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| | Reform in the Australian Public Service 1983-1996 |
 | | Between 1983 and the 1996 federal election, the Accord was renewed on a two-year basis, representing, in the words of one public service union official, "a very powerful alliance between the ACTU and the Federal Government" (1993 interviews). |
 | | This second initiative was in reaction to the Fraser government's legislatively based constraints on union activity, which by 1983 had strained relations between the federal government and the national union movement, including the public sector unions. |
 | | As in Canada, however, the government, led by the Prime Minister, must have the confidence of the House of Representatives, and governments are formed and maintained on the basis of party standings in the House. |
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