"The government has asked its new employment rights watchdog to reduce the regulatory burden on business,.. a request that worker advocates said risks turning the agency into “a dead duck”.

Of course it has. This is the self-declared government of business.

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Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch | Regulators | The Guardian
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