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Josh Bornstein is head of Maurice Blackburn's national Employment Law department and is a member of the company's board.

If we vote Yes to the Voice, are we helping reconciliation? That’s affirmative

If we vote Yes to the Voice, are we helping reconciliation? That’s affirmative

Just like right-wing arguments in the US that destroyed measures designed to reduce racial inequality, the No campaign encourages Australians to lie to themselves.

  • by Josh Bornstein

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Big business needs to be cured of its addiction to low wages

Big business needs to be cured of its addiction to low wages

The same business lobbyists who have successfully campaigned for laws that suppress wages since the 1980s are issuing familiar warnings on multi-employer bargaining.

  • by Josh Bornstein
Employees, not business, are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth

Employees, not business, are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth

Profits have never been higher and the share of the economic pie paid to workers has never been lower.

  • by Josh Bornstein and Alison Pennington
Pandemic amplifies the brittle fault lines in our society

Pandemic amplifies the brittle fault lines in our society

The early indications from two years of the economic dislocation of the coronavirus pandemic are in. More of the same – just more extreme.

  • by Josh Bornstein
Why change at the top will make women feel safer
Opinion
Harassment

Why change at the top will make women feel safer

Addressing sexual harassment and other violence against women starts with recognising that it is a systemic problem that requires a fundamental change to the roles of men and women.

  • by Josh Bornstein
Parliament lags judiciary in providing a harassment-free workplace
Opinion
Harassment

Parliament lags judiciary in providing a harassment-free workplace

The Morrison government appeals to the rule of law except if it’s politically inconvenient to do so.

  • by Josh Bornstein
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Coalition’s concern for rule of law a ‘convenient fig leaf’
Opinion
Justice

Coalition’s concern for rule of law a ‘convenient fig leaf’

Until the events of last week engulfed the government, the PM’s passion for the rule of law was repeatedly missing in action.

  • by Josh Bornstein
Freedom of speech: Voltaire would applaud Trump Twitter ban

Freedom of speech: Voltaire would applaud Trump Twitter ban

The social media ban on President Donald Trump is consistent with the principle of preventing harm to others.

  • by Josh Bornstein
A spending-led economic recovery will soon rely on robust wage growth

A spending-led economic recovery will soon rely on robust wage growth

The federal government and its big business supporters will soon be forced to acknowledge that the economy needs healthy wage growth to recover.

  • by Josh Bornstein
Private becomes public for politicians in a changed world

Private becomes public for politicians in a changed world

The tech revolution has dramatically reduced our private lives and correspondingly enlarged the public interest.

  • by Josh Bornstein
In this age of surveillance capitalism, the law is left for dust
Opinion
Privacy

In this age of surveillance capitalism, the law is left for dust

European courts are leading the charge against invasions of privacy by the likes of Facebook and Google. Australia needs to catch up.

  • by Josh Bornstein

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/josh-bornstein-gk5290