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Casuals offered new path to permanent work

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Almost a million casual workers could soon be able to convert their role into a permanent job. The major change proposed by Labor would see workers given the power to decide. But business groups are strongly resisting the proposal. Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson explains
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