Nov 2019 | Rather than working to fix the country's wage growth problem, politicians have instead resorted to ...  

Frydenberg's 'ageist' population backflip

19 Nov 2019 | After ignoring population ageing in his ten-year budget plan, Frydenberg now says population ...  

Despite amendments, ALP still rejects union-busting Bill

13 Nov 2019 | Labor has stated that it will not support the Coalition's Ensuring Integrity Bill, writes William ...  

Labor demands action on wage theft epidemic

8 Nov 2019 | Labor is calling for a comprehensive national inquiry into the wage theft epidemic currently ...  

Josh Frydenberg is playing dumb on the big banks

6 Nov 2019 | Josh Frydenberg's latest move against the banking sector is nothing but political theatre, writes ...  

Labor and Coalition scrap over proposed union laws

30 Oct 2019 | Much depends on how the crossbench will vote on the Coalition's union-busting legislation, writes ...  

Think wage theft only happens in hospitality? Think again!

24 Oct 2019 | Not just service workers,  wage theft can happen to anyone in any industry — even the ABC and ...  

Liberals outdo themselves with untruths, hubris and hypocrisy

21 Oct 2019 | The Liberal Party is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a video which shamelessly falsifies ...  

Morrison Government's 'anti-worker agenda' ignores unions in VET program

7 Oct 2019 | 'One has to wonder if the money funding the VET reform program is actually being applied to real ...  

Coalition's workplace laws to diminish unions, not wage theft

1 Oct 2019 | The Coalition's anti-union laws will diminish their ability to fight for workers' rights, but ...  

The Coalition's union destruction agenda

13 Sep 2019 | The LNP, particularly Attorney-General Christian Porter, continue to take steps to destroy work ...  

Ensuring Integrity Bill takes union busting to a whole new level

6 Sep 2019 | The Coalition has once again attacked unions and the rights of workers by passing the Ensuring ...  

Survey reveals low morale in Home Affairs Department

30 Aug 2019 | Dysfunction in the Home Affairs Department has been officially confirmed in a survey by the Public ...  

Burke applies pressure on Morrison over penalty rates

30 Aug 2019 | ALP Minister Tony Burke has released a public statement calling on the PM to rethink his stance on ...  

Industrial relations overhaul could hurt unions and workers

25 Aug 2019 | Australian workers could be caught in the crosshairs of the country’s biggest industrial rela ...