Are federal casual work law changes ‘good for Australia’s casuals’ or ‘a radical new restriction’?

The Albanese government has announced casual staff will have the right to ask to become permanent, if certain conditions are met. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

It was “a good day for Australia’s casuals”, the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, said. That was his first line at a press conference on planned changes to make it easier for casual workers to “convert” to being permanent.

“What we’ve announced today is a right that most casuals won’t take up,” was his second line.