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Backroom conflict revealed over radical Howard IR changes

Howard Government Cabinet documents released this month show the Prime Minister's department opposed then Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews' Work Choices proposal two decades ago to remove the FWC from the agreement approval process.

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