The Newcastle Herald's Opinion, Saturday, April 4, 2020: Corona-crisis not an excuse to rip up workplace rule book

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 15 2020 - 1:53pm, first published April 4 2020 - 3:30am
Industries, here and abroad, are under threat.
Industries, here and abroad, are under threat.

IN the leadup to last year's federal election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison campaigned on the idea that a Labor win would give the union movement so much power that ACTU secretary Sally McManus would be "a board member, figuratively" on every company in the country.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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