Transcript The Coalition Government’s amendments to the Comcare legislation will prevent all Commonwealth and ACT Public Servants from making journey and meal break claims for compensation if they are injured. It will also apply to some private sector employees if their employers choose to opt-in. I have already heard many complaints and concerns from my [...]
Radio Kate
Radio Kate: Workplace Laws Key NSW Election Topic
Transcript At a “politics in the pub” function organised by State Labor Candidate for Bega, Wilma Chinnock, in Moruya, the focus was on how Peter Debnam will spread the Howard Government’s extreme Work Choices laws in NSW. We now know that it is people working in the retail and hospitality sector that are losing the [...]
Radio Kate: Thiess Building Site
Transcript Building workers and their union, the CFMEU, rallied at lunchtime outside the Thiess building site in West Civic in protest of poor OH&S and the unfair dismissal of a first aid officer. A series of injuries on-site and an incident that could have seen a worker killed have rightly prompted wider inquiries into the [...]
Radio Kate: David Hicks
Transcript At a “politics in the pub” function organised by State Labor Candidate for Bega, Wilma Chinnock, in Moruya, the focus was on how Peter Debnam will spread the Howard Government’s extreme Work Choices laws in NSW. We now know that it is people working in the retail and hospitality sector that are losing the [...]
Radio Kate: Howard’s Sneaky Water Stunt
Transcript The sneaky stunt of the Prime Minister, Peter Debnam and Pru Goward to steal Canberra’s water supply is another example of the Howard Government treating the elected ACT Labor Government and Canberrans with utter contempt. This slimy deal reneges on the arrangement that would have transferred ownership of Googong Dam to the ACT [...]
Radio Kate: Dental Care
Transcript Federal Labor’s visit to the Civic Dental Clinic explored the way that a Commonwealth Dental Scheme could assist the work they’re doing. I get a lot of feedback from the people I represent that the dentist waiting times are far too long. This is because the Howard Government closed down the Commonwealth dental scheme, [...]
Radio Kate: National Day of Action
Transcript The Unions’ National Day of Action protesting against the Howard Government’s unfair work choices legislation is on Thursday November 30 at Manuka Oval. Gates open at 8am for a 9am national Sky Channel hook-up. While much of the focus has been on what workers stand to lose under Work Choices, small businesses are also [...]
Radio Kate: Gungahlin Broadband Survey
Transcript A recent survey of Gungahlin residents has found that of the residents using dial-up internet, 85 percent wanted broadband but were unable to get it. Of the 182 respondents, 28 percent of residents have tried to get broadband but were unsuccessful, and 21 percent are on waiting lists. Many residents reported that they have [...]
Radio Kate: Australian Workplace Agreements
Transcript The Howard Government’s so-called Work Choices legislation has allowed unscrupulous employers to strip away award conditions by insisting their employees sign AWAs. Previous evidence extracted by Labor shows that 100 percent of AWAs excluded at least one protected award condition, 64 percent removed leave loading, 63 percent removed penalty rates for overtime and 52 [...]
Radio Kate: Siev X Memorial
Transcript The 19th October is the fifth anniversary of the sinking of theSIEV X. I want to thank Steve Biddulph for his initiative in creating the SIEV X memorial. It commemorates the tragedy that saw 353 lives lost, 146 of whom were children. The symbolic white poles with artwork from schools, community and church groups [...]
