NSW: NSW moves to secure new national IR regime

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2007
NSW: NSW moves to secure new national IR regime

SYDNEY, Aug 9 AAP - NSW Premier Morris Iemma's government is devising a plan for a
new national industrial relations regime, according to a report.

The new regime has a strong role for the states to protect itself against a "likely"

abuse of power by a Labor government in Canberra led by Kevin Rudd, The Australian reports.

Mr Iemma's government is proposing to pay constitutional lawyer George Williams $2,000
a day to conduct an inquiry on options for the system, the newspaper says.

The NSW Labor plan indicates serious mistrust on the part of the Iemma Government,
with fears that a federal Labor government would impose its will on the states, insisting
on a power grab not dissimilar to the federal government's own.

Under the terms of reference, the NSW government inquiry would generate options for
a cooperative industrial relations system to replace the federal government's national
IR takeover.

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