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THIS week, the Australian coalition government led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it will no longer pursue its proposed union-busting legislation “as a sign of good faith.”
Instead Morrison says he will encourage Australian unions and business to take part in a four-month negotiation to try to solve a number of industrial relations issues.
He announced that there would be five priority areas for reform. These include changes to the Australian “awards system”; collective bargaining for workplace pay deals; casualisation and fixed-term employment; compliance and enforcement to ensure workers are paid properly and agreements on greenfield sites and new projects.
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