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A US state has proposed the relaxation of child labour laws to increase work hours for children in a bid to address worker shortages. Australian labour laws are different across states, but there has calls for a unification of laws and a strengthening of the minimum wage convention.

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A US state has proposed the relaxation of child labour laws to increase work hours for children in a bid to address worker shortages. Australian labour laws are different across states, but there has calls for a unification of laws and a strengthening of the minimum wage convention.

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