WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals
- Written by Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
WorkChoices marked one of the great turning points of the Howard era. It accelerated the unravelling of a decade-long Coalition government, handed Labor a potent election weapon, and led the most successful union campaigns in modern Australian political history.
Over the years, WorkChoices has become shorthand for policy disaster. While it...
