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MADAM SPEAKER

I SHOULD LIKE TO REPORT TO THE ASSEMBLY

ON THE LABOUR

MINISTERS' COUNCIL MEETING IN

SYDNEY ON 20 MAY WHICH I ATTENDED FOR THE A.C.T.

GOVERNMENT.

THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ITEM WHICH WAS

DISCUSSED WAS THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS

ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMONWEALTH AND BY THE

STATES TO PROMOTE DECENTRALISATION OF WAGE

BARGAINING PROCESSES.

ASSEMBLY MEMBERS PROBABLY SAW THE

MEDIA REPORTS, WHICH PLAYED UP THE DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN MR BRERETON, THE COMMONWEALTH

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