It's Fliss for God's sake! (DON'T DO IT BOAZ..) What more do you expect?

For a realistic discussion of what the ALP’s few actual changes to WorknotcalledChoicesanymore mean, go to:
<a href=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/coalition-and-labor-narrow-industrial-relations-gap/2007/09/02/1188671793954.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1>Coalition and Labor narrow industrial relations gap>/a>

You are one really funny lady Felicity, you must be on drugs, I only read about 5 or 6 paragraphs and I nearly died laughing, you are really away in LA LA land I suggest you join AA or try rehab.

Despite this young lady's academic qualifications I do not think she has any idea what she is talking about. The main thrust of her opinion seems to be that the ALP policy will remove choice for an employee. Seriously, any person who puts forward the view that the present laws promote choice for an employee knows absolutely nothing about the real world of industrial relations. I would venture to say that this young lady has had NO experience at all in that field.

My experience in that field, over a 40 year period, tells me, and will tell any experienced industrial practicioner, whether that experience has been gained acting for employers or employees, that the present laws just went too far and tipped the power balance too far to employers. The recent introduction of the so-called fairness test by the present government is cogent evidence of that fact. The present laws got the industrial 'balance' way out of kilter.

The proposals by the ALP will, in my view, restore that balance. Most Australians have grown up with the view that a 'fair go' is a pretty good idea. It is basic to the Australian way of life. And Australians know when they see something that does not fall into the category of a 'fair go'.

The current laws simply do not, and emphatically so, represent a fair and balanced approach to industrial relations.

The article by this young lady is one of the most biased, right wing, lacking in knowledge, articles about industrial relations that I have ever come across.

The Liberal Party will rue the day that these laws ever saw the light of day.

There are no winners her

Employers will have to examine wether they can have their extra staff and people will have to work out wether they wis to work.

If the labor party doesnt buy their own t shirts in australia due to being cheaper overseas then what have you got.

Jobs vs wages vs being able to sell product to pay wages.

It comes down to do you want to work or just buy all your stuff from overseas and be on the dole.

Even this will have to be cut due to the less and less workers.

Just like when i told the unions about privatisation in nsw of public transport they didnt care, it wasnt their jobs but the workers that will lose.

All they wanted was labor

You get what you get.

If you dont have what it takes to stand up for yourself as you only stand for a party then i would suggest another country.

Stuart Ulrich
Independent Candidate for Charlton

The reality is this.We either have IR reform and try to compete with China or we increase tarrifs.This country is bleeding to death even with record sales of our energy and resources.

Our present balance of payments deficit is fast approaching $60,000.00 for every working person.This is why the Coaltion had an ill planned IR reform to try and make us more competitive.

The Labor Party are in denial.They have not confronted the reality of tarrifs V's wages and efficiency.We either go broke living on credit,lower our incomes to keep industry here or increase tarrifs to offset cheap labour in poor countries.

It is about time we had the real debate about our economic survival and people like Kevin Rudd cannot protect us from the economic bogey man with promises of watered down Howard polices.