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"Simplified" IR system will cost $490m

The Federal Government's new IR regime will cost $489.6 million over the next four years, according to estimates in the Work Choices explanatory memorandum.


State employers will need legal advice: Stewart

State-covered employers will need legal advice to negotiate their way through the Federal Government's new IR regime, Flinders University Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart, said today.



Here it is - WorkChoices bill now before Parliament

The Prime Minister, John Howard, has this morning moved closer to realising his long-held ambition to radically reshape Australia's industrial relation system, with the introduction into Parliament of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005.

Kemalex blames unions for sending it to the wall

Management of plastics manufacturer Kemalex is blaming a nine-week strike by union members for its decision to put its Melbourne operation into voluntary administration.

WorkChoices update, November 1, 2005

700-page bill into Parliament tomorrow; Workplace Express to send out links; Some questions for tomorrow; Productivity Commission again pushes for retention of state IR systems; IR lawyer says WorkChoices rhetoric is empty; and Eye Popper the Shadow Minister's tip for the Cup.