God's will all in a day's work

UNION leaders have attacked the man in charge of setting Australia's minimum wage after he suggested "God's will" would influence his decisions.
Professor Ian Harper said God would provide him with a "moral compass" when he deliberated on minimum wage levels.

Professor Harper is the government appointed head of the new Fair Pay Commission, the body with which the Howard Government will replace the Industrial Relations Commission.

Australian Workers Union Queensland secretary Bill Ludwig described his statement as an "extraordinary" development in 120 years of industrial relations.

Professor Harper said on the weekend that as chairman of the commission "I happen to have a personal Christian faith which is alive and I will be using that to guide me in how I read the evidence and how I vote around the commission table".

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