Labor ramped up its attack against Prime Minister Scott Morrison after he pledged in recent days to put industrial relations reforms back on the agenda,however,Industrial Relations Minister Michaelia Cash accused the federal opposition of scaremongering.
“The suggestion that the Morrison government is trying to cut wages and conditions is completely untrue,” Cash,who is also the attorney-general,said.
“This is the latest in a line of scare campaigns instead of actual policies by the Labor Party and a blatant attempt to distract the Australian from their crumbling ‘insecure work’ platform.”
The statement says the Coalition is “not changing the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) – full stop”.
“The dampening down of wages has not only had a dire impact on people struggling to make ends meet ... it’s had a devastating impact on our national economy.”
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Morrison said during a press conference in Adelaide “there are no major changes to the BOOT at all”.
But he said the reforms he was looking to revive were “about simplification and ensuring that there’s greater flexibility to ensure “these companies can work with what is an often complex industrial relations system,which cost jobs,costs higher wages,and it costs the Australian economy”.