Employer groups, the Jacqui Lambie Network and the Coalition have backed calls from David Pocock to split Labor’s industrial relations bill and deal with uncontentious parts this year, including workers’ compensation and discrimination law reforms.
The Coalition has suggested the influential crossbencher could move a private senator’s bill to move forward with provisions improving access to workers’ compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder in the ACT as a priority, but he insists he will first work with the government.
