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International World Safety at Work Day

Today is International World Safety at Work Day and as Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations I applaud the continued efforts of the Federal Safety Commissioner to improve occupational health and safety conditions in the workplace.

In 2002, the Coalition Government was instrumental in developing a ten year strategy to promote improved Occupational Health and Safety conditions throughout Australian workplaces.

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Transcript RN World Today - Rudd ditches ETS

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Report by Alexandra Kirk
Radio National World Today

ALEXANDRA KIRK: Political pragmatist or political coward? The Prime Minister's decision to shelve his emissions trading scheme for the foreseeable future is being read two ways.

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ACTU Campaign - Welcome to Fantasy Land

The ACTU’s latest round of expensive television advertisements attacking the Coalition’s yet to be announced workplace relations policy is a complete waste of its members’ money.

In the real world, not the fantasy world the ACTU appears to be living in, one would think that the exorbitant fees union members are forced to pay just to belong to a union might be better be used, instead of being frivolously squandered on a make believe advertising campaign.

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Commonsense and Productivity to be Hallmark of Coalition Workplace Relations Policy

The Coalition today designated commonsense and productivity as the vital ingredients missing from Australia’s workplace relations framework.

Addressing an Australian Industry Group Forum in Canberra today the Coalition Spokesman for Employment and Workplace Relations Senator Eric Abetz said, “The ideological warfare of Work Choices and Fair Work failed to deliver Australians the necessary ingredient of commonsense”.

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Promises Promises - We've heard it all before, Julia

We all appear to be having a déjà vu moment today following Julia Gillard’s statement that “no school will be worse off” under her review of the schools funding formula.

Where have we heard all that before Julia?

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Harkins caught out by his own deception - need for full AEC investigation

Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has renewed calls for The Australian Electoral Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal from the seat of Franklin by Tasmanian union leader Kevin Harkins.

Mr Harkins has now revealed to the ABC’s 730 Report last night he was encouraged by Prime Minister Rudd’s former Chief of Staff, David Epstein in 2007 that he should stand down and that at a secret meeting later he was told if he agreed to stand aside he would be given a free run at the next preselection without any “blockers or veto or interference”.

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Gillard concedes workers are worse off

Julia Gillard’s warning to nursing home operators in NSW and Queensland not to cut nurses pay under Labor’s modern award system is an admission by the Deputy Prime Minister that workers ARE worse off under her new award system.

Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd ensured that no worker would be worse off under Labor’s new award system but clearly this is not the case and is yet another in a long list of Labor’s broken promises.

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Labor's bureaucracy gone mad

Retailers who are struggling to cope with the introduction of Julia Gillard’s complex modern awards scheme now face the prospect of being unfairly targeted by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Why is the Ombudsman subjecting retailers to a substantive audit of pay scales, penalty rates and leave loading allowances, at a time when the retail award is still being worked out by Fair Work Australia?

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Julia Gillard - Showboating in the West

Julia Gillard’s showboating in the West in hardhats and vests with policy on the run won’t fix Labor’s industrial relations mess.

Clearly Ms Gillard’s industrial laws are not working as evidenced by today’s decision by Qantas engineers to initiate unjustifiable work bans over Easter designed to cause inconvenience to airline passengers, a similar action to that taken by unions in the lead up to last years Christmas holiday period.

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The Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team - Advancing Tasmania's Interests...
Our offices are conveniently located around the State

Hobart
Eric Abetz
Senator the Hon.
Eric Abetz

Devonport
Richard Colbeck
Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck

Burnie
Stephen Parry
Senator Stephen Parry

LauncestonGuy Barnett
Senator Guy Barnett

Rosny ParkDavid Bushby
Senator David Bushby