Hasn't Rudd indicated that current AWA's will remain in place for two years??
That gives employers time to adjust to a possible change in the industrial environment, but after two years he'll find a way to get around the issue and they'll stay.
Quite a few friends on AWA's like them; more money for tradeoffs, no union telling them that they can't work on a day off, etc.
My bet is that AWA's will proliferate undeer Labor because they are good for the economy. Let's see