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Howard's Decayed
Geoff Dixon is shorthand for the Howard decade.
Interview: Court's in Session
As the silks line up to challenge WorkChoices, Jeff Shaw is fighting for his own legacy - the NSW IR system.
Industrial: Whose Choices?
The Howard Government's WorkChoices legislation has been dissected by lawyers and the commentariat; now it's the turn of political economists.
Politics: Peter's Principles
Forget John Howard. The force behind WorkChoices is Peter Costello. The Prime Minister-in-waiting has devoted a lifetime to undermining the security and living standards of Australian families, Jim Marr reports.
Environment: TINA or Greener?
What does the greenhouse effect and legislation to control workers have in common, asks Neale Towart
History: Its Not Just Handshakes and Aprons
Power. They have it, we want it. Friendly societies tried to keep it for working people, writes Neale Towart
International: US Locks out Jose' Bove
The US Government has refused to allow France's most famous farmer Jose Bove into the country to address a conference
Education: No AWA - No Job
The Howard Government has given the Australian community its first view of the future by forcing new staff at Ballarat University to sign an Australian Workplace Agreement if they want a job, writes Jenny Macklin.
Culture: Jesus was a Long-Grass Man
The writings of a Middle Eastern theologian may provide guidance to those grappling with indigenous issues, writes Graham Ring
Review: Charlie the Serf
Nathan Brown takes the sledgehammer (and sickle) to Mr Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
 Mum Rains on Howard's Parade
Aussie Rorts on Korean Tele
Hardcorp Romp: All the Goss
Holiday Win for Thousands
Della Exposes Rip-Offs
Robbo Heffered
Commission Plugs Job Cuts
Sweatshop Workers Hit the Catwalk
Libs Beg For Worker's Dosh
Skills Base Up In The Air
Bakers Deal Short On Bread
Captain Cook Runs Away
Activists What's On!
The Soapbox
Hitler in Bowral
Political censorship has made its wasy to the sleepy Southern Highlands, wrties Rowan Cahill. The Locker Room
No Laughing Matter
Phil Doyle tries to take Australian sportspeople seriously, and fails. Parliament
The Westie Wing
Ian West is mistakenly sent an advance copy of John Winston Howard’s Little Blue Book of Australian History…
Belly Tells It Like It Is
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Bakers Deal Short On Bread
Baker's Delight is offering kids 75 cents an hour to give up sick leave and paid holidays in struggling parts of Victoria.
The franchise chain is using the Howard Government's Work Choices laws to shift workers onto individual contracts that strip penalty rates for shiftwork, weekends and public holidays in West Gippsland towns.
The ACTU said it was a raw deal and workers could expect worse under new laws, effective later this month.
"The Government's new work laws effectively give a green light to employers who want to remove basic conditions,'' ACTU policy director George Wright said.
The contracts are being pushed at the chain's Morwell and Traralgon stores.
Workers can be required to work shifts anytime between 6am and 10pm, seven days a week, without receiving penalty rates.
Up to five public holidays -- including Anzac Day and Good Friday -- could be considered normal days for the purposes of the deal.
In an apparent departure from of reality, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews flatly denied that the deal could happen.
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