December 2022
The hefty hidden price tag of same job, same pay
Business calls it a “compliance bomb”, unions want more - either way, Labor’s big industrial relations play is headed for trouble.
- David Marin-Guzman
October 2022
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Business has been outfoxed by the unions and Labor
The government isn’t hostile to companies. But it suits its agenda to portray them as the villain in the pantomime.
- Phillip Coorey
Miners say they are being used as pawns in IR inquiry
Major mining companies believe they are being used for political purposes by being forced to appear before a Senate inquiry into a One Nation industrial relations bill.
- Phillip Coorey
June 2021
Super reforms pass lower house after government dumps ‘veto power’
The government’s decision to drop the ‘veto power’ in the super reform package came after Barnaby Joyce revealed he and others had ‘a real problem’ with it.
- Michael Read
March 2021
Coal miners turn on One Nation over IR bill ‘betrayal’
One miner regularly trotted out by One Nation said he felt “betrayed at the highest level”, while the party’s star candidate is concerned about the effect on votes in coal regions.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- The AFR View
IR debacle is a lesson in how to waste a crisis
Australia’s political class seems to have learned nothing at all from the deepest economic dip since the Great Depression.
- The AFR View
- Updated
- Industrial relations
Gutted IR bill passes the Senate
The Morrison government has chosen to gut its IR bill of major reforms, including wage theft laws, in response to crossbench opposition to most of it.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey and David Marin-Guzman
Bankers press Senate on responsible lending
The government is struggling to win Senate support to dump responsible lending laws, despite reassurance from NAB boss Ross McEwan that the proposed changes will not lead to more risky bank lending.
- John Kehoe and Matthew Cranston
One Nation demands faster path to permanent employment for casuals
In a move that could rope in many labour-hire firms, Malcolm Roberts is demanding the government change its IR bill so casuals can be made permanent sooner.
- David Marin-Guzman
Business, industry implores crossbench to pass IR laws
The government is mulling whether to abandon the IR bill if the demands of the crossbench render it non-worthwhile.
- Phillip Coorey and David Marin-Guzman
Cautious optimism about IR bill
The Morrison government is prepared to make further changes to secure the passage of its omnibus industrial relations bill next week.
- Phillip Coorey and David Marin-Guzman
Porter furore not a factor in possible IR bill delay
Key Senate crossbenchers say the furore surrounding Minister Christian Porter is not affecting deliberations on the industrial relations bill.
- Phillip Coorey
February 2021
Bargaining ‘in danger of collapse’ unless IR reforms pass
The enterprise bargaining system has fallen to its lowest level in more than 22 years, new research says, threatening hopes of wage growth.
- David Marin-Guzman
Labor to keep campaigning on IR despite BOOT backdown
The government has dumped the most controversial proposal of its IR reforms bill and urges Labor to ‘drop the politics so we can get people back into jobs’.
- Phillip Coorey
Government must drop BOOT change to save rest of IR bill
The Morrison government must dump the most controversial proposal in its IR bill if it wants to salvage the rest.
- Phillip Coorey
January 2021
One Nation says there’s ‘a long way to go’ on IR bill
One Nation has warned that the Morrison government will need to change its industrial relations bill to secure the party’s votes.
- David Marin-Guzman
February 2020
Senate condemns Bettina Arndt over remarks about family murderer
One Nation was the only party to oppose a motion condemning Arndt after she suggested a killer who set his own family alight might have been "driven too far" by his estranged wife.
- Tom McIlroy
Alex Turnbull's vanishing 'six figures' donation
The ousted PM's son claimed he'd donated 'six figures' to independents running at May's election. But only $20,000 has been disclosed.
- Joe Aston
November 2019
How Pauline Hanson blindsided the government
A much needed victory turned into a major embarrassment for the government. This is how it happened.
- Phillip Coorey
August 2019
Conspiracist takes centre stage at FSC Summit
Why picket a financial services conference when you can get invited.
- Myriam Robin
