Are federal casual work law changes ‘good for Australia’s casuals’ or ‘a radical new restriction’?

New laws allowing casual staff on regular shifts to become permanent have split industry figures along political lines

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It was “a good day for Australia’s casuals”, the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, said. That was his first line at a press conference on planned changes to make it easier for casual workers to “convert” to being permanent.

“What we’ve announced today is a right that most casuals won’t take up,” was his second line.

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