The extreme changes to industrial relations have wide-reaching negative social implications that go far beyond the work place. Pressure on participation and volunteerism in sport is just one of the concerns raised by working parents during the debate. One of the most meaningful experiences parents share with their kids is sport. Under Howard’s regime, employer [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Humphries: Howard’s lackey on IR
Senator Humphries dislike of unions was made clear as he ridiculed their efforts to protect Australian workers in the debate surrounding the Industrial Relations changes in the Senate today. He delighted in the prospect that workers and their unions will be ‘pulled into line’ by the Howard Government’s extreme IR agenda, accusing unions who make [...]
AMA once again highlights Howard Government inaction on obesity
The launch today of the Australian Medical Association’s plan to overcome obesity highlights the Howard Governments failure to tackle increasing obesity rates, particularly among Australian children. The Howard Government has neglected nutrition as a critical aspect of the fight against rising obesity amongst all age groups in Australian Society, choosing instead to focus almost solely [...]
Humphries to table petition AGAINST Industrial Relations changes and then vote FOR them!
Senator Humphries has committed to tabling a petition containing nearly 11,000 signatures expressing vehement opposition to his own Government’s plan to change Australia’s industrial relations system, even though he will support the legislation. This is hypocritical. Set down for tomorrow, Senator Humphries has agreed to table the workplace petition which expresses the support of basic [...]
Put an end to violence against women
Today is United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and to mark the event, Senator Kate Lundy and White Ribbon Day Ambassador Mick Gentleman MLA, will join Amnesty International in distributing special ACT Labor/UNIFEM White Ribbons in Civic this morning. This year’s theme ‘Violence against women. Do nothing and you [...]
The World Game has come a long way in Australia
Football fans and players, young and old, will be on cloud nine today following the Socceroos win in the World Cup qualifier against Uruguay last night. It seems only a short time has passed since the Crawford Review recommended sweeping changed to Soccer in Australia. Since that time the sport has undergone significant changes with [...]
Come on Socceroos!
All of Australia will be behind the Australian Socceroos tonight as they take on Uruguay in the final qualifier for the 2006 World Cup Finals. In what will certainly be a thrilling and heart stopping match, I know that all Australians will be filled with pride and admiration as the Socceroos take the field in [...]
Telstra’s job cuts and CDMA shutdown show customers are last in Telstra’s priorities
What is going on in Telstra? Does Telstra think that customers are stupid? After the hard sell of CDMA into Canberra by their local, earnest, yet completely unreliable sales team, Canberrans awoke to the news that service will be shut down over the next three years. Does that mean people have to wait three years [...]
Massive Canberra turnout demonstrates commitment
Today’s community industrial relations protest saw at least 5,000 Canberran’s joining hundreds of thousands of workers across the country, turning out for the biggest combined protest in Australia’s history. Despite the desperate attempts by the Howard Government to sabotage the Canberra protest by intimidating and bullying Commonwealth public servants through a series of confusing and [...]
Howard Government uses threats and bullying to sabotage community IR protest
Some Commonwealth Public Servants are being threatened with retribution if they attend the National Day of Community Protest at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park tomorrow. There have also been confusing and conflicting messages to employees from a range of federal agencies and departments in an attempt to create uncertainty amongst commonwealth employees about their attendance at the [...]
