QUEENSLAND'S parliament is set to pass contentious industrial relation laws which the Opposition has dubbed as the premier's own version of Work Choices.
The laws are expected to be passed on Tuesday night. But that hasn't stopped some 1000 unionists from protesting against the reforms which will limit public servants' rights to take protected strikes.
Unions will also no longer be able to automatically deduct fees from workers, while public servants earning more than $129,300 can be put on individual contracts.
The protesters included nurses, firies and anti-nuclear protesters amongst others, as well as some wearing "Anonymous" Guy Fawkes masks.
They waved placards and chanted "shame" outside parliament house to vent their frustration over what was being discussed inside.
Some placards drew similarities between the current administration and that of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says the workplace reforms are needed to modernise awards and create more flexible conditions for public servants.
"The framework is essential to address inefficiencies in the negotiation of employment agreements and to provide a modern, flexible and responsive industrial relations system," he told parliament.
However opposition leaders have savaged the new laws, with leader Annastacia Palaszczuk describing them as a callous attack on workers' rights.
"It attacks the basic conditions of Queensland employees," she told parliament.
"It attacks the core rights of employees to negotiate collectively and it will go down in history as Campbell Newman's Work Choices for Queensland."
Opposition MPs also claim the legislation has been rushed, although Mr Blejie says they had six weeks to review it.
But Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) president John Battams says the government's urgency and lack of consultation has been breathtaking.
Mr Battams says the legislation is designed to instil fear in public servants and strip them of their workplace rights.
"They will have no rights whatsoever, the government will have total control over them," he told AAP.
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