If the Morrison government cares about jobs, it can’t cave to union scaremongering

The naked cynicism of the union movement has been laid bare in its attack on the Morrison government’s very modest industrial relations changes. 

The ludicrous claim that the amendment to the BOOT test to allow covid-19 impacted business some relief from it to protect jobs and also encourage employment is WorkChoices 2.0 is arrant nonsense — and I should know because I worked for Kevin Andrews when we introduced WorkChoices. 

WorkChoices worked. Wages increased and unemployment continued to fall following on from the success of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendments Act introduced by Peter Reith and negotiated through the Senate in 1996 –- and again I am proud to say I worked with Reith on this and…