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Julia, no friend of unions?

You won't hear the ACTU say it but Age columnist Kenneth Davidson has never been scared to expose the contradictions between ALP policy and real fairness. 

In The Age on Monday 26 July he took a scalpel to the ALP's Fair Work Act. He began with these words:

Why has Opposition Leader Tony Abbott allowed himself to be wedged by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on WorkChoices? The main difference between WorkChoices and Gillard's Fair Work Act is largely cosmetic.

Click here for the article:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/politics/unions-on-the-nose-with-both-major-parties-20100725-10qei.html

 

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