The entire business community, including miners and farmers, has declared war on the Albanese government over its proposed labour hire laws, arguing the changes will remove reward for effort and ultimately stifle wage and business growth.

In the biggest joint campaign of its type, eight peak organisations have launched a multimillion-dollar campaign – which they vow will run indefinitely if need be – and which mocks the government’s “simplistic” sales pitch that cracking down on the use of labour hire was about “same job, same pay”.