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Gillard says fair work laws align laws with ILO standards, but critics not satisfied

Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard says the Fair Work Act brings Australia's workplace laws into alignment with key ILO conventions, in the wake of the international organisation making it clear in a new report that it wants the Government to make substantial changes to IR laws so they comply with international standards. But the barrister who prepared the CEPU's recent complaint to the ILO dismisses the Minister's claim as "Orwellian Newspeak".

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