Back in June this year, 220 maintenance workers at Esso in Victoria employed by contractor UGL were terminated and offered their jobs back with a cut of up to 30 per cent of their wages and the introduction of a roster that will see them lose very valuable time with their families.
Read MoreThe High Court will deliberate on the legitimacy of the Deputy Prime Minister's eligibility to be in the House, but I question the legitimacy of the government's policies. The political point is that the government holds power by one vote.
Read MoreAustralian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert's public comments are extremely misleading, and what we are seeing here is the Greens political party using Australia's—this is the shame of it—most vulnerable people as a prop to pull off a cheap political stunt.
Read MoreThe price of energy is absolutely ridiculous. This is my latest gas bill. It is $736 just for two months. I wasn't there half the time. My family was away for half the time. How is that possible?
Read MoreIt is obscene to go after the poor, the vulnerable, the disadvantaged, pensioners, students, the disabled, working women, single mums, people who are trying to make ends meet. Penalty rates make all the difference.
Read MoreOn 31 July we lost Les Murray. He was a giant of football, yes, but as a person he was so much more: a loving partner to Cidinha; a loving father to his two daughters; a wonderful mate to his friends like Craig Foster—'Fozz'—and all his friends at SBS; a journalist of renown; a superb professional broadcaster, the best of his generation.
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