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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Labor may accelerate industrial relations reforms to ‘get wages moving’, Anthony Albanese says

Anthony Albanese speaks at the national press club
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has said the government will introduce an industrial relations bill in the next sitting, as unions call for multi-employer pay deals. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Anthony Albanese has suggested Labor could accelerate industrial relations reforms, adding to its election policies to “get wages moving” without “[waiting] for everyone to agree on everything”.

The prime minister made the remarks at the National Press Club, as Labor opened the door to multi-employer pay deals to shrink the gender pay gap and further bargaining changes ahead of the jobs and skills summit on Wednesday.

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