By Mark Bahnisch on September 18, 2008
Earlier in the year, writing in On Line Opinion, I thought that Labor’s “Forward With Fairness” industrial relations policy was best interpreted as an attempt to entrench a new workplace settlement acceptable to all parties – and I still think [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on August 11, 2008
Unsurprisingly, the release of the government’s discussion paper on the pension system has prompted calls for immediate action. Perhaps the opposition were all waiting for Godot Costello somewhere because The Greens appear to have been first out of the starting [...]
Posted in Disability, Economics, Government, Policy, Politics, Poverty | Tagged aged pension, ALP, Australian Greens, carers allowance, disability pension, discussion paper, Jenny Macklin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labor party, liberal leadership, open government, Pension review, Peter Costello, policy process, public policy, Rachel Siewert, Rudd government, social welfare |
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