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Ms Shiff said Telstra would soon be making further content relationship announcements involving leading Australian and global suppliers.
"T-Suite™ Software as a Service will be the place to be for software vendors as we prepare for our full-scale market launch in early 2009. We're in active talks with more than 50 providers including locally produced software to help SMEs comply with regulatory requirements and workforce management. We look forward to welcoming new partners very soon," Ms Shiff said.
Courts will be given new powers to stop and penalise employers that break work agreements covering a range of areas including redundancies, annual leave, rostering and child care.
Work Choices will disappear on January 1 after the Senate passed Labor's Fair Work bill following two days of wrangling between the government and crossbench senators.
Unions have warned the national minimum wage-setting body - the Fair Pay Commission - not to leave the low paid out in the cold when it hands down its wage decision in July.
Family First senator Steve Fielding wants small business exempted from union right of entry provisions and bargaining rules for the low paid contained in Labor's Fair Work Bill.
A key supporter of the federal government's new industrial laws has demanded major changes be made to avoid the risk of job losses and industrial turmoil.