The News South Wales Government is lodging a High Court challenge against the Federal Government's industrial relations changes - becoming the first state to do so.
The Western Australian Government says it is in the final stages of preparing its challenge and the Queensland Government says it is likely to launch its own early in the new year.
Victoria will also file a claim early next year supporting the New South Wales challenge.
New South Wales Industrial Relations Minister John Della Bosca says there is a strong case against the reforms recently passed in the Senate, and he expects similar action from other states.
"Today we're lodging our papers for our challenge in the High Court.
"We anticipate that Queensland and South Australia and other states will shortly follow and may even be taking similar action today.
"But we want to make sure our case is lodged and ready to go because we want to make sure the WorkChoices legislation is tested in the High Court as soon as practicable so the offensive provisions can be struck out."
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