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whiteknight

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Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight
Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:42am

Monday 5 February, 2018
5 February 2018
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Panellists: Sally McManus, Secretary, ACTU; Chris Richardson, Economist and chair of Deloitte Access Economics; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & former RBA board member; James Pearson, CEO, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Stephen Mayne, Crikey Founder.
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Sally McManus

Sally McManus is the tenth elected ACTU Secretary in the organisation’s 90-year history and the first woman to hold the prestigious position. Sally was previously an ACTU vice-president.

Before joining the ACTU, Sally was the branch secretary and an organiser with the Australian Services Union in NSW and the ACT for 22 years. During Sally's time as secretary the ASU’s membership grew from 9500 to 12,000 members.

She has led many successful campaigns in the private, public and community sectors, including the first collective agreement in the work for IBM workers, a campaign preventing water privatisation and the Equal Pay campaign for community workers. This was a seven-year campaign that delivered between pay increases of 18-40 per cent for all workers.

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Grendel Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 28080 Gender:	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #1 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 7:35am So another 3 vs 2 panel?
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 156061 Gender:	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #2 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 8:13am Grendel wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 7:35am: So another 3 vs 2 panel? 3 men and 2 women, yes. What's your point, goosey?
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21981 Gordon Gender:	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #3 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 8:42am When's the lawyer with the funny hair on? Hope he doesn't get worked up and rub one out all over TJ
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juliar Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 22966	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #4 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 9:44am Gee whiz!! The utterly boring Lefty wacko Q&A crap that has the Doom and Gloom BlackDay riveted to the screen for hours. Wonder when Mal will reappear wearing his leather jacket ? Or is he banned by the Greenies ?
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Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight
Reply #5 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:35pm

whiteknight wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:42am:

Monday 5 February, 2018
5 February 2018
coming up

Panellists: Sally McManus, Secretary, ACTU; Chris Richardson, Economist and chair of Deloitte Access Economics; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & former RBA board member; James Pearson, CEO, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Stephen Mayne, Crikey Founder.
Panellists

Sally McManus

Sally McManus is the tenth elected ACTU Secretary in the organisation’s 90-year history and the first woman to hold the prestigious position. Sally was previously an ACTU vice-president.

Before joining the ACTU, Sally was the branch secretary and an organiser with the Australian Services Union in NSW and the ACT for 22 years. During Sally's time as secretary the ASU’s membership grew from 9500 to 12,000 members.

She has led many successful campaigns in the private, public and community sectors, including the first collective agreement in the work for IBM workers, a campaign preventing water privatisation and the Equal Pay campaign for community workers. This was a seven-year campaign that delivered between pay increases of 18-40 per cent for all workers.

Don't watch the ABC there is enough left wing bile in the commercial media there is no need for government funded left wing bile, the sooner they cut the ABC funding the better if you ask me, open up a hospital would be better use of that funding.

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Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight
Reply #6 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 6:13pm

RightSaidFred wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:35pm:

whiteknight wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:42am:

Monday 5 February, 2018
5 February 2018
coming up

Panellists: Sally McManus, Secretary, ACTU; Chris Richardson, Economist and chair of Deloitte Access Economics; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & former RBA board member; James Pearson, CEO, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Stephen Mayne, Crikey Founder.
Panellists

Sally McManus

Sally McManus is the tenth elected ACTU Secretary in the organisation’s 90-year history and the first woman to hold the prestigious position. Sally was previously an ACTU vice-president.

Before joining the ACTU, Sally was the branch secretary and an organiser with the Australian Services Union in NSW and the ACT for 22 years. During Sally's time as secretary the ASU’s membership grew from 9500 to 12,000 members.

She has led many successful campaigns in the private, public and community sectors, including the first collective agreement in the work for IBM workers, a campaign preventing water privatisation and the Equal Pay campaign for community workers. This was a seven-year campaign that delivered between pay increases of 18-40 per cent for all workers.

Don't watch the ABC there is enough left wing bile in the commercial media there is no need for government funded left wing bile, the sooner they cut the ABC funding the better if you ask me, open up a hospital would be better use of that funding.

Translation ... you froth at the mouth any time the media doesn't pander to your extremist views...

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Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight
Reply #7 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 8:00pm

Bam wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 6:13pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:35pm:

whiteknight wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 5:42am:

Monday 5 February, 2018
5 February 2018
coming up

Panellists: Sally McManus, Secretary, ACTU; Chris Richardson, Economist and chair of Deloitte Access Economics; Heather Ridout, Businesswoman & former RBA board member; James Pearson, CEO, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Stephen Mayne, Crikey Founder.
Panellists

Sally McManus

Sally McManus is the tenth elected ACTU Secretary in the organisation’s 90-year history and the first woman to hold the prestigious position. Sally was previously an ACTU vice-president.

Before joining the ACTU, Sally was the branch secretary and an organiser with the Australian Services Union in NSW and the ACT for 22 years. During Sally's time as secretary the ASU’s membership grew from 9500 to 12,000 members.

She has led many successful campaigns in the private, public and community sectors, including the first collective agreement in the work for IBM workers, a campaign preventing water privatisation and the Equal Pay campaign for community workers. This was a seven-year campaign that delivered between pay increases of 18-40 per cent for all workers.

Don't watch the ABC there is enough left wing bile in the commercial media there is no need for government funded left wing bile, the sooner they cut the ABC funding the better if you ask me, open up a hospital would be better use of that funding.

Translation ... you froth at the mouth any time the media doesn't pander to your extremist views...

No translation required its people like you that seem fond of left wing bile.

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Grappler Racist Filth Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90828 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #8 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 10:57pm Anyway - all the bile salespersons aside - how did it all go tonight?
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10766 Gender:	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #9 - Feb 5^th, 2018 at 11:08pm They talked about tax cuts we're never going to get
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122313 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight Reply #10 - Feb 6^th, 2018 at 5:45am Bias_2012 wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 11:08pm: They talked about tax cuts we're never going to get And they never mentioned how our debt to GDP ratio is heading towards 100%.
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Re: Q And A - Might Be Interesting Tonight
Reply #11 - Feb 6^th, 2018 at 7:34am

IMO the most interesting question was this:

Q&A: Should employers have the right to take 'strike' action and lock out workers?

Lachlan from Queensland said he was on the receiving end of strike action imposed by his employer.

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I've come straight from the picket line of Oaky North mine in central Queensland. Myself and 180 other permanent workers have been locked out of our jobs by Glencore for the last 208 days.

With our families we have sat in the dirt at the front of our gate of our mine to see if we'll be allowed back in. We were locked out whilst attempting to negotiate a new workplace agreement which included a 0 per cent pay increase.

The Fair Work Commission can cancel a union's application for a work stoppage. Why can't they stop a company from locking its workers out?

Not only is this company locking out is permanent workforce for months, they are employing contractors to keep production going. They're not feeling any pain at all. Why are they even allowed to do this?

If the law was fair, those contractors would be subjected to legal action by the union and liable for penalties of $25,000 per day per worker, the same penalties that workers would pay for illegal strike action.

IR law has shifted way too far in favour of employers and we need to restore the balance.

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