Michaelia Cash has lashed the federal government after Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke wrote to the Fair Work Commission amid the ongoing rail dispute in NSW.

It’s been revealed Mr Burke sent a letter to the commission advising of the Albanese government’s plan to create laws that would rule out employers axing existing pay deals as a bargaining measure in ongoing negotiations.

The NSW government is investigating if it constitutes a breach, but Mr Burke said his letter was not targeted to any specific industrial dispute.

Senator Cash, the Shadow Employment Minister, says it was a concerning move.

“It’s deeply concerning that a Minister in the Albanese government would consider it appropriate to write to a tribunal to seek to influence them,” she told Neil Breen.

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