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Bizarre new era of industrial relations must be unwound

State-sponsored and third-party interference threatens to kill workplace productivity and prosperity. Here are eight ways to fix the situation.

Steve KnottEmployer association chief executive

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In upturning Australia’s workplace relations system, the Albanese government has put trade unions and the Fair Work Commission in the middle of employer-employee interaction – and right in the way of business getting done.

That’s why the Australian Resources & Energy Employer Association is campaigning this federal election for priority reforms that would restore higher wages and a productive economy.

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Steve Knott AM is chief executive of the Australian Resources & Energy Employer Association.

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