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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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Work Choices delivering hardship

27 Mar 2007
Of course we expect the government to come out swinging, bringing the 'bogeyman' of the union movement out yet again. How scary...
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Work Choices result in NSW foreshadows Senate poll

26 Mar 2007
"The only way to get rid of Work Choices is to rescue the Senate from Howard Government control," said Senator Rachel...
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Slamming the door on workplace safety

09 Oct 2006
The Australian Greens will oppose the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Bill 2005. We see this...
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Short-changing safety

04 Sep 2006
The Australian Greens oppose the OHS and SRC Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 as we believe this is yet another attack on Austra...
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Welfare to Work and Family Carers

15 Jun 2006
The Greens share the concerns articulated today by Senator Wong and Senator Bartlett. But today I want to focus on one parti...
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Work Choices Race to the Bottom

15 Jun 2006
The Greens will be supporting this motion to disallow the Workplace Relations Regulations 2006. In our contributions to the deb...
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Welfare assault

04 Dec 2005
I believe Welfare to Work is a major assault on those on welfare, introducing harsh penalties for those on income support and c...
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Work 'Choices' - Bad Legislation

01 Dec 2005
This is bad legislation. I said so in my speech on the second reading; I have said it repeatedly in committee. It is bad l...
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Exposing the building industry star chamber

28 Nov 2005
I rise today to speak against the passing into law of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 and to recomme...
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Work 'Choices' - Australian families 'Collateral Damage'

27 Nov 2005
I rise today to speak against the passing into law of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 and to recomme...
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