John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to that question is no. The other observation I would make is that the capacity of an employer to have a view and to implement that view in relation to the nature of an employment contract with an individual or group of his employees prior to the introduction of Work Choices involved a capacity to decide not to have a collective agreement. Work Choices has not changed that fact. So whatever may be happening there in relation to whether there is an AWA or a collective agreement is not the result of Work Choices.

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