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Will Howard pursue radical IR agenda?

With the Howard Government on the brink of controlling the Senate during its fourth term, unions face, at the very least, the prospect of the Government passing the raft of legislation blocked by the Democrats during the past eight years. But labour market deregulation has long been a Howard obsession and there will be a strong temptation to use the Government's unfettered domination of both houses to change the IR landscape.