No 'political mandate' or 'economic justification' for IR bill: Credlin

Sky News host Peta Credlin says the trouble with the government’s industrial relations bill is there is no “political mandate” or “economic justification” for it. “Labor said nothing about this industry-wide bargaining push prior to the election. In fact, it denied it had such plans,” Ms Credlin said. “But now, it's ‘absolutely essential’ Labor says, to ‘get wages moving’. “And sure, Labor did promise to increase real wages, just like it promised to cut power bills by $275 – but never specified how it would be done.” Ms Credlin said this government was always going to have a “heavy union-led agenda”.