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2008 AFPC Federal Minimum Wage Determination

08 July, 2008 05:10PM Joint Media Release Julia Gillard

The Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) has today announced an increase of $21.66 per week to the Federal Minimum Wage (FMW). The AFPC’s decision increases the FMW to $543.78 per week ($14.31 per hour) up from $522.12 per week ($13.74 per hour).

LHMU Big Step Child Care campaign, child care rebate, car industry, Bracks review, inflation

25 June, 2008 11:30AM Transcript Julia Gillard

It's a great pleasure to be here today to join the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union in its launch of its Big Steps in Child Care campaign. The Rudd Labor Government is committed to improving the standard of our Early Years Workforce. We know that there are great child care workers out there in Australian child care centres. They want to be part of delivering care and early learning for Australian children. Our nation under-invests in early childhood development and care.

LHMU Big Steps in Childcare Campaign

20 June, 2008 02:10PM Speech Julia Gillard

Thank you for inviting me to join you in launching Big Steps in Childcare, an LHMU campaign to reform the child care sector. The Rudd Labor Government shares the LHMU’s desire for a stronger child care sector to help give all Australian children a good start in life. We have placed early childhood learning and child care front and centre of our social and economic agenda. It is a central part of the Government’s plan to create a modern, prosperous and productive economy.

2008 Workplace Research Centre Annual Conference 2008

20 June, 2008 02:09PM Speech Julia Gillard

I want to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet – the Eora people. It’s a pleasure to be here at the Workplace Research Centre – whose research plays such an important part in helping Australians understand workplace relations and whose research prior to the last election provided such an accurate picture of the impact of Work Choices and in particular Australian Workplace Agreements It’s been a while, I know, since a federal government workplace relac

Deputy Prime Minister to attend AALD in Washington

20 June, 2008 01:55AM Media Release Julia Gillard

The Deputy Prime Minister will attend the 16th annual bipartisan Australian American Leadership Dialogue (AALD) in Washington, DC next week.

National Employment standards

17 June, 2008 03:05PM Transcript Julia Gillard

Well at the November election the Rudd lead Labor party promised to make changes to the workplace relations system and to workers rights. We’ve been waiting a while but its in place. We’ve been waiting, there’s been consultation and high expectations I suppose but Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard have stipulated the new National Employment Standards finally. We do have the Deputy Prime Minister on the line right now, good morning Julia Gillard.

National Employment Standards

17 June, 2008 12:15PM Transcript Julia Gillard

Just when the Federal Government was under incredible pressure over its attitude to petrol pricing. Basically saying its an international problem, nothing we can do anything about. They have gone and perhaps disappointed the trade union base of the Labor Party by introducing a ten point National Employment Standards; a test which includes maximum and minimum hours, flexible working arrangements, parental leave, annual leave, personal, carers leave, compassionate leave, community service leave an

National Employment Standards, welfare, Belinda Neal

17 June, 2008 08:47AM Transcript Julia Gillard

The Government announced new employment standards today, National Employment Standards. We thought we would have a chat about that. Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion. She has got a lot of hats; she joins me on the line this afternoon. You are a busy woman.

Belinda Neal, National Employment Standards

17 June, 2008 08:46AM Transcript Julia Gillard

The Government meantime is keen to show it’s getting on with the job. It released its ten minimum working conditions- National Employment Standards. These long awaited ten conditions will form the basis of all workplace agreements under the Federal industrial relations system. The Deputy Prime Minister and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard spoke to me a short time ago.

National Employment Standards, Digital Education Revolution, Belinda Neal

17 June, 2008 08:45AM Transcript Julia Gillard

Plenty of work on the plate of the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. She’s the Industrial Relations Minister and the Education Minister. She joins me on the line from Canberra now. Good afternoon to you.