by theEmother | Dec 10, 2007 | political offerings, so you think you're in business
Sarah-Jane Collins’ (for The Age) opinion on the other hand is not as complimentary…
Small business owners are frustrated that they still do not have a voice in federal cabinet, after expectations that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would promote the portfolio were dashed when the ministry was announced.
The chairman of the Council of Small Business of Australia said he was disappointed the Labor Government had not given small business a chair at the top table.
“I’m very disappointed in Prime Minister Rudd that he hasn’t recognised our importance by giving us a minister in cabinet,” Bob Stanton said as the first cabinet meeting was under way in Brisbane yesterday…
Mr Stanton said he had expected the Labor Government to move the portfolio into cabinet, but when the announcements were made last week the new minister, Craig Emerson, was in the outer ministry.
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by theEmother | Aug 13, 2007 | entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women, MEinc, political offerings, single parent l single mother
The Age — Page: A3 : 13 August 2007
Original article by Jewel Topsfield
LexisNexis Summary
Twelve academics contributed to the “Women and WorkChoices: Impacts on the Low Pay Sector” report. Across low-paid jobs such as cleaning, hospitality and transport 121 women were interviewed. A key finding is that low-paid women are too afraid to comment on illegal or unfair work conditions; also fearing to request changes to working hours in case they are dismissed under the WorkChoices laws. The Australian Government has described the report as “deeply flawed and politically motivated”, ahead of its official release on 13 August 2007. The report also found that the loss of unfair dismissal protection in small businesses affects “the labour market in which minimum-wage workers are concentrated”.
Work Choices hits women hard: study
The Sydney Morning Herald — Page: 3 : 13 August 2007
Original article by Andrew West
LexisNexis Summary
Australia’s Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) commissioned a WorkChoices report in March 2006. However, after the sex discrimination commissioner, Pru Goward, departed the agency to contest a seat for the Liberal Party, HREOC withdrew from the study. The research continued with funding from state governments and bodies such as the National Foundation for Australian Women and the Women’s Electoral Lobby. A key finding following the WorkChoices legislation was “an increased climate of fear” found in many areas which traditionally have a concentration of female employees, particularly aged care, call centres, child care and hospitality. Most of the 120 case studies involve women earning less than $A20 per hour, with almost 85 per cent in workplaces with less than 100 employees.
