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6 May 2025
Insight
In the lead up to the 2025 Australian Federal Election, our Employment, IR and Safety team tracked policy statements and the major parties’ workforce-related plans. Both of the major parties made it clear that a key issue would be cost-of-living issues.
Now that the ALP has been voted in, we expect to see further entrenchment of the current IR framework. Read our wrap up article here. Links to our pre-election insights can be also found below.
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Episode 26: Election Special
Recorded 31 March 2025
This election special of Inside IR looks at the upcoming 2025 Australian Federal Election through an industrial relations and employment lens. and seek to predict. Given the vast amount of reform over the last 3 years, what does the next term of federal politics look like?
Our team explores how the major parties are approaching their election campaigns, as well as the key roles that the independents are once again expected to play.
Drew Pearson (Partner) and Natalie Gaspar (Partner) first set the scene on how we arrived where we are today, and discuss the crucial role of the independents.
Wendy Fauvel (Partner) and Rommo Pandit (Executive Counsel) then discuss the ALP’s and ACTU’s agendas, summarising their approaches to key issues including bargaining, payday super, approach to AI and whistleblowing.
Key contacts
Drew Pearson
Managing Partner, Sydney Office, Sydney
Rohan Doyle
Partner, Melbourne
Natalie Gaspar
Partner, Melbourne
Nicholas Ogilvie
Partner, Melbourne and Sydney
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