Bio

Dr. Klaas Woldring is a former Associate Professor in Management of Southern Cross University. He immigrated from the Netherlands in 1964, and was naturalised in 1969. He has edited two books, Beyond Political Independence - Zambia's Development Predicament (Mouton, 1984) and Business Ethics in Australia and New Zealand - Essays and Cases (Nelson ITP, 1996); and authored AUSTRALIA - Republic or US Colony? (Lulu Press, 2005) and How about OUR Republic? (BookSurge, 2006)

Klaas Woldring's contributions:

Career paths to harmony

A new generation of multicultural policies focused on getting rid of the ‘ethnic ceiling’ is needed to ensure the success of the next round of skilled migration, writes Klaas Woldring

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• Australia and the world

ALP needs to do more on IR policy

WorkChoices may have put the IR clock back 100 years, writes Klaas Woldring, but that’s no excuse for the ALP and unions to wallow in more recent history. Despite the obstacles, Woldring argues that we can transform our costly and adversarial IR culture with a focus on employee share ownership and workplace democracy.

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• Work, Family and Care

More diversity, quality and democracy in the major parties? How about reforming the entire system?

The two party system is denying voters their right to full representation, says Klaas Woldring. The dominance of the major parties is stifling democracy and preventing a much-needed injection of fresh ideas. Woldring argues that the introduction of proportional representation is the first step needed to breathe some life back into our political system

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• Democratic Renewal

Fast forward the IR Clock

Plans for amendments to the Workplace Relations Act (1996) were outlined by Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews in his speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Think Tank last month. Thus far they solidly reflect traditional conservative ambitions within the context of traditional IR relations in Australia. The aims outlined can hardly be seen as steps forward, however. They won't do anything to further workplace democracy or give employees a stake in the businesses they work in.

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• Real world economics
• Work, Family and Care