John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the particular dispute, my advice is that there is a legal argument about the status of that dispute. If, as I expect, action is taken in the Federal Court, that legal argument will be resolved by the court. I make the point that this in no way arises from the operation of Work Choices, because there has been a prohibition on the payment of strike pay in Australian law for 10 years.

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