How to Bolster Youth Employment
We need to ensure our kids are not priced out of the labour market. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many jobs have been lost, some...
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Loretta Lockesmith
Sep 4, 20197 min read
Exploitation or Opportunity?
The other day I met my old friends Marcia and Ann for lunch at Babka in Brunswick Street. It was good to catch up again. Babka is just a...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Nov 2, 20176 min read
Minimum Wage Keeps Youth Unemployed
In the spirit of the famous Harvester case, ACTU secretary Sally McManus is proposing an overhaul of the national minimum wage to better...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Feb 27, 20171 min read
Sunday workers to lose $6,000 per annum
Last week, when the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision to reduce Sunday penalty rates by up to 25%, the headline response from...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Sep 24, 20153 min read
Let the Market Set Interest Rates
We are pleased when the Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold at their low, low levels. For we know that low interest rates encourage...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
Mar 9, 20154 min read
Minimum Wages Deny Jobs to Youth
At the first suggestion that minimum wages and penalty rates might be subject to review by the Productivity Commission, the ACTU hit the...
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