Author:
Michelle Grattan
(MENAFN- The Conversation)
Industrial relations will be hotly contested at next year's election.
Labor has introduced a raft of new worker protections and pushed for wage increases for lower paid workers.
Business groups have argued against further red tape and claimed the government's new regulations have contributed to rising costs.
The union movement, meanwhile, has been mired in the fallout from the CFMEU controversy, with some union leaders angry over the government and ACTU's tough treatment of that union after revelations of its infiltration by criminals.
To talk about these issues and more, we're joined by ACTU secretary Sally McManus and Innes Willox, the head of the Australian Industry Group, one of the peak employer groups.
On how to fix the construction industry, Willox advocates an oversight body but not the reintroduction of the Australian Building and Construction Commission,
What other changes to industrial relations would employers want from a Coalition government?
On the unions' wish list from Labor, McManus says they are talking with the government about further action on the issue of equality.
Another issue is that of youth wages:
On the split in the union movement over the government and ACTU actions against the construction division of the CFMEU, McManus says the ACTU will continue to keep its door open,
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