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The disastrous consequences of Tony Burke’s workplace ‘reforms’

17 February 2024

9:00 AM

17 February 2024

9:00 AM

With the passing of Closing Loopholes 2, it’s official: we’re doomed. Notwithstanding the supposedly small target that Anthony Albanese took to the last election, Labor has managed in the space of a very short time to set Australia back by several decades.

Gone is the emphasis on an open and competitive economy where workers and bosses work out win-win solutions, it’s now open class warfare and wealth redistribution.

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