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Would Abbott bring back WorkChoices?

Tony Abbott says WorkChoices is “dead, buried and cremated”, but his new IR policy leaves the door open for radical workplace relations changes, writes Luke Williams.

18 May, 2013 5:01 pm / 9 comments

Jacksonville 49: Time inside

Peter Wicks issues a wedding related correction and reports on the latest news about Craig Thomson and Kathy Jackson.

17 May, 2013 4:34 pm / 11 comments

Rod Quantock: global warming’s just not funny

Activist comedian, Rod Quantock, promises you’ll be “scared shitless” as he takes you with him through the gates of hell into the catastrophic world of runaway global warming.

17 May, 2013 1:36 pm / 27 comments

The budgie reply

Gee summarises Tony Abbott’s budget reply for the great many people who cannot abide listening to Tony Abbott speak.

17 May, 2013 11:49 am / 17 comments

Tony Abbott’s cut-price budget reply

Ross Jones presents Independent Australia’s highly affordable response to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s budget reply.

17 May, 2013 12:09 am / 57 comments

Whom the Gods Destroy

Graham Jackson reviews the first novel by Macushla O’Loan — a Gothic Greek tragedy turned thriller, set in suburban Melbourne.

16 May, 2013 8:07 pm / 8 comments

Update on the Ashbygate Trust

Geezlouise has just sent an update to contributors to the Ashbygate Trust, including details of its new website and recent investigation activity.

16 May, 2013 1:44 pm / 20 comments

Tweet Tony Abbott says WorkChoices is “dead, buried and cremated”, but his new IR policy leaves the door open for radical workplace relations changes, writes Luke Williams. JUST BEFORE the 2007 Federal election, I was sitting in...

18 May, 2013 5:01 pm / 9 comments

Jacksonville 49: Time inside

Tweet Peter Wicks issues a wedding related correction and reports on the latest news about Craig Thomson and Kathy Jackson. Peter Wicks speaks to Kathy Jackson last year. IT SEEMS I need to put out a correction to something I have mentioned...

17 May, 2013 4:34 pm / 11 comments

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Would Abbott bring back WorkChoices?

Tony Abbott says WorkChoices is “dead, buried and cremated”, but his new IR policy leaves the door open for radical workplace relations changes, writes Luke Williams. JUST BEFORE the 2007 Federal election, I was sitting in a hairdressing...

18 May, 2013 5:01 pm / 9 comments

The opinion makers

Peter Wicks discusses the importance of the mainstream media, its ethics, bias and its exclusion of Independent Australia from the Canberra Press Gallery. I DON’T THINK that the importance of being a member of the mainstream media can...

16 May, 2013 10:55 am / 34 comments