A Rudd Labor Government would impose a temporary moratorium on employers self-insuring under Comcare and would seek to harmonise OHS laws and streamline workers' compensation through co-operative federalism, according to Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard.
Federal Court Justice Mark Weinberg has this afternoon reserved his decision on the VHIA bid for an injunction to stop industrial action by Victorian public hospital nurses, and will hand down his decision tomorrow afternoon.
The CPSU is accusing Telstra of trying to rush through a Work Choices non-union call centre agreement before the federal election, but the telco says the union is being misleading, because such an agreement would be "equally possible" under a Coalition or Labor Government.
The Consumer Price Index increased by 0.7% in the September quarter, after significant reductions in childcare and petrol costs, and 1.9% over 12 months, according to the ABS.
More than 140 Victorian public hospitals will tomorrow seek a Federal Court injunction against the ANF to halt nurses' industrial action and will also pursue penalties against the union.
A court has struck out a claim under the Trade Practices Act's s52 misleading and deceptive conduct provisions against the Australian Services Union, ruling that the case couldn't proceed because the union's activities couldn't be characterised as being in trade or commerce.
Labor Deputy Leader Julia Gillard has made it clear that if the ALP wins office on November 24, she will expect senators from other political parties to respect its mandate to introduce the IR policies it revealed in Forward with Fairness.
The ANF and Victorian public hospitals are likely to continue talks late into tonight, after the AIRC on the weekend terminated bargaining periods and issued s496 orders to halt nurses' industrial action.
Prime Minister promises no further IR reform; Labor vows to lift child care tax rebate from 30% to 50%; and Labor candidate steps down over workplace incident.
