HR Nicholls in the News

2012

Ian Hanke, 3 September 2012,
Grocon/CFMEU Dispute Heralds Disturbing Trend

Adam Bisits, 12 July 2012, Australian Financial Review [Letter]:
Regulatory constraints more to blame

Geoff Winestock, 12 July 2012, Australian Financial Review:
Productivity: bosses blame the system

Conference Press Coverage

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Mark Skulley, 14 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
Pollster Textor warns the right it's wrong

Editorial , 14 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
Union leaders ensure their slice of the pie

Pip Freebairn , 14 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
Unions need change of guard

Ewin Hannan , 13 June 2012, The Australian:
HSU chief calls for controls on unions

Mark Skulley , 13 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
FWA told to shape up and get savvy

Mark Skulley , 13 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
HSU leader says union democracy is a sham

Kathy Jackson , 13 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
FWA proves poor policeman

Doug Williams , 13 June 2012, Australian Financial Review:
IR could use old-style innovation

Tony Wright , 13 June 2012, The Age:
Union secretary takes fight into heartland of the old foe

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Ian Hanke , 3 February 2012, The Age:
Rinehart brings ideas from the right, despite howls from left

2011

Adam Bisits , 23 November 2011, Australian Financial Review:
FWA: What were they thinking?

Ian Hanke, HRN Director of Communications and Strategy, appeared on Network Ten's Meet The Press programme on 6 November to discuss industrial relations and the Qantas dispute. Links: Video; Transcript.

Matthew Franklin and Joe Kelly , 4 November 2011, The Australian:
Abbott says 'feral' ALP stifles industrial debate

Katharine Murphy , 21 September 2011, WA Today/The Age:
Liberal defies Abbott on contracts

Ben Packham , 21 September 2011, The Australian:
Tony Abbott under fire from employers and a Liberal MP for ruling out individual contracts

Ben Schneiders, 30 June 2011, The Age:
Taking Aim

Geoff Kitney, 29 June 2011, AFR:
Reith forces Coalition to rethink IR

Andrea Hayward, 22 June 2011, The Age:
Govt brushes off Work Choices cheerleader

Katharine Murphy, 8 June 2011, The Age:
Lib MPs called to crusade

2010

Paul Howes, 12 November 2010, The Australian:
ALP's faceless men must learn to tolerate dissent

Ben Schneiders, 12 October 2010, The Age:
They cannot talk about it yet but the Liberals still carry a torch for IR reform