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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

NSW Liberals propose weakening unfair-dismissal protections under new industrial relations platform

Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg
NSW Liberal senator Andrew Bragg said he welcomed “anything that would reduce the influence of the Orwellian Fair Work Commission” as a “necessary reform”. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The New South Wales Liberals are set to adopt an industrial relations policy to water down unfair-dismissal protections and abandon annual wage rises for middle and high income earners on award safety nets.

The policy, to be considered at the state council annual general meeting later in February, is an ambitious blueprint for reforms to the federal Fair Work Act likely to spark a hostile reaction from unions over weakening worker protections.

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