Australian universities have been encouraged by the Education Minister Julia Gillard to put forward claims for extra funding in the next bud…
Australian universities have been encouraged by the Education Minister Julia Gillard to put forward claims for extra funding in the next bud…
Employers rushed to lodge almost 40,000 new AWAs immediately before and after Labor’s win in last month’s federal election, new figures …
The existing unfair dismissal regime – including the exemption for small businesses – is likely to stay in place until mid to late 2008,…
Business groups have welcomed Kevin Rudd’s decision to appoint Craig Emerson as Labor’s small business minister, but some have expressed…
Craig Emerson, Lindsay Tanner and Kim Carr will hold key business related ministries in a new Labor line-up that has been widely welcomed by…
Craig Emerson has retained responsibility for small business, independent contractors and the service economy – and takes on a new task of a…
Labor has signalled that IR changes will be made sooner rather than later. Details are scarce, but there are parameters. Here’s an informe…
Small and medium business owners could have less than a month to sack failed employees before Labor introduces new IR laws that make sacking…
Labor deputy leader Julia Gillard put some meat on the bones of Labor’s IR policy yesterday, promising that casual workers will remain exe…
With but a day between this blog and the election, you would think all the decisons have been made. Think again… For those w…
The big issue that has underpinned much of the campaign politics of the past two weeks, industrial relations, has come roaring back on to th…
This afternoon the Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces up to his Labor counterpart Peter Garrett at the national press club. It’s …
