List Of Witnesses
4 July - Melbourne
5 July - Melbourne
8 July - Hobart
9 July - Launceston
10 July - Bendigo
11 July - Cessnock
15 July - Sydney
16 July - Sydney
17 July - Brisbane
18 July - Townsville
19 July - Cairns
23 July - Darwin
24 July - Perth
25 July - Perth
29 July - Adelaide
30 July - Adelaide
31 July - Canberra
1 August - Canberra
Commonwealth Department of Industrial Relations
Mr Alexander Anderson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Standards Policy Branch,
Legal and International Division
Mr Philip Drever, Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations Policy Branch
Dr Kathleen MacDermott, Assistant Secretary, Policy Planning and Research
Branch
Mr Robin Stewart-Crompton, Deputy Secretary
Ms Lynne Tacy, Deputy Secretary
Mr Ralph Yates, First Assistant Secretary, Australian Government Employment
Group
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Ms Jennie George, President
Mr Timothy Pallas, Assistant Secretary
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Reg Hamilton, Manager, Labour Relations
Mr Bryan Noakes, Executive Director
International Centre for Trades Union Rights
Mr Mordy Bromberg, Assistant Secretary, Australian National Committee
Professor William Creighton, Member of Executive, Australian National
Committee
Mr John Hendy QC, Regional Vice-President (UK)
Mr Michael Walton, Regional Vice-President
Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch)
Miss Michele Cullen, Member
Ms Lisa Fitzpatrick, President (Honorary)
Ms Belinda Morieson, Branch Secretary
Ms Judith Uren, Federal Secretary
Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Mr Gerald Pels, Industrial and Employee Relations
Mr Kevin Redfern, Deputy Executive Director
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Mr Brian Boyd, Industrial Officer
Mr James Doughney, Project Officer
Mr Leigh Hubbard, Secretary
Mrs Margaret McHugh
Ms Molly O'Shaughnessy
Mr Brian Pender
Australian Education Union
Mr Robert Durbridge, Federal Secretary
Mr Matthew O'Connor, Federal Education Industry Officer
Ms Pepita Gillies
H.R. Nicholls Society
Mr Neville Evans, President
State Public Services Federation of Victoria
Ms Karen Batt, General Secretary
Mr Peter Cordova, Senior Industrial Officer
Ms Andrea Lester, Legal Adviser
Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
Mr Victor Borg, Chaiman
Mr Stephen Wakeham, Policy Officer
Women for Workplace Justice
Ms Cheryl Wragg, Member
Ms Carol Andrades, Spokesperson
Ms Melanie Wheeler, National Coordinator
Ms Rachel Doyle, Member
Ms Melanie Young, Barrister
Australian Football League Players Association
Mr Justin Madden, President
Mr Peter Allen, Executive Director
Personal Representations
Ms Margaret Wright
Mr Gregory Blackford
Ms Dawn Martin
Mrs Bernadette Collins
Mr Christopher Leach
Ms Karen Montrose
Ms Sharon Scott
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Mr Philip Baker, Regional Secretary, Technical and Supervisory Division
Working Women's Centre
Mrs Barbara Ridgway, Coordinator
Ms Biljana Skoklevska, Coordinator
Mr Paul Anthony - Deputy Leader, Labor Opposition Parliament of Tasmania
Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Timothy Abey, Chief Executive
Mr Terrence Edwards, Manager, Industrial Services
Tasmanian Trades and Labour Council
Ms Lynne Fitzgerald, Secretary
Miss Heather Innes
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association
Mr Michael Brown, Shop Delegate
Health Services Union of Australia
Miss Kylie Chilcott, Registered Nurse
Ms Ros Harvey, State Secretary and National Vice-President
Mr Mark Irving, National Industrial Officer
Mrs Rachel Smith, Registered Nurse
Australian Services Union
Ms Catryna Bilyk, Training Officer, Tasmania Branch
Australian Education Union
Mr Christopher Lane, Industrial Officer
Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association
Mr Keith Rice, Director, Industrial Relations
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union
Mr Kerry O'Brien, President, Tasmanian Branch
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Forestry Division
Mr Colin Butler, Shop Stewart
Mr Michael Grey, Branch Secretary
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Miss Linda Carew, Consultative Committee Delegare
Mrs Ann Urquhart, State Organiser
Mr Raymond Woods, Deputy Chairperson, Ulverstone Consultative Committee
Personal Representations
Mr John Austin
Mr Ronald Brown
Mrs Lyn Harris
Mr Paul Matthews
Mr Gary Preece
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Mr Damian King, State Organiser, Metals Division
