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AWAs surge, as axe about to fall

AWA lodgements surged to a new high in November, seemingly lending credence to union claims that employers are rushing to lock in the individual deals before the Rudd Government abolishes them. The flood of AWAs has worsened the Workplace Authority's backlog, which has now reached almost 150,000 agreements and on current trends won't be cleared until at least the third quarter of 2008.