Australia’s industrial policy is shifting significantly with the introduction of the Future Made in Australia Act, which aims to enhance local manufacturing and reduce reliance on commodity exports. But concerns have arisen regarding the potential inefficiencies of targeted investments and the risk of deepening regional disparities. Australia needs a broader and more balanced approach that Continue reading »
Industrial relations
The chief business of the American people is business." This sentiment rings true today, particularly when examining the growing divide between business leaders and political elites regarding China. While business leaders view China as a crucial partner, political figures continue to frame the count Continue reading »
The Haydon Royal Commission in 2014 revealed evidence that corrupt elements were infiltrating the CFMEU, NSW Branch. This grew steadily in the 10 years since and the branch is now rotten. In Victoria, the “strongman” leadership of John Setka and his close friendship with a “colourful identity” and building industry fixer, together with an influx Continue reading »
Behold, now behemoth … Behold, he drinketh up a river … The Book of Job, 40: 15 and 23. ‘Most of us don’t know 95 percent of what Amazon is doing,’ Amy Webb warns in her The Big Nine (2019). While Amazon Prime is diverting audiences with its rom-com, The Idea of You, the Australian Continue reading »
On 1 July, an important change in the industrial relations landscape came into force. Industrial awards (‘modern awards’, as they’re now called), that set minimum standards in workplaces, will include guarantees of rights for workplace union delegates. All new enterprise agreements must also include such provisions. This is a result of the first part of Continue reading »
Three big things have happened with the passage of the second half of the ‘Closing Loopholes’ Bill through Federal Parliament on Monday. One is world leading, one is not far from it, and one is playing catch up with the rest of the world. A fourth big thing happened a couple of months ago, with passage Continue reading »
Allow me to come clean: I worry every time Max Boot vents enthusiastically about a prospective military action. Whenever that Washington Post columnist professes optimism about some upcoming bloodletting, misfortune tends to follow. And as it happens, he’s positively bullish about the prospect of Ukraine handing Russia a decisive defeat in its upcoming, widely anticipated, sure-to-happen-any-day-now spring Continue reading »
A fight has broken out at the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters after the popular Bananas in Pajamas duo had a disagreement over the upcoming strike, with sources saying B2 called B1 a scab. ”It was really awkward and quite heated, one... Read More ›
Savaro Ltd, a shell company reportedly operated by Ukrainian businesspeople, has been found responsible for the damages caused to over 200 victims. First published in THE CRADLE February 24, 2023 UK-registered company Savaro Ltd has been found liable by London’s High Court of Justice for the Beirut Port blast that killed over 200 people on August 4, Continue reading »