On Sunday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers opened the door to multi-business pay and strike arrangements in select industries, saying the summit was an opportunity to “see where there is some common ground perhaps in some industries, around multi employer bargaining and to see if we can move forward together on this front”.“I think enterprise bargaining is
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton declined an invitation, but Nationals leader David Littleproud will attend.Agreement is likely to be reached at the two-day summit on increasing immigration, boosting training and skills and the principle of lifting wages through higher productivity.But there remain differences between business and unions on workplace relations, particularly industry-wide enterprise bargaining agreements.Federal
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In 1983, relative to unions, business representatives were hopelessly divided. Hadler, who attended on behalf of the Australian Merchant Bankers Association, cautioned business not to miss the lessons from the Hawke summit.“All the business representatives and all individuals need to have a united position going into, and during, the summit as positions will change,” he