Social commentary & current affairs
Saturday July 31st 2010

Terrorism

G8 sets 5-year Afghan security target

Afghan government forces must make concrete progress towards assuming more responsibility for the security of their [Read More]

Afghanistan: The ‘Gen Y War’

They’re drawn to the sound of the approaching helicopters, a well rehearsed choreography of surgeons, nurses, [Read More]

Diggers die in Afghan chopper crash

Three Australian Commandos and a US soldier have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. The diggers were [Read More]

Politics

Bill paves way for national IR system

Australia is one step closer to a national industrial relations system under draft laws the federal government has introduced to parliament.   The legislation aims to end [Read More]

Workplace

WorkCover

The Hon. MATTHEW MASON-COX: Mr Watson, I refer to your comment that WorkCover is such a [Read More]

Fair Work Australia – serious questions asked about viability

“To have a genuinely national system there will at some point need to be a [Read More]

Pay gap a problem for both sexes

The gender pay gap is not just a ”women’s problem” and legislation [Read More]

Finance

Pay gap a problem for both sexes

The gender pay gap is not just a ”women’s problem” and legislation should be renamed the Workplace Equality Act to ditch the stereotype, the Federal [Read More]

Lifestyle

Greek Islands for Sale

Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfil their dreams by preparing to [Read More]

New IR system was no guarantee: Rudd

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has backed away from a pledge that no worker would be left [Read More]

Fair Work Australia initiatve

Your Move From 1 January 2010 there will be no legislative provisions for the making of [Read More]

Technology

Wikileaks founder breaks cover but ‘on permanent alert’

Wikileaks founder breaks cover but ‘on permanent alert’

The US state department is desperate to ask the Australian hacker what he knows of 260,000 classified messages about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The elusive founder of WikiLeaks, who is at the centre of a potential US national security sensation, has surfaced from almost [Read More]

Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles

Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles

A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and the [Read More]

Androids invade smartphone market

Androids invade smartphone market

Google has released figures that reveal its Android operating system is stealing precious ground from arch-rivals Apple [Read More]

Obama internet ‘kill switch’ bill approved

Obama internet ‘kill switch’ bill approved

The US senators pushing a controversial new bill that some fear would give President Barack Obama the powers to seize [Read More]