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Workers Online - Issue 287
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Editorial: A Sick Set of Laws
The Howard Government's inexorable push to strip workers' rights continues; despite the warnings of unions, churches, community groups, labour market economists and now, epidemiologists. That's right - after much debate about how the changes will affect the Australian way of life; concerns have now been raised that they will be a threat to Australian life itself. Drawing on the field of social epidemiology - that is the study of how social conditions affect public health - ACIRRT has painted a picture of a society where the gap between the life expectancy of the rich andthe poor will widen. read more.. |
