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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Workplace reform to proceed even without consensus at jobs summit, Tony Burke says

Australia’s workplace relations minister Tony Burke
Workplace relations minister Tony Burke says Labor plans to bring a bill aimed at boosting pay and job security to parliament after the summit. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Labor will not allow its desire for “consensus” at the jobs summit to be “an excuse for inaction”, Tony Burke has said, warning reforms to boost pay and job security will proceed even over employers’ objections.

The workplace relations minister told Guardian Australia he intends to “bring as many measures as possible from Labor’s secure jobs better pay policy in a single bill later in the year” after the September summit.

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