http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mcleodsdaughters Posts tagged with 'mcleodsdaughters' at MetaFilter. Thu, 17 May 2007 23:52:04 -0800 Thu, 17 May 2007 23:52:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/61271/McLeods%2DPollsters As the countdown to the Australian federal election continues ever onward, the key issue looks set to be industrial relations. The incumbent Howard Government's <a href="https://www.workchoices.gov.au/">WorkChoices laws</a> (now <a _top href="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007378294">re-branded</a> due to their increasing unpopularity) have seen the poll figures for challenger <a _top href="http://www.alp.org.au/people/qld/rudd_kevin.php">Kevin Rudd</a> go <a _top href="http://www.ozpolitics.info/guide/elections/fed2007/polls2007/">up and up and up</a>. But even as the Government prepares to unleash <a _top href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21753384-601,00.html">a major advertisement spree in an attempt to sell the alleged benefits of Work Choices</a>, the new laws have <a _top href="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21753263-953,00.html">come under attack from the most unlikely of places</a>; popular prime time TV soap <em><a _top href="http://mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/">McLeod's Daughters</a></em>, which last night aired <a _top href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAO2jmdj4Qk">this thinly veiled assault</a> (youtube) on the central element of WorkChoices, <a _top href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Workplace_Agreement">AWAs</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61271 Thu, 17 May 2007 23:52:04 -0800 australia election industrialrelations ir johnhoward kevinrudd mcleodsdaughters politics workchoices Effigy2000