Mining wants its foreign scabs back:
Big business will wage a mining-tax style campaign against the “economic vandals” in the Albanese government after it passed the most controversial part of its industrial relations shake-up, in a bid to pile on pressure before the next election.
BHP president Geraldine Slattery slammed Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke’s deal with the Greens and crossbench to rush through “same job, same pay” laws for labour hire workers as “extremely disappointing”, while the Minerals Council of Australia called it “a declaration of war” on business.
