Unemployment Up – But Employment Increases
MEDIA RELEASE – The HR Nicholls Society 11 December 2014 The unemployment rate of 6.3% (s adj) has reached a 12-year high,... Read More
Time for a Long Summer Holiday?
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Today’s Herald Sun reports (see below) that Abbott will scale back his paid parental leave scheme and allocate the savings for expenditure... Read More
Abbott’s Important Initiative on Budget
The lead report below in today’s Australian (below) reflects an important initiative by Abbott. I say this not in any expectation that... Read More
HR Nicholls Press Release on Submission to Royal Commission
Below is a Press Release on the submission lodged with the Royal Commission by the HR Nicholls Society. The submission, drafted by... Read More
Criminal Activities by Unions
Today’s announcement (see below) of an investigation by federal and Victorian state police into “industrial” (clearly referring to unions) criminality and corruption... Read More
Royal Commission on Trade Union Governance & Corruption – Submission by HR Nicholls Society
The Royal Commission on Trade Union Governance and Corruption has had its operations extended to end 2015 but it is aiming to... Read More
Employment News is All Bad
MEDIA RELEASE – The HR Nicholls Society 9 October 2014 Using the unadjusted labour force data, the September figures show an unchanged... Read More
Unemployed up by 15%, Employment Falls Too
The increase in July unemployment to 6.4% seasonally adjusted rate (from 5.6% in July last year), and the accompanying small fall in employment since last month, highlight the need for reduced regulation of workplace relations in circumstances where the economy is growing below trend.
IPCC’s Failure to Explain Pause; Budget Education by The Australian, not Hockey; Competition in the Labour Market
IPCC’s Failure to Explain Pause Bill Kininmonth’s letter published in yesterday’s Australian (see below) is an important reminder of the failure of... Read More
IPCC’s Failure to Explain Pause; Budget Education by The Australian, not Hockey; Competition in the Labour Market
IPCC’s Failure to Explain Pause Bill Kininmonth’s letter published in yesterday’s Australian (see below) is an important reminder of the failure of... Read More