Letter-to-the-Editor in The Weekend Australian (15/10/05):
"There is one question that I would like the Prime Minister to answer. If it is true that at the moment Australia is experiencing record growth, low unemployment and low inflation, then why these changes to industrial relations? I further question the need for the proposed changes when the good economic climate we enjoy has been achieved under the current IR system. It is further perplexing when one considers the fact that Australia has recorded low levels of industrial disputes. So where is the threat to our future economic growth coming from? What was it that you said, John, during the republican debate? "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- Theodora Cherry (Parkside, SA)
"There is one question that I would like the Prime Minister to answer. If it is true that at the moment Australia is experiencing record growth, low unemployment and low inflation, then why these changes to industrial relations? I further question the need for the proposed changes when the good economic climate we enjoy has been achieved under the current IR system. It is further perplexing when one considers the fact that Australia has recorded low levels of industrial disputes. So where is the threat to our future economic growth coming from? What was it that you said, John, during the republican debate? "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- Theodora Cherry (Parkside, SA)
posted by Anthony Stoddart @ 6:48 AM
2 Comments:
At Mon Oct 17, 10:57:00 AM,
Lisa said…
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At Mon Oct 17, 10:58:00 AM,
Lisa said…
A statement like "if it aint broken, dont fix it" is weak and overly simplistic in pratically any political debate.
This letter doesn't carry much weight for me. It's like when the question of invading Iraq came up - people ask "why now when North Korea is misbehaving too?" when the real question is "why do it at all and if we do it, is it moral, intelligent, sustainable, etc?"
Saying "why now?" isn't helpful for the IR reforms. The real questions are "who will it help, how much, and is the consequent trade-off worth it?"
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