All the Abbott supporters whose children will be entering the workforce in the next few years will have a first hand taste of finding themselves just a number again - not a human being with a desire to maintain a basic standard of living.
Introducing the faceless workforce......
But Mr Abbott sought to steer clear of contentious issues such as penalty rates and unfair dismissal, saying any major changes to the existing Fair Work laws would only be considered after a Productivity Commission inquiry and with a mandate from voters at the following election, due in 2016.
Senator Abetz said on Friday it was ''hypothetical'' to talk about potential further changes, but insisted the Coalition was ''not going to be in the business of ideologically pursuing the issue of flexibility''.
''I'm proud of the fact that I can look the Australian people in the eye and say to them quite honestly you sent us a message in 2007, we've accepted that message; we've learned from it and you can be assured we won't be going back there again,'' he told Fairfax Media's Breaking Politics program.
''To extend the analogy of the leader, Tony Abbott, when he said WorkChoices was dead, buried and cremated, yesterday we scattered the ashes of WorkChoices and they'll never be gathered up again.''
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Peter Anderson denounced the Coalition workplace relations policy as ''too cautious; too modest'' and said business could not wait another three or four years ''before they get their measure of industrial relations justice''.
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox told ABC radio on Friday that he was disappointed that ''the ghost of WorkChoices'' hung over the Coalition as it drafted its latest policy.
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