Comments on: Mobilising the base on industrial relations

By: Jacques Chester

Jacques Chester — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:42:14 +0000

For proponents of the new (retro-regressive) IR legislation like Rafe Champion (surely a stage name) to pontificate on this and other worthy forums about the inherrent benigness and fairness of the new system is cynical in the extreme! These new laws are nothing but a thinly disguised attempt by self appointed

By: Club Troppo » Wednesday’s Missing Link

Club Troppo » Wednesday’s Missing Link — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:02:41 +0000

[...] Andrew Norton thinks it’s overrated (see here, here and here).

By: tooz

tooz — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:47:53 +0000

WorkChoices will be a vote changer for me. I will vote against it and the Liberal government. I do so with great anger on behalf of my children.

By: cs

cs — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:44:37 +0000

Australians do care a great deal about the

By: Yobbo

Yobbo — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:59:55 +0000

Lol. Robert’s finally a victim of something! I can see the march against Rafe being organised as we speak.

By: Mark Bahnisch

Mark Bahnisch — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:20:46 +0000

Robert’s Irish, Rafe.

Here’s a trackback:

http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/07/workchoices-in-2007/

By: Rafe

Rafe — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:18:04 +0000

So how did I abuse Robert?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:57:29 +0000

Fair enough, Andrew, and thanks for your indulgence, but Rafe abused me first!

Turning to the substance of your post…

You note that “Some previously uncommitted people are now offering opinions.” These new opinions tend to be opposed to WorkChoices. This suggests that labour’s campaign is convincing the undecided.

I also think that Fred Argy is right that people are likely to vote based on how they think laws will affect other people, especially if those other people are their family and friends. I would say that’s especially the case on IR, given that the argument against WorkChoices is that it is too individualistic and that solidarity is important.

By: Andrew Norton

Andrew Norton — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:19:36 +0000

As I owe Robert favours for fixing my comments, I am not going to delete his comment for breaching the abusing other commenters provision of my comments policy. But please, no more! (And aren’t the Irish reasonably good on deregulation, anyway?)

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:34:03 +0000

an Irish kind of deregulation

Twat.