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A - Federal ALP Government & Fair Work Australia (ie after 2009)
B - Federal ALP Government & Workchoices (ie before 2009)
D - Important Documents
X - Impacts of Workchoices
Y - Submissions to Workchoices Senate Enquiry 2006
Z - Working Time and impacts on workers and families.
ZZ - Poetry
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A..... ALP Federal Government and Workchoices (ie up till 2008) |
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ACTU Background documents (July 2009) outlining Fair Work Australia law |
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B..... ALP Federal Government and Workchoices (ie up till 2008) |
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Talk by Chris White to Vic THC on 14 Feb, 2008 |
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Speech by Kevin Rudd to AWU in Nov 2005 on the importance of the ILO standards |
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Speech by Kevin Rudd on Nov 2005 to Parliament on the Workchoices Bill |
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X..... Useful recent articles on the impact of the Workchoices Laws: |
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| Peetz, D. (2007) "'A Stronger Safety Net for Working Australians': Some Effects of WorkChoices", Bartier Perry Annual Workplace Seminar, Sydney, 15 May 2007 |
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| Peetz, D. (2007) Submission to the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission Inquiry into the Work Choices Legislation, 29 June 2007 (1.6M file) |
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| McDonald, F., Whitehouse, G. and Bailey, J. (2007), Tipping the scales: A qualitative study of the impact of Work Choices on women in low-paid employment in Queensland, Report to the Queensland Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, June 2007, available at http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/industrial/index.htm) |
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Elton, J. et al (2007) Women and WorkChoices: Impacts on the Low Pay Sector, Report, Centre for Work + Life, University of South Australia, August 2007, available at http://www.nfaw.org/media/2007/07-08-13.html |
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| Peetz, D. and Preston, A. (2007) AWAs, Collective Agreements and Earnings: Beneath the Aggregate Data, Report to Industrial Relations Victoria. March 2007, available at http://www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC/LANDING/SEC04.html |
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| Peetz, D. (2007) ˜Collateral Damage: Women and the WorkChoices Battlefield™, Paper presented at the 21st AIRAANZ (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand) Conference, Auckland, NZ, 7-9 February 2007. |
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Peetz, D. (2007) ˜Brave New Work Choices: What is the Story so Far?™, Paper presented at the 21st AIRAANZ (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand) Conference, Auckland, NZ, 7-9 February 2007. |
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Isaac, J. (2006) Reforming Industrial Relations, 21st Foenander Lecture, August 2006, University of Melbourne, available at http://www.chrm.unimelb.edu.au/zNews_Events/chrm_foenander_lecture.cfm.
McCallum, R. (2006) Australian Labour Law After the Work Choices Avalanche: Developing an Employment Law for our Children, Julian Small Lecture, Law Society of NSW, October, 2006, Sydney, available at http://www.cfmeu-construction-nsw.com.au/speechesandsubmissions.htm.
Peetz, D. (2007) The Gap Between Work and Choices, Griffith Review, Autumn 2007, available at http://www3.griffith.edu.au/01/griffithreview/toc.php?author=David+Peetz.
Pocock, B. (2006) Jobs, Care and Justice: A Fair Work Regime for Australia, Clare Burton Memorial Lecture, 2006, available at http://www.barbarapocock.com.au/research.php.
Peetz, D. (2007) "Assessing the Impact of 'WorkChoices' - One Year On" Report to Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, 19 March 2007 (100 pp.), available at: http://www.business.vic.gov.au/busvicwr/_assets/main/lib60104/4827wcanniversaryreportweb.pdf |
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| All submissions to the Senate Equiry into the Amendment of the Workplace Relations Act (Workchoices )Bill 2005 |
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WorkChoices…What does it mean for young workers?- by Brisbane Young Christian Workers |
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Speech by Beth Mohle, Qld Nurses Union, on the impacts of current industrial laws on Qld workers and unions. 17th Nov 2007 |
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Y......... Submissions to the Senate Equiry into the
Amendment of the Workplace Relations Act (Workchoices )Bill 2006 |
A Group of One Hundred and Fifty One Australian Industrial Relations, Labour Market, and Legal Academics
Submission 'Research Evidence About the Effects of the ‘Work Choices’ Bill' |
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Ron McCallum and 17 Academics Submission |
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Welfare Rights Centre Submission |
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Social Action Office Qld Submission |
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All submissions to the Senate Equiry into the Amendment of the Workplace Relations Act (Workchoices )Bill 2005 |
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Z......... Recent Documents on Working Time, and its impact on workers and families |
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Its About Time (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commision Report, 2007)
An Unexpected Tragedy (Relationships Australia, 2007) |
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| Address by Tim Batin to Catholic Industrial Relations Forum, 1 May, 2007 on Catholic Social Teaching and Human Work |
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| Address by Joe de Bruyn, National Secretary, SDA union, to Catholic IR Forum, on Applying Catholic Social Teaching to Workchoices laws. |
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D......... Important documents |
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| ALP IR policy as outlined in Kevin Rudd Speech to Press Club, 17 April 2007 |
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| Submission on ALP IR policy from Australian National Organisation of the Unemployed 23 April 07 |
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| Read a Letter from Commerce Queensland to all members of the organisation, asking them to contribute money to a public anti-union campain (this document is 3.7M in size) |
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| Kim Beasley Final Sppech to Federal Parliament September 2007 - emphasising the importance of unions to a democratic society |
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| ABC Article detailing the Workplace Research Centre Sept 07 Report (commisioned by Victorian, NSW and Qld Governments) on Effects of Workchoices |
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| An interesting article describing some of the economics behind the "private equity" buyouts of big public corporations - from a US union (IUF) site |
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| A major study (Australia@Work) of the working lives of over 8000 workers around Australia - conducted by the Workers Research Centre at Uni of NSW, commissioned by Unions NSW, and with Australian Research Council funding. Released 2nd October 2007 |
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| New Report (released Oct 12 2007) by Anglicare Victoria, of the effect of welfare policies on low income families ... entitled "The Changing Face of Welfare" |
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A collection of poetry by retired meatworker Jim Sharp (Founding member of Worklife), This collection is planned for publication in 2010 |
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