Queensland threatens to bring in a new industrial relations system for small business

Queensland's Attorney-General has threatened to return more than 300,000 small business employees to the state industrial relations system if the Commonwealth proceeds with its plan to force state governments to pay contractors the same as their own public servants.

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said the state was "seriously considering" applying to get back some of the industrial relations powers referred to the Commonwealth under Anna Bligh.

He said small businesses had told the Queensland Government that they were "finding it hard to work under the Fair Work Act" and accused the Federal Government of trying to "trash the relationship" with the state.

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