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Testing the balance between people and profit

ANALYSIS: Australian business is kicking back against new industrial relations laws, saying they are also anti-worker because they will hinder growth.

NBR Senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Calida Stuart-Menteath.

Former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce reckoned the airline could save about A$100 million a year by outsourcing 1700 ‘below wing’ ground handling jobs, so he sacked the workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Australian High Court has ruled that those sackings were illegal, but the

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Lachlan Colquhoun Tue, 29 Oct 2024
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