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Business is trying to scare us about 'same job, same pay'. But the proposal isn't scary

  • Written by Gemma Beale, Senior Project Officer, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University
Business is trying to scare us about 'same job, same pay'. But the proposal isn't scaryMinerals Council of Australia

On Monday, eight of Australia’s largest employer groups launched a campaign against the government’s Same Job, Same Pay Bill, saying it was “unfair”.

The television ads and website say the proposed law would penalise hard workers with “decades of knowledge and experience” by forcing...

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