Any changes to industrial relations must provide genuine improvements that work for both employers and workers, incoming federal minister Christian Porter says.
The attorney-general, who has also picked up the industrial relations portfolio in Scott Morrison's new ministry, says the coalition's recent election victory was a rejection of attempts to fan division between the two groups by unions and Labor.
"Australia has now soundly rejected class warfare, divisions being created between employers and employees, between different levels of income earning on the tax scale," Mr Porter told Sky News on Tuesday.
The minister said while it's too soon for him to comment on whether the coalition would pursue industrial relations reforms in this term, meetings with business groups and unions are on his agenda.
But if the government were to make any changes, they would need to work well for everyone.
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"This is a portfolio where, when you do look at ways to improve relations, they have to be genuine improvements that work for everyone," he said.
"Everyone's interests should align in having greater job growth, greater economic opportunity and the ability to live in an aspiration way and do better for yourself and your family."
