The Attorney-General's department is prepping itself for war. Good look,right?
Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter says industrial action at Port Botany is affecting medicine delivery and prices for farmers.
Attorney-General Christian Porter said the government will push ahead with ideas it believes will create jobs even without consensus between business and unions.
Australia's largest companies and small businesses are each closing in on some of their top priorities in industrial relations reform talks.
Some parties in confidential government working groups negotiating changes to the country's industrial laws are worried the duplicate process will undermine their work.
The Attorney-General does not believe Facebook will carry out a threat to ban news in response to new rules that would force it to pay publishers.
Labor has said it may try to amend the bill in the Senate but will ultimately pass it.
Sources close to negotiations between unions and business over how to reform workplace law and create jobs are frustrated with the lack of progress.
Businesses that were once on JobKeeper and have seen their turnover fall by at least 10 per cent will retain the power to drop staff hours by as much as 40 per cent.
New Commonwealth modelling shows businesses could face a crippling $18 to $40 billion claim for unpaid holiday leave if many casuals are actually deemed permanent staff.
Porter,whose son Christian is federal Attorney-General,became a national hero in 1956 after his marathon battle with American champion Charles Dumas.