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political reporter Jake Evans

'Same job, same pay' laws won't punish experience or hard work, Tony Burke says, dismissing 'strange' campaign

Tony Burke says the government is not proposing the policies business groups are lobbying against. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty)

Legislation to force companies to pay labour hire at the same rate as direct employees does not yet exist, but business groups have already mounted a national campaign against it.

Employment Minister Tony Burke says mining, petroleum, construction, farming, and small and large business groups have jumped the gun by criticising the government's planned "same job, same pay" laws.

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