‘Features’ Archives
Greek Islands for Sale
Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfil their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6000 sun-kissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts. The hope is that the sale or long-term lease of some [Read More]
WorkCover
The Hon. MATTHEW MASON-COX: Mr Watson, I refer to your comment that WorkCover is such a good place to work and that is why so many people want to work there. How does that statement stack up in light of the reports in the press about bullying and harassment in WorkCover? [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 rationalisation of the ten-plus State and Federal agencies and tribunals. Industry, however, would have serious concerns with a new agency that diminished the functions and independence of [Read More]
Standing up for others is not optional
Online and offline, bullying is a serious workplace problem. When did Australia become a land of cowards who puff themselves up at the expense of others? Online bullying became a worldwide talking point in November 2008 when 49-yearold Lori Drew was convicted of [Read More]
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 the overlap and duplication of state and federal workplace relations systems that continued to cause [Read More]
