From the ABC

More than 55pc of Australians oppose WorkChoices: poll

An opinion poll coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Federal Government's industrial relations (IR) changes shows widespread opposition to its WorkChoices laws.

The AC Nielsen poll found 59 per cent of Australians oppose the changes, while 24 per cent support them.

More than 70 per cent of the people polled say the IR changes have made no difference to their life.

The newly re-elected New South Wales Government has partly attributed its win on the weekend to a backlash against the laws.

However, Prime Minister John Howard has dismissed the claim and says he will not change the laws.

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Gus: the New rattus IR work laws are more in tune with the cave men working conditions than a modern social community in which people can share in the spoils of creating things together — including people who are less enterprising as others... The hard won Worker's Right, especially since the beginning of the 1900s, happened to reduce exploitation by enterprises, give proper incentives to work and minimise the risk of being victimised or flogged. Even in the middle ages, most workers formed guilds and that not only protected them from exploitation but also protected them from unskilled workers undercutting them and doing shonky jobs. 

Sure, before the new Rattus ratshit IR laws, there had been some abuse here and there by a few workers, but on the whole the system worked and provided better security for all. Now abuses are slowly (quite fast really) coming from the employers while employees job security has vanished — becoming a FEAR factor, mostly an impediment to better work and pride of achievement.

"Workplace relations is rarely a big issue for the public but it's always a big issue for a Labor Party" so tells Tony Abbott in his regular bilecolumn where he vents his sickened spleen onto the readers of the SMH...

So According to Tonius Iddiottus, people do not see the relationship between their work, their rewards or the flogging they get from it — as important. Hey Tony! This is what Workplace Relation is. The relationship between all these elements: the amount and quality of work performed, versus money received and the poking in the eyes or the chest by the higher echelons. And this is not important? Blimey! Bring back slavery while you're at it! That'll keep your Boil, Piles and Broken Arms Ministry busy for a change. 

Why don't you tell all the CEOs of Australia to work for nothing while you're at it too... I'm sure the amount of remuneration from doing a job is highly unimportant for them as well, so unimportant they can work for the basic wage instead of the millions they do not need!

 "Workplace relations is rarely a big issue for the public"? Idiotic remark! So hypocritically penned...

28/03/07 Parliament of Australia website

Minister for Health and Ageing
(Leader of the House)
The Hon Tony Abbott MP

 

18/03/07 ABC news

Pyne named as new Minister for Ageing

Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, will replace Senator Santo Santoro as the Federal Minister for Ageing.

Senator Santoro resigned from the frontbench on Friday, after failing to disclose more than 70 share deals.

The Prime Minister has elevated South Australian Liberal MP Christopher Pyne to the ministry, and he will take up the role as Minister for Ageing.

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Gus: Is this confusion, mismanagement, duplication or not? Looks like the two ministers for old foggies plus a Costello hell bent in making sure we oldies can save money by the bucketload, so the government does not have to pay a cent towards pensions, have the Alzheimered at heart. Bless'em my son — the Abbotts, the Costells and the Pynes — you'll grow knowing your grand dads are looked after on beds supplied by the former Minister for ageing, Santa Santaclauss... now fully clear of any indiscretion in his nappies by a brilliant Pyne-O-Clean...