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Issue No. 288 | 04 November 2005 |
Terror Laws
Interview: Public Defender Legal: Craig's Story Unions: Wrong Way, Go Back Industrial: WhatChoice? Politics: Queue Jumping History: Iron Heel Economics: Waging War International: Under Pressure Poetry: Billy Negotiates An AWA Review: A Pertinent Proposition
The Soapbox The Locker Room Culture Parliament
Australia, 2005 Truth in Advertising Investment Advice What a Woman! It's Not Pretty Screwed
Labor Council of NSW |
News Multis Line Up to Cheer
Adverts paid for by the Business Council of Australia hit television screens, last week, picking up where the federal government's $45 million taxpayer-funded campaign left off. The Business Council is an aggressive supporter of individual contracts andd stripping back the rights of Australians to contest unfair dismissals. High profile members of the Council include Wesfarmers boss Michael Chaney, Qantas chief, Geoff Dixon, BHP head Chip Goodyear, Leightons CEO, Wal King, Macquarie Bank's Allan Moss and retiring Commonwealth Bank counterpart, David Murray. Their latest reported annual incomes were $6.12 million, $3.022 million, $6.4 million, $35 million, $18.5 million and $5.5 million respectively. While average Australian incomes have risen 26 percent over the past eight years, the BCA elite have helped themselves to 129 percent hikes, over the same period. The BCA is made of chief executive officers from Australia's 100 "leading" companies. It led a chorus of big business cheering when Howard introduced his Workchoices legislation, last week. The only reported dissenting voice came from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's, Peter Hendy, who said the changes didn't go far enough. The BCA has announced its "Four Steps" tv, radio, newspaper and billboard campaign will run through until early November. The ads confirm that the Council's next campaign will be a push for slashed corporate and high-income tax rates.
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