Workplace reforms back on agenda when parliament returns next week, Tony Burke says

Albanese government to launch new industrial relations negotiations but all but rules out bringing back bargaining fees for non-union members

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The Albanese government will next week begin negotiations on a second wave of workplace reforms as it all but rules out bringing back bargaining fees for non-union members.

The workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, who is also the leader of the house, set out the Albanese government’s 2023 agenda at the National Press Club on Wednesday, including the launch of new industrial relations negotiations for a second tranche of reforms.

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