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Employment & Workplace Relations

 

The Greens are committed to finishing the job of abolishing John Howard’s Work Choices and creating fairness in our workplaces. 

Adam is using his knowledge and experience as a former industrial lawyer to work for positive reforms such as flexible working arrangements for workers and putting job security at the heart of the Fair Work Act.

 

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Low Paid in no-win situation under Work Choices

05 Jul 2007
"Today's decision by the Australian Fair Pay Commission on minimum wages demonstrates the core purpose of the Commission, ...
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Studying single mums forced into child care debt

25 Jun 2007
"Many single mums are being forced to drop out of degrees and take on huge debts since the Government changed its eligibil...
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"Fairness" put to the test by the Greens

20 Jun 2007
"There are still too many loopholes in the government's safety net for it to provide the protection that working families ...
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The Safety net that Wasn't

18 Jun 2007
Work Choices is bad law and it is bad policy. Work Choices has proved to be a disaster for many in the community, with the supp...
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Australia left behind on rights of workers

14 Jun 2007
"With the government's so-called 'fairness' test for workplace agreements due before the Senate early next week, it is rem...
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Greens: wait and see on ACTU campaign

13 Jun 2007
"The ACTU has the right to campaign in the election to change unfair workplace laws, and the real proof they are running a...
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Fairness Test? - What Fairness Test?

09 Jun 2007
The Australian Greens will be moving a series of amendments to put real fairness into the Government's 'fairness test' when the...
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The statistics Hockey didn't mention - women

30 May 2007
"The ABS statistics released today on working hours show women are losing out in our workplaces," said Senator Rachel...
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Government cuts legal centre funds as demand for workplace advice rises

29 May 2007
"With increasing numbers of employers and employees struggling to negotiate the complex legislative tangle of Work Choices...
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Dangers of individual contracts exposed

29 May 2007
The Greens today reaffirmed their opposition to AWAs and statutory individual agreements in the wake of allegations that a comp...
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