Monthly Archives:: October 2005

Industrial Relations Forum: Tuesday 8 November, 6pm

Unequal Power: Who will be the big losers in IR changes? Eva Cox (chair) Alison Peters, Unions NSW Mimi Zou, LHMU Minna Knight, Australian Business Limited Sally Moyle, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission The Howard Government’s proposed reforms will transform industrial relations in Australia by setting up a system that assumes that workers can bargain with employers. What happens … more

Draft version of The Common Wealth

Introduction to ‘The Common Wealth’ v.1 In our policy development work, we were reminded many times that so many policy proposals are ad hoc and inconsistent. They were not underpinned by agreed values. Because of those reminders by our readers, we decided to focus initially in the Centre for Policy Development on the important values that should guide our policy … more