Proposed industrial relations reforms 'don't make any economic sense'19/02/2021|10min Labor Senator Raff Ciccone says the industrial reform bill the federal government has been debating in Parliament “doesn’t make any economic sense” as it is putting workers’ pay conditions at risk. “Why would any government regardless of the political persuasion put frontline workers’ pay conditions at risk, and that’s really the starting block where Labor and the unions are coming from,” he told Sky News host Cory Bernardi. Mr Ciccone said Labor was “unlikely to support the changes” proposed by the government unless it benefits workers overall and called on the government to stimulate the economy.