THE federal government's landmark reforms will be at risk if Labor loses this year's election, a cabinet minister says.
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has told Canada's opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) that despite their Australian counterpart's achievements the opinion polls haven't been favourable.
"It's going to be tough for Australian Labor to win in September," he said at the NDP's federal conference in Montreal on Saturday.
"But we can win - because we must win - because we know what is at stake."
Mr Shorten said Labor's achievements on workplace law, superannuation boosts for low paid workers, carbon pricing, the National Broadband Network and National Disability Insurance Schemes were at risk from a new government led by coalition leader Tony Abbott.
"The reforms our government has made since 2007 ... will take years to work their way through the economy, the community, the environment," he said.
"In the meantime those gains are at risk."
Mr Shorten said the opposition wanted to turn back the clock on workplace rights, pretend climate change doesn't exist, ignore secure retirements for workers and exile people with disabilities as second class citizens.
"Our opponents are not looking forward, but backwards," he said.
The coalition's "demonisation" of unions didn't recognise unionists also had families and wanted productive jobs in profitable companies.
Mr Shorten, a former Australian Workers Union national secretary, told delegates their great purpose was to deliver on jobs because the key to a prosperous Australia and Canada was a highly educated and creative workforce.
"All the challenges we face ... all of them come back to the brains and ability of people," he said.
"Booms will come and go."
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