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What is the government proposing to change about our industrial relations system?

Harley Dennett
Updated December 14 2020 - 12:38pm, first published 6:30am
Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter arriving for question time. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter arriving for question time. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Last week the Morrison government proposed major reforms to Australia's workplace laws, covering five of the most longstanding problems in the most heated policy area that divides the two major parties.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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