NSW says federal Labor’s ‘brazen intervention’ in rail dispute could constitute ‘improper influence’

Federal Coalition also takes aim at Tony Burke, who last week said he wanted to change law that has become central to Sydney train strike dispute

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The New South Wales government is examining whether Tony Burke may have improperly influenced the Fair Work Commission when he wrote a letter to its president signalling a change to laws covering the termination of enterprise agreements.

Burke, the federal workplace relations minister, last week wrote to the commission explaining Labor wanted termination rules to be fit for purpose and fair", including limiting employers' power to threaten to cut pay.

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