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7 April 2010

COURTS.. read full story

Labor in new 'jobs for the boys' row

20 March 2010

THE state government is embroiled in an election year "jobs for the boys" row after appointing former federal Labor minister and ALP factional chief Robert Ray to a sensitive public sector job... read full story

University accused of discriminating against Asian women during redundancy cull

29 December 2009

THE University of Western Sydney is investigating allegations that three women were discriminated against racially when their jobs were culled... read full story

Qantas engineers to strike

17 December 2009

PROFESSIONAL engineers from Qantas and Jetstar will go on strike today over failed negotiations on a new collective agreement with their employer, with fatigue management and professional development needs still a particular concern... read full story

Lots of talk, little action to raise women to top

9 December 2009

On the same day as the ASX released a proposal to rectify the paucity of women on boards and in senior management, Westpac lost its only woman who reported directly to the chief executive. To make matters worse, this position was filled by the man who oversaw the bank's botched interest rate rise last week. What makes this departure even more significant - and somewhat ironic - is that Westpac is run by a woman, the only woman in the country who has become the boss of a top 100 company... read full story

Who will get the NBN job done?

2 October 2009

Telstra's new attitude to shareholders must spill to employees, writes Ed Husic... read full story

Party desires prevail over capitalism

31 August 2009

Taking on the communist hierarchy in China is a tough way to do business... read full story

Profits in peril as state stalks private companies

31 August 2009

CHINA'S two richest steel magnates, Du Shuanghua and Zhang Zhixiang, are hardly novices when it comes to lobbying for political favour. But in the past five weeks they have discovered that neither their modern management techniques nor their fabulous riches are adequate defences against the greatest vested interested of them all: the Chinese Communist Party... read full story

ANZ slashes another 248 jobs

9 July 2009

ANZ Bank has axed a further 248 jobs across the country as part of its strategy to slash the size of its Australian workforce... read full story

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