July 24, 2008
Make no mistake – women workers in particular were badly hurt by WorkChoices. For the first time in decades, the pay equity gap grew wider as more and more women were forced onto individual contracts.
July 21, 2008
In our policy, we commit to implementing a range of measures designed to increase our efforts to improve job opportunities, and wages and conditions for people with disabilities.
July 2, 2008
Australia today faces a serious housing affordability problem. It is not going to go away any time soon. Our home ownership rate is likely to decline significantly unless some creative affordability solutions can be found.
June 6, 2008
Any Tasmanian who’s been sacked for no reason or forced to cop a pay cut under WorkChoices understands the importance of Labor’s planned industrial relations reforms.
March 28, 2008
An ageing Australian population, a burgeoning China, and a carbon-constrained world combine to put the squeeze on Australia’s economic capacity over the next decade or two.
March 12, 2008
I took office on 21 August. Since then, there has been the fast pace of the election campaign and the early months of the Rudd Labor Government.
December 3, 2007
Manufacturing is a critical sector of the Australian economy and yet by our reckoning it has been in decline for two out of the last three years.
June 14, 2007
Australians want to live in a nation that they can proudly say is fair, inclusive and where working people have a say – I want to work with Australian working families to ensure we return to these values.
November 30, 2006
At the outset I would like to make something very clear. It is an undeniable fact that millions of people have lost their rights at work under the new industrial relations laws.
November 30, 2006
Last November we said we must not be the first generation of Australians to leave our kids with fewer rights at work than we inherited. We said that we would fight these laws.
