Thats why so many people are now looking at kicking out the libs. They want their rights at work protected, have a read about Costello. He is going to great things for working class Australians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Costello "Political provenance During his student years, Costello was active in student politics as a socially radical Christian. For a time, he was an office-bearer of the Social Democratic Students Association of Victoria, an affiliate of the Victorian Branch of Australian Young Labor.
In 1977, Costello was injured by a rival student politician, receiving mainstream media attention for the first time in his career as a result.[6]
After graduating, he became more conservative but retained liberal views on some social issues.
In March 1984, Costello was a founding member of the H. R. Nicholls Society,[7] an Australian plutocratic think tank on industrial relations.
In the late 1980s, he was identified as part of the New Right movement,[4] which was organised to some extent in the aforementioned H. R. Nicholls Society." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Nicholls_Society Aims and objectives The HR Nicholls society supports the abolition of awards, supports the abolition of the minimum wage, supports the abolition of the independent umpire, the Industrial Relations Commission.
The Society believes strongly in the deregulation of the Australian Industrial Relations System, including the abolition of the award system, the widespread use of individual employment contracts and the lowering of minimum wages. The Society only believes in limited labour market regulation, as excessive minimum wages [5] and job security lead to higher unemployment and lower productivity. Since its inception, the Society has firmly advocated urgent reform of the labour market in order to ensure Australia's international competitiveness and prosperity. On its website, the Society lists its aims and objectives:
To promote discussion about the operation of industrial relations in Australia including the system of determining wages and other conditions of employment. To promote the rule of law with respect to employers and employee organisations alike. To promote reform of the current wage-fixing system. To support the necessity for labour relations to be conducted in such a way as to promote economic development in Australia."
