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International Relations
Globalisation drags up all sorts of contradictions, none the least the attitude of nation states to international law, as show by events in Australia this week.
Interview: Public Defender
The CPSU's Stephen Jones has confronted the Howard Government's IR agenda at close quarters.
Legal: Craig's Story
An inquest in western NSW is a cautionary tale of the use of AWAs, writes Ian Latham
Unions: Wrong Way, Go Back
The WorkChoice legislation sends Australia down the wrong economic road by smashing the instittutions that have made it strong, argues Greg Combet.
Industrial: WhatChoice?
The Howard Government has shown itself to be the master of illusion, writes Dr Anthony Forsyth
Politics: Queue Jumping
The changes to industrial laws, betray a new vision of Australian society, writes James Gallaway.
History: Iron Heel
Conservative governments using laws to take away basic civil rights. It's nothing new, writes Rowan Cahill
Economics: Waging War
When was the last time you heard an Australian politician talk about incomes policy, asks Matt Thistlethwaite
International: Under Pressure
The push for UN intervention in Burma is intensifying, following a report by Vaclav Havel and Bishop Desmond Tutu into slave labour.
Poetry: Billy Negotiates An AWA
More and more people are meeting Billy, the hero of page 15 of the WorkChoices booklet, including our resident bard, David Peetz
Review: A Pertinent Proposition
Nick Cave's "Australian western" touches on some themes still relevant today, Julianne Taverner writes.
Senators Back Rorters' Charter
Families Last in WorkChoices
Howard Loses Poll Position
Printers Stamp on Low Paid
Tough Men Back CFMEU
Kiwis Fly into Starbucks
Vale John Ducker
Iemma Drives Hardie Bargain
Memberships on the increase
Uni Union Shown The Door
In a Flap Over Flu
Job Cuts Threaten CBA's Bottom Line
Blackouts as Bosses Cut Deep
Barnaby's Choice
Wal-Mart Exposed
Activist's What's On!
The Soapbox
Men and Women of Australia
What makes a perfect speech? Michael Fullilove has scoured Australian history to find out. The Locker Room
The Hungry Years
Phil Doyle gets the feeling we�ve been here before Culture
From Little Things
Paul Kelly's song about the battle for land rights misses one important character, writes Graham Ring Parliament
The Westie Wing
Ian West takes a look at Public Private Partnerships, and wonders if we should all just drink rum�
Demonise the Laws
Name and Shame
Unite and Fight
The Worker's Best Friend
What Choices?
Stop the Corporate Rot
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Families Last in WorkChoices
A Family Impact Statement into the Howard Government's WorkChoice laws paints a picture of domestic upheaval and social dislocation.
The study, carried out by Dr Don Edgar, has been circulated to all Federal Senators ahead of this week's vote on the radical reshaping of Australian workplace law.
Key findings of the Family Impact Statement include:
- reduce job security, impacting on the ability to meet family financial commitments
- create increased work hours leading to family stress
- threaten annual leave undermining family holidays
- take away workers' control over their work hours, compromising family arrangements
The report also finds the IR laws will have a negative impact on Australian children and working women.
Unions NSW secretary John Robertson, who commissioned the Family Impact Statement, said all Senators would be given the opportunity to speak to Dr Edgar before they voted.
"This is the Family Impact Statement that the Prime Minister promised but never delivered," Mr Robertson said.
"When you look at the findings its clear why - the only conclusion from any rigorous analysis is that these laws are bad for Australian families."
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