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Andrew Brown

Warning from farmers on workplace laws

The peak body for Australian farmers has warned changes to the country's workplace laws would impact grocery prices and essential supply chains due to increased strike actions.

The National Farmers' Federation told a Senate committee examining the new industrial relations laws that producers would be directly hit by the changes proposed.

The bill, which passed the lower house on Thursday, would enshrine multi-employer bargaining, as well as aim to lift the rate of pay in feminised industries.

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