One of the many travesties of the Howard Government was the establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and its supporting legislation, the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act (BCII Act). Read more »
One of the many travesties of the Howard Government was the establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and its supporting legislation, the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act (BCII Act). Read more »
The folks over at GetUp have put together a petition to the Government for the upcoming review of the NT Intervention: Read more »
We are one year on from the inception of the NT Intervention, and today is a day we should not be celebrating. It has been a long year for those in the NT communities of this paternalistic, top down approach that will make future generations ashamed. Read more »
(Between Rudd’s rhetoric on Indigenous Australians and budget commitments)
The level of spending committed to Indigenous disadvantage in the budget barely sets the Government on the right road to delivering on the Government’s election promise to actually ‘close the gap’. Despite the rhetoric from the Government on closing the gap and their signing on to the [...]
During Senate Estimates last night, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission confirmed $1.8 million of funding to support workplace related complaints has been cut by the Rudd Government, placing more stress on the Commission.
HREOC received additional money when Work Choices was introduced, as it was expected that workplace related complaints would increase, given the [...]
This piece was published today on ABC Online (minus the picture). Also see my media release on this issue.
Wild cards I can see. Someone at The Age needs to be dosing on fewer films by Peckinpah and more British dramas about politics instead. Anyway, come August the Rudd government will need 7 out of the 8 people below to vote with them to ratify legislation in the Senate. Read more »
It has just come to light that a scientific report presented to the Murray-Darling Basin ministerial council on the health of the Coorong and Lower Lakes in May gave a deadline of October for action. Instead of setting in place an immediate response, the ministers put the issue on the back burner until they meet in November.
Scientists have given the Commonwealth and Murray Darling Basin Governments six months to save the Coorong, Lakes Alexandrina and Albert. We need to move quickly on an emergency rescue package, before this Ramsar listed wetland site is lost forever. Read more »
To follow on from Tim H’s post on Senate Estimates transcripts, I thought I’d also post a few links to some of the more interesting discussions coming out of estimates.
Rach asked some questions on Live Animal Exports, in particular around those Memorandum of Understandings that the Australian Government have with countries to which we export live animals. Read more »
Although the introduction of the Special Disability Trust (SDT) in September 2006 was welcomed by parents and carers of those living with disabilities, it has not been as widely taken up as expected, during questioning in Senate Estimates it was revealed that only 22 trusts have been established Australia wide to date. [...]
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