I am currently studying to be a teacher and must say that theses new changes are very scary. Its good to see that this country is going straight to hell, we cant beat China and other low pay countries so why dont we join em. There is no honor, respect or mutual understanding for other members of the public, and I guess its a pipe dream to think that everyones various contributions are equal. Sure theses IR laws will make Australia more competitive and attractive, companies who were here before and couldnt exploit workers here so went overseas will return once workers here are paid just as crap as in China and the like. I really look forward to the day when we will be treated a little less than garbage, working an extra 20 hours a week for no extra pay so we can look "useful" to our employers, in the faint hope that they wont hire someone else who will do an extra 25 hours without extra pay and so it will go. Its so shameful that some people would even remotely think these changes are good, we have set in motion a widening of the gap between richer and poorer our way of life in Australia is under attack, work Sat and Sundays, public holidays in cases for little or no extra pay, the happiness of the family unit will suffer terribly, it will no longer be a case of working hard to make life better but working hard just to stay employed. I do not look forward to the next couple of years...