Wednesday, June 29, 2005

IR changes an assault on fairness, says Rann

South Australian Premier Mike Rann has condemned the Federal Government's planned industrial relations (IR) changes as an assault on fairness.

Mr Rann has told a gathering of workers in Adelaide that his state's impressive industrial relations record will be threatened if the system is taken over by the Commonwealth.

"Nobody in the industrial relations movement, no one in the unions fears change, but what we're facing from the day after tomorrow is a whole new industrial and political landscape where the hard-won balance that we have here in South Australia could be badly upset." he said.

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