Search Results: fair wage
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AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 11 September 2009
1 Comment
On Wednesday, the Senate made two decisions which take immigration reform forward. The reforms
were approved with the support of the Greens and Independents, and one
Liberal Senator. Reading the Hansard gives some insight into the
current debate.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Roanna Gonsalves
- 23 June 2009
36 Comments
Vincent and I were both international students
from Bombay. He had lived here for a year while I had only arrived
three months ago. We worked in the same Indian restaurant. The night of his attack, Vincent sounded upbeat on the train.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 02 April 2009
7 Comments
In his forthcoming response to the global financial crisis, Pope Benedict does not have to reinvent the wheel. Catholic social
writings have long insisted that economics must be directed to serve
the good of everyone, not just the rich.
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AUSTRALIA
- Robert Salter
- 02 September 2008
4 Comments
Many low-paid workers experience stress and illness due to jobs that are dangerous, arduous or powerless. Perhaps it is they who should be compensated with higher pay, rather than those who perform interesting, high-status work.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 25 August 2008
5 Comments
The Coalition opposes the Government's Pacific Guest Worker scheme due to a range of 'unanswered questions'. Brendan Nelson's 'dirt poor Pacific islanders' jibe suggests that fear, not compassion, fuels these concerns.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 11 August 2008
1 Comment
While he was best known for his unrelenting criticism of the Soviet system, Alexander Solzhenitsyn also provided a
devastating critique of the excesses of Western capitalism.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Chris McGillion
- 16 July 2008
3 Comments
Australians see themselves more as a sunburnt people than as people of a sunburnt country. The Aboriginal smoking ceremony during the Papal Mass introduced a distinctive spirituality where reflection upon the physical environment is key. (April 1995)
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AUSTRALIA
Parenting deserves more than a bonus, it deserves to be exulted and supported in its many and varied forms. With so many women in the workforce a paid maternity leave scheme is the linchpin upon which other 'family-friendly' policies depend.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Lawrence
- 03 June 2008
2 Comments
Labor has followed the former Howard Government by not nominating a figure in its submissions to the
Fair Pay Commission's review of minimum wages. If the commission discounts wage increases to balance tax cuts it will tip
the scales against disadvantaged working families.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 31 October 2007
In the early 1990s, a young politician Donald Tusk seemed so Westernised that his chances of ever becoming Polish prime minister were nearly non-existent. Now his moment has arrived.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
1 Comment
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AUSTRALIA
- Carol Ransley & Toe Zaw Latt
- 17 October 2007
A new generation of young activists was born on the streets of Rangoon last month. The war being raged by the Burmese military against its own people has faded from the international headlines, but Burmese young people from all walks of life continue to step up their non-violent resistance campaign.
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