Tag: Agreement

Industrial Military complex

U.S. military agreement setting Australia up as launching pad for war

An agreement authorising the U.S. militarisation of Australia needs to be terminated before our nation is dragged into war, writes Bevan Ramsden.

Source: U.S. military agreement setting Australia up as launching pad for war

Work

Bargaining deal struck ahead of summit – Michael West

Bargaining deal struck ahead of summit – Michael West

The peak body for unions and small business representatives have struck a deal on workplace reform ahead of the federal government’s jobs and skills summit.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions and Council of Small Businesses Australia (COSBOA) have agreed to work together to simplify and reduce complexities within the current industrial relations system. 

This includes a pledge to support new options for collective bargaining, proposed by the ACTU last week, which would enable multiple workplaces to work together to strike deals with employees.

Supporting a simpler form of the “better off overall test” in fair work laws is also part of the agreement. 

Bargaining deal struck ahead of summit – Michael West
Climate Change

Election 2016: Behind the battlelines there’s surprising agreement on climate change

Every so often elections matter. The last one mattered big-time for carbon emissions.

Source: Election 2016: Behind the battlelines there’s surprising agreement on climate change