This is edition 2025/96 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
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1. Counting The Cost.
Chris Trotter
- 💼 The People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity (PSCPE) seeks evidence and alleges the Coalition Government dismantled the Pay Equity regime without proper scrutiny.
- 📉 The Coalition feared electoral backlash, indicating serious financial implications drove their reforms.
- 💰 Reforms aimed to save $13 billion by restricting Pay Equity scope, shifting liabilities to future claims.
- 🏛️ PSCPE questions the cost of reverting reforms, highlighting potential impacts on public infrastructure funding.
- 📊 Private-sector implications were pivotal, as reforms shifted costs from state to employers, impacting wage parity claims.
- 🚫 Opposition to reforms sees urgency as political necessity, despite criticism over parliamentary procedure.
- 📜 Historical context shows legislative speed crucial to protect majority policies from external pressures.
