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		<title>&#8220;Partially Treated Sewage Sandwich&#8221; From Julie Bishop</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/19/partially-treated-sewage-sandwich-from-julie-bishop.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Opposition&#8217;s Julie Bishop has given an extraordinary press conference in which she attempted to justify the coalition&#8217;s decision not to to oppose the government&#8217;s legislation abolishing WorkChoices. Listen to Julie Bishop&#8217;s press conference: Listen As the Sydney Morning Herald&#8217;s Annabel Crabb put it on February 20: The Opposition&#8217;s Julie Bishop was on something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrews Finally Presents Workplace Relations Bill To Parliament</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/11/02/kevin-andrews-workchoices-2nd-reading-speech.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full text of Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews' Second Reading Speech to the House of Representatives on the WorkChoices legislation.]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Changes Not Family Friendly: Beazley</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/10/workplace-changes-not-family-friendly-beazley.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/10/workplace-changes-not-family-friendly-beazley.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws are not about choice but about cutting wages and reducing conditions, according to the Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley.  He derided the notion of employees negotiating with employers and attacked the government's use of public money to promote its proposals. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;My Guarantee Is My Record&#8217;: Howard</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/09/my-guarantee-is-my-record-howard.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/09/my-guarantee-is-my-record-howard.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister John Howard has described his proposed workplace relations changes as &#8220;big&#8221; but &#8220;fair&#8221;, whilst refusing to guarantee that workers won&#8217;t be worse off. &#8220;My guarantee is my record,&#8221; the Prime Minister said. Addressing a press conference in Canberra with the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, Howard said: &#8220;I can look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WorkChoices: Howard Announces Details Of Industrial Relations Changes</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/09/howard-announces-workchoices.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a lockup briefing for industry representatives in Canberra this morning, the details of the government&#8217;s industrial relations changes were announced. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, announced the changes, nicknamed &#8220;Workchoices&#8221;, at a press conference. Listen to the Howard-Andrews press conference:Listen This is the text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Reject Reith&#8217;s Anti-Union Bill</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/11/30/democrats-reject-reiths-anti-union-bill.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/1999/11/30/democrats-reject-reiths-anti-union-bill.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Democrats have rejected the key elements of Peter Reith&#8217;s &#8220;second wave&#8221; industrial relations changes. The Workplace Relations Minister has proposed legislation which would further strip industrial awards of conditions, require secret ballots on strike votes, and introduce user-pays mediation processes. The bill also attacked union rights to enter workplaces and redefined the definition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swanson Dock &#8211; An Eye-Witness Account</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/1998/04/18/swanson-dock-an-eye-witness-account.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/1998/04/18/swanson-dock-an-eye-witness-account.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 1998 22:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 9.20am and I&#8217;ve just got home after having been at Swanson Dock since 12.30am. It really was a remarkable evening of standing around doing nothing, occasionally linking arms &#8220;in practice&#8221;, cheering at speeches, laughing at jokes, catching up with people I hadn&#8217;t seen for ages, discussing politics, ALP pre-selections and the like. Around 4.55am [...]]]></description>
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