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WorkChoices and Independent Contractors: The Revolution That Never Happened

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Andrew Stewart
Andrew Stewart*
Affiliation:
John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide; Legal Consultant, Piper Alderman
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 18 , Issue 2: Beyond Work Choices: Remaking Industrial Relations in Australia , May 2008 , pp. 53 - 62
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