SITREP No. 33/2011 August 26, 2011 Inside this issue: Round 2 against O’Farrell’s IR laws – 8 September Easter Sunday Public Holiday and consolidated leave – update [...more]

Mining … the sector’s success has led to calls for assistance for manufacturing. Photo: Reuters THE record profit announcement by BHP Billiton has added heat to [...more]

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From Crikey.com Close to 30 MPs had reported to federal parliament their constituents' views on gay marriage as Crikey hit deadline, as they agreed to do under a Greens [...more]

Aren’t our new standards of political propriety excellent? Now MPs have to stop doing their core duties, a kind of leave-with-pay, if there’s any investigation of any [...more]