Anthony Albanese and Employment Minister Tony Burke said the 'Secure Jobs, Better Pay' bill was the next step to lifting wages, improving job security and closing the gender pay gap. 9News
Peter Dutton said the new laws would cost jobs at the worst time.
"If you put this union wishlist of industrial relations changes across small businesses, it's going to drive up unemployment," Dutton said.Before its passage, Liberal senator Michaelia Cash described it as "literally the most radical changes that the country has ever seen". "This targeting of people for standing up for their rights put enormous stress and hardship on construction workers and their families," CFMEU secretary Dave Noonan said.
"Unions have been given the green light to ramp up pattern bargaining and bullying tactics in our industry," Wawn said.
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