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Climate Change and Jobs

Congratulations! The Senate has passed the Clean Energy Future legislation.
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WorkChoices. Never Again!

Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices. Now, he wants to bring back Work Choices. He just won’t call it that. He said he will remove protection from unfair dismissal for workers in small businesses and bring back individual contracts. He also said he will cut the minimum pay for young workers and change penalty rates — just like Work Choices.
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Paid Parental Leave

Passage of paid parental leave scheme is an historic achievement for Australia’s working mums
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Rio's Avatar

The hit movie Avatar is about an intergalactic mining giant that ravages distant planets. On Earth, in Boron and Bougainville, it's a frighteningly similar scenario. Tell Rio to end the lockout in Boron and compensate the people of Bougainville.
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A New National Workplace Relations System

New minimum employment standards that came into effect on New Year’s Day will be good for all Australian workers and represent a major step forward from WorkChoices, say unions. Welcoming the changes, the ACTU says the 10 National Employment Standards deliver on a core part of the "Your Rights at Work" union and community campaign against WorkChoices. Read more about the new protections.
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New IR Laws

New IR laws are a major step forward for Australian workers. The laws will provide working families with stronger rights and protection in the economic downturn says the ACTU.
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The Your Rights at Work Campaign

Unions started ringing the alarm bells after the Australian election in October 2004 when it became clear the re-elected Coalition Government was determined to bring in the most anti-worker industrial relations laws in history. But Australia’s union movement sprinted out of the blocks first, uniting behind the Your Rights at Work – Worth Fighting For campaign and running a hard-hitting information campaign about the proposed new laws.
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