Mr Robert Cameron
E.P. Robinson Pty Ltd
Mr James Robinson, Managing Director
Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace (Melbourne)
Mr Jack de Groot, Executive Officer
Father Bruce Duncan, Member
Goulburn Valley Trades and Labour Council
Mrs Wendy Boyle, Secretary
South West Trades and Labour Council
Mr Dave Brabender, Secretary
Sunraysia Trades and Labour Council
Mr Kenneth Carr, Secretary
Geelong and Region Trades and Labour Council
Mr John Kranz, Secretary
Bendigo Trades Hall Council
Mrs Karen Kyle
Ballarat Trades Hall
Mr Graeme Shearer, Secretary
Transport Workers Union of Australia (Victorian Branch)
Mr Steven Moore, Legal and Planning Officer
Mr Michael Nealer, Branch Trustee
Mr Bill Noonan, Branch Secretary
Mr Ross Simpson, Branch President
Shearers and Rural Workers Union
Mr Michael Magher, Shop Steward
Mr Stephen Roach, General Secretary
Mr Craig Skurrie, Member
Personal Representations
Dr Alison Weber
Mr Robert Scates
Ms Leigh Svendsen
Mr Noel Trembath
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
Mr Michael Watson, Northern District President, National Vice-President
Australian Workers Union
Mr Mark Stoker, Organiser, Central Cost and Northern Regions Branch
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, Communciations Division
T & S Branch
Mr Gary Kennedy, President, New South Wales Division
Dr Roy Green, Director, Employment Studies Centre, University of Newcastle
Maritime Union of Australia
Mr Edward Seymour, Delegate, Northern NSW Branch
Newcastle Trades Hall Council
Mr Peter Barrack, Secretary-Treasurer
Mr Glenn Beatty, Facilitator-BHP
Mr Mark Jones, Facilitator-Hunter Net
Mr Michael Savin, Executive Member
Australian Collieries' Staff Association
Ms Wendy Clews, General Secretary
Newcastle Federal Electorate Council
Mr Paul Olive, Delegate
New South Wales Independent Education Union
Mr Bernard Griffin, Organiser
Personal Representations
Mr Kirrie Hancock
Mr Ross Simmons
Ms Samantha Nichols
New South Wales Government
The Hon. Jeffrey Shaw, Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations
New South Wales Working Women's Centre
Ms Caroline Alcorso, Director
Women Lawyers Association
Ms Dorothy Catts, Convenor
National Pay Equity Coalition
Ms Suzanne Jamieson, National Advocate
Australian Federation of Business and Professional Woman
Ms Kaye Loder, Member, Reward and Recognition of Work Committee
Women's Electoral Lobby
Ms Juliet Richter, Industrial Relations Spokesperson
Association of Non-English Speaking Background Women of Australia
Ms Larissa Andelman, Member
Ms Debbie Georgopoulos, National Coordinator
Asian Women at Work
Ms Debra Carstens, Coordinator
Ms Rainbow Chen, Member
Ms Maria Ng, Member
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association
Mr Joseph De Bruyn, National Secretary-Treasurer
Mrs Louise Fathers, Delegate
Miss Tania Liebenow, Delegate
Mr John Ryan, National Industrial Officer
Mrs Melesa Creighton
Mrs Rita Moore
Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation
Mr Mark Carter, National Director
Metal Trades Industry Association
Mr Roger Boland, Director, Industrial Relations
Labor Council of New South Wales
Ms Gail Gregory, Industrial Officer
Mr Peter Sams, Secretary
Mr Daniel Walsh, Executive Assistant, Industrial
Lawyers for Industrial Justice
Mr Keven Bell
Mr James Nolan
Mr David Shaw
Australian Business Ltd
Mr John Goluzd, Director, Industrial Relations and Consulting
Mr Bruce Nettheim, Industrial Research/Policy Analyst
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union
Mr Timothy Ferrari, National Industrial Coordinator
Ms Louise Warry
Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia
Ms Annie Delaney, Outwork Coordinator
Mr Igor Nossas, Industrial Officer
Mr Barry Tubner, Assistant Secretary
Professor Ronald McCallum - Professor in Industrial Law, Faculty of
Law, University of Sydney
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union of Australia
Mr John Maitland, Joint National President
Mr Stanley Sharkey, National Secretary
Ms Teresa Conrow - Associate Editor, Labor Research Review
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Ms Anne Britton, Joint Federal Secretary
Mr Christopher Warren, Joint Federal Secretary
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Mr Robert Chaloner, Fellow and Member
Mr Robert Elliot, Manager (Research and Policy)
Mr Robert Gaussen, Fellow
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia
Mr Bradley Pragnell, Policy and Publications Officer
