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31st July, 2007 Three low paid Americans are visiting Australia over the next two weeks to warn of the dangers of heading down the United States path of low wages. See ABC-TV 7.30 Report, Tuesday July 31.
Source: The Age - Matt O'Sullivan
31st July, 2007 Telstra is already pouring into other investments some of the $4 billion earmarked for a high-speed fibre network in the cities in the latest attempt to pressure the Government.
Source: The Age/AAP
30th July, 2007 Telstra is facing a police investigation and could be prosecuted for allegedly installing surveillance devices in technicians' vehicles.
Source: The Australian - Ewin Hannan
30th July, 2007 Telstra faces a police investigation after being accused of threatening and heavy-handed conduct by installing surveillance devices in the cars of technicians.
Source: ACTU
26th July, 2007 The Howard Government's economic credentials are in tatters with a higher than expected lift in the Consumer Price Index pushing the living standards backwards.
Source: ACTU
26th July, 2007 A new Government report shows that typical Australians on AWAs earn 16% less than their counterparts on collective agreements.
Source: ABC Online
23rd July, 2007 The ACTU wants the Federal Government to apologise for passing IR legislation it knew would leave some workers worse off.
Source: ABC Online
23rd July, 2007 Helen Coonan says she has received a lot of anecdotal concern about the closing down of Telstra's CDMA mobile phone network.
Source: The Land
23rd July, 2007 The lack of competition in the regional mobile phone sector may be partly addressed within three years under an Optus strategy to provide greater 3G mobile services.
Source: ABC Online
23rd July, 2007 The company that took over the AAPT call centre at Bendigo with the Victorian Government's backing, has been accused of slashing the pay and entitlements of new workers.
Source: The Australian - Simon Canning
20th July, 2007 Tearing yourself away from the box just got a whole lot harder with the launch of the first mobile on-demand television service.
Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
20th July, 2007 Vodafone will test a partnership with a fixed-line broadband provider as it moves to end its total reliance on mobiles.
Source: The Land
19th July, 2007 Phone and internet users at the NSW Farmers’ Association annual conference in Sydney today said current service levels are inadequate.
Source: The Age - Kevin Morgan
19th July, 2007 Australia can't afford to pay the Telstra $20 billion if its network is scrappe
Source: The Age - Matt O'Sullivan
18th July, 2007 The Federal Government claims that more companies are keen to play a role in building the $4 billion fibre-optic network in the cities.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
18th July, 2007 Greg Winn, the chief operating officer and confidant of boss Sol Trujillo, has left open the possibility of leaving the telco next month.
Source: The Australian - Teresa Ooi
18th July, 2007 Mobile phones have not only transformed the way we do business, but have also contributed $5.8 billion in economic growth in 2005-06, according to Access Economics.
Source: ABC Online
18th July, 2007 Telstra has offered to help find a new operator for its Launceston call centre after rejecting a last-ditch effort to save the jobs of 250 employees.
Source: SMH - Mark Davis
17th July, 2007 The appearance of a senior public servant in new Federal Government television ads on industrial relations has been attacked as an abuse of the public service.
Source: The Age - Neale Prior
16th July, 2007 Telstra is considering mounting a Federal Court challenge to an ACCC ruling that will deliver a big cut in charges imposed on its aggressive broadband rival iiNet.
Source: The Age - Michelle Grattan
16th July, 2007 A typical Victorian worker on an Australian Workplace Agreement earns 23 per cent less than a comparable worker on a collective agreement.
Source: ACTU
16th July, 2007 The Howard Government's Workplace Authority will only contact bosses and does not intend to contact employees if there is doubt over a job contract.
Source: ACTU
13th July, 2007 A new national union TV ad campaign launched today highlights the growing concern about the effects of the Howard Government’s IR laws among older Australians and working parents.
Source: SMH - Phillip Coorey
12th July, 2007 More than four out of 10 voters considering switching to Labor cite industrial relations laws as their prime concern.
Source: ACTU
11th July, 2007 A new report by Canadian economist Dr Jim Stanford debunks the myth that AWAs are somehow a necessary part of Australia's mining boom.
Source: SMH - Phillip Coorey
11th July, 2007 The business advertising campaign promoting WorkChoices will go ahead, but in a diminished form after some participants pulled out.
Source: The Age - Matt O'Sullivan
11th July, 2007 Telstra has demanded that the competition watchdog wind back rules governing wholesale phone prices in large parts of the capital cities.
Source: SMH - Jessica Irvine
10th July, 2007 The jobless rate is tipped to tumble below 4 per cent - its lowest for 33 years - but economists warn it is a two-edged sword.
Source: ABC Online
10th July, 2007 Telstra has defended its next G network amid complaints about mobile phone coverage in regional areas.
Source: ACTU
6th July, 2007 Today's pay rise for award workers shows the Fair Pay Commission has only listened to big employer groups and the Howard Government.
Source: ABC Online
6th July, 2007 Unions say the decision to increase the minimum wage by just over $10 a week is shocking.
Source: ABC Online
5th July, 2007 Telstra says the Federal Government's plan to extend broadband internet coverage does not suit the far north.
Source: The Australian
5th July, 2007 The Optus-led 'G9' consortium says it will prepare and lodge a bid with the Federal Government to build a national, fibre optic broadband network.
Source: The Australian - Ewin Hannan
3rd July, 2007 Employers can sack workers on union agreements, provided they show reasons other than the union agreement for firing them.
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