Labor fights on but no KO on IR

Opposition workplace spokesman Eric Abetz. A Coalition government would reinstate the building commission, set up a new body to deal with union corruption and extend individual work agreements but leave unfair dismissal laws relatively unchanged.

Senator The Hon. Eric Abetz, Shadow Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations *Click here to download and read theCoalition's Policy to Improve the Fair Work Laws The Coalition's Policy to Improve the Fair Work Laws will improve the prospects ...

The Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has jumped to the defence of the Opposition Leader over claims he is dodging questions about GST. On Friday journalists tried to ask Tony Abbott whether the smaller states would be worse off under a Coalition ...

Federal opposition industrial relations spokesman Eric Abetz will lead discussion at APTIA's Moonee Valley seminar...

LIBERAL senator Eric Abetz has slammed Tasmanian Labor minister David O'Byrne for calling former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher a "war criminal" on Twitter. Mr O'Byrne, whose portfolios include police and workplace relations, tweeted on ...

WORKERS would be able to trade off entitlements more easily and unions would face increased hurdles to entering sites under the Coalition's workplace policy. The opposition's long-awaited policy, released yesterday, aims to reassure voters about ...

A minister in the Tasmanian government is under fire for calling Margaret Thatcher a 'war criminal'. Liberal senator Eric Abetz has slammed Tasmanian Labor minister David O'Byrne for calling former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher a "war ...

Optimistic: GARDS chief executive Vicki Hamilton wanted more money allocated to preventing asbestos related disease. A NATIONAL plan to protect Australians from asbestos-related diseases has been cautiously welcomed by Gippsland's asbestos support ...

EMILY BOURKE: Mining boom, what mining boom-That's the overwhelming message the mining sector is sending from an industry summit underway in Melbourne today.Mining magnate, Gina Rinehart, used the event to take a swipe at the Government for spending ...