Ms Susan Ryan, Executive Director
Australian Workers Union
Mr Russ Collison, Secretary, Greater NSW Branch Secretary & State
Secretary
Mr Stephen Harrison, Joint National Secretary
Finance Sector Union
Ms Colleen Hughes, Westpac Delegate, Vice President
Ms Sharon Hutchinson, National Womens Officer
Mr David Laragy, Industrial Officer
Mrs Joy McShane, Honorary President
Mr Peter Rioridan, Joint National Assistant Secretary
Mrs Miriam Rothera, Westpac Delegate
Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Gil Muir, Manager, Industrial Relations Division
Mr Christopher O'Brien, Legal Officer, Industrial Relations Division
Independent Education Union of Australia
Mr Michael Flinn, Victorian Branch Secretary
Ms Debra James, Assistant Federal Secretary
Ms Lynne Rolley, Federal Secretary
Mr John Spriggs, Senior Industrial Officer, Queensland Branch
Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission
Mr John Briton, Commissioner
Ms Margo Couldrey, Senior Adviser, Policy and Community Liaison
Transport Workers Union
Mr Paul Kelly, Job Delegate
Ms Anne Smith, Apprentice Boilermaker
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Queensland Branch
Ms Deborah Ralson, Industrial Officer
Mr John Thomspon, General Secretary
Queensland Nurses Union
Mr Mark Dougherty, Industrial Officer
Ms Elizabeth Mohle, Project Officer
Mr Steven Ross, Industrial Officer
Australian Services Union
Mr Jeremy Hill, Member
Ms Janice Mayes, Branch President, Central and Southern Queensland, Clerical
and Administrative Division
Ms Michele Robertson, Industrial Officer
Ms Susan Smith, Branch Counsellor
Mr Terence Symonds, Delegate
Mr Nils Timo - Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Enterprise Bargaining,
Griffith University
Personal Representations
Mr Graham Cotterel
Mr Keith Kermond
Mr John McCallum
Mr Bruce Paterson
Ms Kirstin Murray
Ms Pat Watts
Mr Keith Boyer
Good Shepherd Nursing Home
Mrs Dawn Underwood, President
Transport Workers Union of Australia
Mr Larry Davy, Member
Mr David Elrick, Member
Mr Andrew Watson, Legal and Industrial Office
State Public Services Federation, Queensland Union of Employees
Mr Gordon Rennie, General Secretary
James Cook University Union of North Queensland
Mr Adam Campbell, Acting Vice-President
Ms Terri Macdonald, President
Australian Workers Union of Employees
Mr Darryl Bennett, Delegate
Ms Genevieve Hanlon, Delegate
Mr Joseph Ludwig, Senior Industrial Officer
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
Mr Gregory Betts, State Secretary
Mr William Hinchcliff, Member
Mr Jeffrey James, Member
Mr Michael McKie, President, Dalrymple Bay Lodge, Mining and Energy Division
Personal Representations
Ms Pat Young
Ms Rose Morton
Ms Madge Sceriha
Ms Pauline Thomas
Ms Elena Timms
Mr Peter Cornell
Queensland Teachers Union
Mr Ian Griffiths, Regional Organiser
Mr Leigh Scheks, State Council Delegate, Peninsula Area Council
Ms Joy McLouglin, President of Cairns South Branch
Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union, Mining and Energy
Division
Mrs Frances Foran, Registered Nurse
Mr Wayne Foran, Fitter and Turner, Comalco
Mr Nigel Gould, Truck Driver-Loader Driver, Comalco
Ms Jodi Hansen, Wiepa resident
Mr Mick Prendeville, Process Worker, Comalco
Mr David Rutherford, Electrician, Comalco
Cairns Trades and Labor Council
Mr Charles Buttenshaw, Organiser, Transport Workers Union
Mr David Hanna, Organiser, Builders Labourers' Federation
Ms Pat Nicholls, President
Personal Representations
Mr Alan Bradshaw
Ms Marlene Byrne
Ms Diane Forsyth
Mr Brad Logan
Mr Mark Smith
Mrs Joan Trewern
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union, Miscellaneous
Workers' Division, NAWU Branch
Mr Rob Hitchcock, Branch Secretary
Mr Trevor Surplice, Branch Organiser
Mr Doug Heath, Industrial Officer
Mr Des McKenzie, Member
Ms Dimity Patterson, Branch Executive Member
Ms Lee-anne Jarrett Sims, Member
Australian Education Union, NT Branch
Mr Mark Crossin, Secretary
Australian Nursing Federation, NT Branch
Mr Denis Blackford, Workplace Delegate
Community and Public Sector Union, NT Branch
Ms Janet Crews, NT Branch Secretary
Mrs Pearl Peoples, Branch Organiser
Personal Representations
Ms Lee Christison, Coordinator, Prostitution Association of the Northern
Territory for Health, Education and Referral
Mr Jeff Kelland
Ms Kate MacNeill, Project Officer, Working Womens Centre
Mrs Sue Marshall
Ms Lorelle Martin
Mr Alexander Saundry, Manager, Industrial Relations, Northern Territory
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.
