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The Fair Work Act has changed the industrial relations culture and bargaining in three critical respects. First, it shifts statutory power from employers to unions. Non-union enterprise agreements are virtually impossible. Individual contracts are banned. Union-run enterprise agreements are the name of the game.
Second, the new law means bargaining is more about rights as typified by the Qantas dispute. And rights disputes are more protracted. When quizzed, Joyce was adamant: this dispute was not about money, it was about management control. Business after business has the same complaint.
Abbott is scared witless about taking on Gillard over Industrial Relations. The words "Work Choices" have only to be mentioned to send him scurrying back to his hole. And yet the FWA doctrine is potentially more damaging to employers than Work Choices was to employees.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...ed-for-ir-reform/story-e6frg74x-1226182974056
It's not just Europe and the United States where base politics can make for bad economics. There's a danger that cheap populism is about to lock in a bad outcome for Australia in the next financial year and, depending on the extent to which you can trust political leaders to lie, worse beyond that.
For all the opinion poll perceptions though, it's not the government that's guilty of a gross failure of economic credibility. It's the opposition, both in the short and medium terms.
The immediate test of whether a party is fit to govern is the minerals resources rent tax (MRRT). In economic terms, it's a no-brainer, which is why the opposition's stance is such a worry. Either there are no brains, or the leadership is so pathetically shallow that they are prepared to damage the country to get the keys to the Lodge.
I've long feared that Tony Abbott's gross populism will come back to bite him.Do Abbott and Hockey have any economic credibility? It must be time for Abbott to start listening to Andrew Robb.
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Most people agree with the idea of recovering more of the money being generated by the resources boom.
I just hope Abbott has a rabbit up his sleeve and has a better way of recovering the money than the super profits tax. If he doesn't it may be his achilles heel, like work choices was.
The saving grace is the bellwether, Turnbull, hasn't jumped ship on the issue. So maybe they do have something up their sleeve and it is too early to play it.
Imo Mr Abbott needs to be extremely careful that the tides don't suddenly turn against him, especially with the very obvious infighting within the coalition.
Agree. There is a clear change in the political atmosphere.I think we have reached the tipping point
Agree. There is a clear change in the political atmosphere.
Agree. There is a clear change in the political atmosphere.
I get that feeling too and I believe the tipping point was his rejection of the legislation to enable the Malaysian solution.
Agree. There is a clear change in the political atmosphere.
But if you listen to anything she had to say, well there was just no substance.
True. But sadly I am still waiting for Abbott to come up with something of substance. So far he has been coasting on Gillard's unpopularity, but as preferred PM he is only one point ahead, and the latest Newspoll finds voter dissatisfaction with Tony Abbott's performance at a record high of 57 per cent. This has to include a large number of Coalition supporters.
In the face of adversity, Gillard has urged colleagues to hold their nerve. Her plan was to deliver the carbon tax and then demolish the Opposition Leader by engaging him on policy and exposing his negativity and political opportunism.
Certainly PM Gillard is the go-to source on policy and political opportunism. And all that positivety directed Qantas' way last week...by engaging him on policy and exposing his negativity and political opportunism..
I I don't think it is necessary for an opposition to bring out their policies until an election is called.
I'll try, but all I have are various impressions, all of which might be wrong.Julia
Could you explain that change as you see it please.?
Yes, that is interesting, even slightly encouraging.A point of interest is the Greens lost a little momentum as well.
joea
I've never had anything to do with compulsory super, so am not sure how it works.Abbott said he would get rid of the mineral rent resource tax and still give us increasing Superannuation, how? by printing money? The guy has no credibility. Come on Lib leadership, give us someone else. I really can't vote for this guy.
Agree. He needs to develop a strategy which is more imaginative than just constantly criticising.True. But sadly I am still waiting for Abbott to come up with something of substance. So far he has been coasting on Gillard's unpopularity, but as preferred PM he is only one point ahead, and the latest Newspoll finds voter dissatisfaction with Tony Abbott's performance at a record high of 57 per cent. This has to include a large number of Coalition supporters.
I understand the point you're making, sails, but think the electorate is now looking for something other than just criticism of the government.It seems that is precisely Gillard's plan to denigrate Abbott for lack of policy and yet he is between the devil and the deep blue sea, imo. If he brings out new policies, it is quite possible labor will either copycat (they have done so before) it OR pretend there are big financial holes in the coalition's policies (that's an old trick of this labor lot - never mind the massive holes in their own policies). It seems labor wants amunition to further ridicule Abbott. I don't think it is necessary for an opposition to bring out their policies until an election is called.
Opinions on this I guess are going to be formed by personal interest. All that has changed, AFAIK, is that the Medicare program which allows patients to access free sessions with a psychologist has reduced the number of those sessions by about half (not sure of the actual numbers, but I think max no of visits is now ten).So, all this talk of no policy for the coalition seems nonsense to me. They went to the last election with policies and they will repeal the carbon tax and make our borders safe again. I know the coalition's policy on mental health is much better than labor's (found out information about that from my daughter's GP).
This policy was not just for pensioners. It was for anyone on a full care plan arranged by the GP and was available to anyone with chronic health problems.Labor wants to stop dental care for chronically ill pensioners. It was a Howard policy and is a massive improvement on the lengthy wait of many years under the old system. Poor dental health is so often the precursor to other health issues, so it would seem a good policy to reduce other diseases which would cost far more than keeping pensioner's teeth healthy.
Agree, with the exception of committing us to war.The coalition sucessfully ran the country for many years without the eye popping debacles we have seen in the last four years.
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