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Employers say Labor's new industrial relations bill threatens the economy. Denmark tells a different story

  • Written by Chris F. Wright, Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Labor’s proposed amendment to the Fair Work Act (subtitled its Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill) has drawn fire from Australia’s three leading employer groups:

  • the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which says it will create more strikes and unemployment

  • the Australian Industry Group, which says it threatens decades of...

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