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Tension at heart of Fair Work laws, says Qantas IR head

In a critique of the Federal Government's key IR changes, Qantas's executive IR manager says that the good faith bargaining laws will "even up the playing field a little" by forcing the airlines' competitors to bargain collectively, but noted that the new provisions didn't cover the "galling" industrial tactic of damaging a brand. Sue Bussell also maintains that unions' opposition to individual flexibility provisions could affect their long-term relevance, and that FWA got award modernisation right for the industry.