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Strong Reservations on Fair Work Appointments Friday, 24 February 2012 17:17
The Coalition has reservations about Labor’s appointments to Fair Work Australia today. To drop this on a Friday afternoon in the midst of an unseemly Labor leadership brawl shows how concerned Labor are about their appointments as well. “Labor promised that appointments to Fair Work Australia would not be an ‘endless tribe of union officials’, instead we have seen the opposite,” Senator Abetz said today.
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Another Blow to ManufacturingThursday, 23 February 2012 13:32
“Today’s announcement by BHP Billiton that it intends to temporarily suspend production at it’s joint venture manganese production facility at George Town in the State’s North is a further blow to Australian manufacturing under Labor,” Senator Abetz said today. “Today’s announcement is devastating, not only for those living and working in the Bell Bay and George Town regions but it will also have indirect ‘flow on’ ramifications for many other businesses right across Tasmania.”
National Interest thrown out the window to help Union matesWednesday, 22 February 2012 12:41
Today’s intervention from three of Australia’s biggest States show that Labor’s plan to abolish the ABCC and give the green light to intimidation and bribery not only goes against the principles of the rule of law but will do considerable damage to the economy. “What would have been a toothless tiger is now set to be a toothless mouse thanks to the secret deal between Labor and the Greens,” Senator Abetz said today.
Labor Waste and Mismanagement. ‘The Writing is on the Wall – even for the Cookie Monster’Wednesday, 22 February 2012 11:42
The 2011-2012 Additional estimates hearings were held on Monday, 13 February and Tuesday, 14 February (Group A) and Wednesday, 15 February and Thursday, 16 February (Group B) with Cross-portfolio Indigenous matters on Friday, 17 February 2012. (See Senate Estimates Transcripts here)
Government amendment will institutionalise intimidation of whistle blowersFriday, 17 February 2012 14:15
A last minute amendment to the bill that abolishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission will allow the Fair Work regime to opt-out of prosecutions if an ‘arrangement’ can be made between a union and an employer it has intimidated. This amendment, supported by Labor and the Greens after secret negotiations, will allow militant construction unions like the CFMEU to apply pressure on those who report illegalities to withdraw their complaint.
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Video & Transcript – The Bolt Report – 19th February 2012Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:30
Andrew Bolt: Here's some disturbing news that most of the media missed. On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a Government bill to scrap the building industry watchdog that's cracked down on our most militant unions. Abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission is something the building unions have been drooling over.
Wilkie Betrayal ConfirmedThursday, 16 February 2012 16:10
“Department officials at Senate Estimates today confirmed the Government had technical advice indicating Labor’s promise to Mr Wilkie MHR on poker machines would not be met and had been received 9 months before he was finally told,” Senator Abetz said today. “It was also confirmed by Fahcsia officials that the advice was received in April 2011.”
ABCC abolition to roll out the red carpet to illegality and thuggeryThursday, 16 February 2012 11:15
“Today’s passing of the bill to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission in the House of Representatives rolls out the red carpet to thuggery and illegality in the building and construction sector,” Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Senator Eric Abetz said today.
OPINION: Corporate campaigns a concernWednesday, 15 February 2012 08:23
This piece originally appeared in The Advocate on 15 Feburary 2012.
Consumers, workers and businesses are all entitled to protection from misinformation, harassment and intimidation as part of so-called ''corporate campaigns''. This year has seen an upsurge in such activity.
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