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Industrial relations reform and Sunday observance.(Editorial)

Quadrant

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THE DEBATE over industrial relations reform has had many peculiar features, but in essence it is the old, old argument in Australia between conservatism and change. The conservatives are, not unusually, to be found on the side of those who are opposed to reform--the alliance between existing vested interests, whether of the organisational labour movement and long-established industry, or of the conservatives of the middle classes who have prospered under existing institutions and have no wish to risk change and the devaluation of their existing intellectual capital.

The deep-rooted conservatism of Australian society manifests itself in many forms. When it is a ...

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