Employment
TURC misses Jackson action fishing in the wrong faction

Yesterday's Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) experience was not vastly more exciting than ...  
HIP Royal Commission submission (Part 3): Hundreds of lives saved

Alan Austin was requested to present a sworn statement of evidence to the Royal Commission into ...  
Groundhog Day at TURC as Jackson faction spin like Flynn

With the Union Royal Commission preventing cross-examination, Jackson and Bolano faction candid ...  
Gillard accuser dumps Michael Smith over Kathy Jackson

One of Kathy Jackson's biggest supporters has been rightwing blogger Michael Smith, but with Julia ...  
Kathy Jackson and the Peter Mac fix

When Kathy Jackson's personal slush fund was paid $250,000 by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in ...  
Kathy Jackson and the 'Jacksonville defence'

While Kathy Jackson faces mounting allegations of Union embezzlement, she is now attempting to ...  
Trapped inside (Part 2): Bond University exposed

Bond Uni has been in the news recently with criminologist lecturer Professor Paul Wilson facing ...  
NSW Workers Compensation changes restrict workers' rights

The NSW Government has proven that the focus of their Workers Compensation changes, was to cut the ...  
DSP recipients aren't relaxing in a hammock, Eric

On Q&A in February, disability support pension recipient Daniel Turner questioned Eric Abetz about ...  
Abbott's attack on youth: The birth of a lost generation

The misguided policies of the Abbott Government will turn young people who need a little help from ...  
Submission to Pink Batts Royal Commission (Part One): Extraordinary success in averting recession

Following his reports on economic stimulus in Independent Australia and elsewhere, Alan Austin ...  
Tony Abbott's war on unions

Tony Abbott should end his cynical ideological war on unions and instead find a way to stop ...  
Workers not to blame for car making decline

Do we want to be a nation whose prosperity is held hostage by commodity prices, or do we want to ...  
For justice in Jacksonville — bring on the Royal Commission

With the Abbott Government’s announcing a Royal Commission into the union movement, Peter Wicks ...  
Tony Abbott's Royal Commission into unions: It’s all about WorkChoices

PM Abbott knows he must significantly weaken the union movement before he can bring back WorkCh ...  
The collapse of the case against Craig Thomson

The collapse of the Craig Thomson case yesterday was no surprise, says Paul Montgomery from Loaded ...  
Where are all the green jobs in Australia?

There is a lack in career prospects in the green sector because of a lack of planning, funding and ...  
Bullied and bugged APN journo reveals identity

More details and allegations have emerged about staff bullying and intimidation by executives of ...  

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