The Coalition is well-placed for next year's election, but the looming battle over industrial relations could be more dangerous for Peter Dutton than his risky gamble to promote nuclear energy.
Although the Coalition is not expected to win next year's election, presently it looks placed to do well.
Wage theft has been outlawed, domestic violence leave granted and the "right to disconnect" introduced. The Coalition is under pressure from business to agree to a wish list to tilt the playing field back towards employers. For instance, this week the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry called for the definition of small businesses to be expanded so that more firms would benefit from having fewer workplace burdens imposed on them.
Moreover, its argument that the government's IR changes are bad for the economy will be hard to prosecute because it will be some time before their full impact can be judged. The government itself has an independent review of its initial measures, due to report in January. That will allow it to either claim everything is hunky dory, or offer some fine-tuning.
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