Govt 'not planning' further workplace law changes
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Mr Howard says the Government has got the balance right on workplace laws. (AAP Image: Paul Miller)
Prime Minister John Howard has continued his defence of a decision to keep documents on the Government's industrial relations (IR) laws under wraps.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has been refused, blocking the release of documents from 2005 which are believed to detail options for workplace law changes.
Yesterday the Government won a two-year battle to keep the plans secret, saying the idea had been dumped so the information was not in the public interest.
Mr Howard has faced scrutiny over the issue today, and on the ABC's 7:30 Report he has again vehemently denied the Coalition is planning another wave of changes to the laws.
"They are balanced, they have generated 430,000 more jobs, they've helped small business, they've helped the economy grow and it would be damaging to our economy if they are overturned by a Labor government," he said.
"But we don't intend to go any further, we don't need to, we think we've got the balance right."
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