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Summit like a ‘two-day episode of The Drum’

None of the decisions taken really require a summit, but the summit creates a focus that requires an outcome.

Well may the Labor government be patting itself on the back for achieving a breakthrough on industrial relations reform, namely by securing agreement to modify the Better Off Overall Test in a bid to rescue enterprise bargaining.

What it won’t admit, but should, is that enterprise bargaining could have been sorted 18 months ago when the Morrison government put the very same proposal to Parliament.

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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com

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