Mr Jeff Standen, Member, Professional Division, Community and Public Sector
Union
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia
Mr Geoffrey Bull, Senior Policy Adviser
Ms Nicola Cusworth, Chief Economist
Mr Brendan McCarthy, Director, Operations
Western Australian Council of Retail Associations
Mr Nickolas Geronimos, Committee Member
Mr Leonard Rathmann, Executive Officer
Western Australian Government
Dr Nicholas Blain, Chief Policy Adviser, WA Minister for Labour Relations
Mr Geoffrey Cooper, Research Assistant, WA Minister for Labour Relations
Ms Alannah MacTiernan - Western Australian Shadow Minister for Productivity
and Labour Relations Spokesperson for State Opposition on Labour Relations
Trades and Labour Council of Western Australia
Mr Anthony Cooke, Secretary
Ms Janette Kenna
Ms Stephanie Mayman, Assistant Secretary
Hamersley Iron Pty. Ltd.
Mr Phillip Ellis, Locomotive Crew Supervisor
Mr Anothony Finucane, General Manager, External Affairs
Mr Mark Hutch, Locomotive Crew Supervisor
Mr Geoffrey Neil, Manager Railway Operations
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, WA Branch
Ms Kristen Laird, Member
Netwest
Ms Ailsa Paterson, Manager Midland Skills Training Association
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, WA Branch
Mr William Johnston, Indsutrial Officer
Commissioner of Workplace Agreements
Mr Robert Cooper, Commissioner
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Miscellaneous
Workers Division, Western Australian Branch
Miss Cathrun Britza, Member
Ms Helen Creed, Secretary
Mrs Judith Horton, Member
Western Australian Farmers' Federation
Mr Jack Flanigan, Legal Officer
Mr Michael Norton, President, Meat Section
Australian Nursing Federation, Western Australia Branch
Miss Julie Carrick, Job Representative, Registered Nurse
Ms Doris Pedersen, Member
Mr Peter Reeves, Industrial Research/Resource Officer
Ms Marea Vidovich, Acting Secretary
Mr Warwick Claydon - Chair, Law Department, Edith Cowan University
Australian Society of Labor Lawyers
Ms Nuala Keating, President and Secretary
Mr Derek Schapper, Representative
Personal Representations
Ms Jan Bordoni, Committee Member, Women's Career Development Group
Ms Diane Ingram, Committee Member, Women's Career Development Group
Miss Mikelanne Pearce
Mr Michael Turner
Mr Paul Brown
Mr Peter Malone
Mr Brian Tennant
Mr William Tracey
South Australian Department for Indsutrial Affairs
Mr Nicholas Wilson, Director Industrial Policy, Private Sector
Office of the Employee Ombudsman
Mr Peter Collis, Employee Ombudsman
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia
Mr Frank Barbaro, First Vice-President
Mr Dimitri Calantzis, Access and Equity Officer
Community and Public Sector Union, South Australian Branch
Ms Gabrielle Walsh, Public Sector Coordinator
South Australian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr David Steel, Employee Relations Manager
Shadow Spokesperson for Industrial Relations
Mr Ralph Clarke, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, South Australian Parliamentary
Labor Party
Professor Judith Sloan - Director, National Institute of Labour Studies,
Flinders University
United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia
Ms Jude Elton, Assistant Secretary
Mr Andrew Murray, Senior Industrial Officer
Mr Michael Taggart, Adviser on Disability Matters
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Roxby Downs Branch
Mr Martin Jackson, Lodge Secretary
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, South
Australian Branch
Mr Mark Butler, Industrial Officer
Ms Ann Drohan, