Issue No 120 | 23 November 2001 | |
NewsMad Monk Keeps IR
Tony Abbott will remain in the contentious workplace relations portfolio follow, but will have a new opponent after Simon Crean rearranges his front bench next week. Prime Minister John Howard passed up the option for a more conciliatory approach to workplace issues and has kept his chief-head kicker in the position. Federal industrial relations spokesman Arch Bevis has failed to win factional backing for a front-bench position, meaning a newcomer will take over the key position.
Bevis says his demotion to the backbench will not detract from his determination to work with the labour movement against the Howard agenda. He has written to union secretaries thanking them for their support and assistance over the last three years. And he's signalled he has unfinished business on IR and will work to get back into a position. NSW Labor Council John Robertson has paid tribute to Bevis' work in the criticial portfolio. "Arch was always consultative and work hard, particularly in getting in place a workable system of protection for workers' entitlements," Robertson says.
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Interview: Civilising Capital Peter Butler is a global investor with a difference. He believes that environment, shareholder democracy and workers rights make good business sense. Industrial: All In The Family In his opening submission to the landmark case, ACTU assistant secretary Richard Marles argues working hours are vital to life. Unions: Saving Cinderella It is a modern day fairy tale - a Cinderella from the suburbs, worked like a slave from morning to night injured and then abandoned. International: Recognising China Gough Whitlam draws the links, past and present, between recognition of China and the continuing struggle to achieve a genuinely inclusive Australian democracy. History: The Speakers Square A new book lifts the lid on Melbourne's radical past - including the soapboxes that dotted the city in the 1890s. Economics: Back to the Pack The big story in this year�s State of the States League Table is the end of the long reign of New South Wales at the top of the heap. Satire: Man Reneges On Promise To Leave The Country If Howard Re-Elected A Sydney man has decided he won�t leave Australia despite the re-election of the Howard Government. Review: When Hippes Meet Unionists A new book investigates how links between politics and culture reached a high point in the 1970s
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