Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews’ quest for a single national system of industrial relations is looking increasingly illusory. Opposition is growing on both sides of politics, and there are manifest problems with the Government's muddled approach.
The fundamental difficulty for the Government is its' plan for a hostile takeover of the State industrial relations systems. This will never deliver a single national system because the Australian Government simply does not have the power under the Constitution to make the necessary laws.
Just about all State Government employment would be beyond the reach of the proposed Commonwealth laws, and to that can be added vast tracts of small business and many other areas of employment. Industries such as public education and health may even revert from the Federal to the State systems to avoid the hostile national laws.read more
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