The government has acknowledged its planned crackdown on the use of labour hire aimed to drive up wage costs, after BHP complained the policy would cost it $1.3 billion a year and threaten “serious damage to every level of the Australian economy”.
The mining union said BHP had every reason to be afraid of what was coming its way, while Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said the whole idea was to drive up wages.
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