Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lashed out at proposed workplace reforms, saying the laws would take industrial relations backwards and sacrifice Australians at the altar of unionism.
As debate continues in the House of Representatives, Mr Dutton said the reforms represented the most radical change to the country's industrial relations system in decades.
The government is trying to pass the reforms, which would enable multi-employer bargaining and better protect employees in female-dominated industries, by the end of the year.