Media Releases and Opinion Pieces

Media Releases:

• 24 August 2007 - Reforms create “just a different world” in construction industry
• 28 August 2007 – Forward with Fairness “Mark Two” represents progress but important concerns still remain unanswered
• 5 July 2007 – Fair and Reasonable Decision – Precisely What Ai Group Proposed
• 30 May 2007 - Labour Responds to Construction Industry Concerns 
• 18 May 2007 – AWA Focus Ignores Broader Business Concerns with Labor’s IR Policies 
• 4 May 2007 – Fair and Astute Changes to WorkChoices 
• 26 April 2007 – Fair Work Australia – Serious Questions about Viability 
• 22 April 2007 – Sensible decision by Fair Pay Commission on pay scales 
• 29 March 2007 – Setting the record straight on WorkChoices comments    
• 26 March 2007 – One year on – WorkChoices defies the critics 
• 14 November 2006 – High Court Decision Confirms New Chapter for Australia’s Workplace Relations System
• 13 November 2006 - WorkChoices Amendments will Reduce Unnecessary Compliance Burden
• 26 October 2006 – Fair Pay Commission Wage Rise Carries Substantial Risks
• 22 September 2006 - Sensible Decision to Extend WorkChoices Record-Keeping Implementation Period
• 4 September 2006 - Rationalisation of Wage Rates and Classifications - cautious approach warranted
• 27 March 2006 - WorkChoices reforms - big and timely
• 2 December 2005 - WorkChoices Bill Irrevocably Changes Workplace Relations In Australia
• 2 November 2005 - WorkChoices Bill delivers far reaching and important structural reform
• 9 October 2005 - Workplace relations reforms ambitious and necessary  

Opinion Pieces:

• AFR, 31 May 2007 - Its time for Labor to go the AWA way by Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Ai Group 
• AFR, 31 May 2007 – Letter to the Editor by Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Ai Group 
• AFR, 13 July 2006 – ACTU plan is step backwards by Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Ai Group
• AFR, 20 October 2005 - Keeping the Edge: Australia needs workplace relations reform to stay in the global game by Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Ai Group