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Vulnerable Women at Risk Under WorkChoices

31 August, 2007 — Filed under: Current issuesComments (0)
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A media release from the from the Victorian Minister for Women’s Affairs:

A coordinated push by the State Governments for more work into industrial safeguards to protect vulnerable women workers from new Federal workplace laws won unanimous support at a meeting of Australian women’s ministers today.

Victoria’s Minister for Women Affairs Maxine Morand said three papers presented at today’s Ministerial Conference on the Status of Women in Hobart assessed a growing pool of research showing women were the biggest losers under Howard’s industrial relations changes.
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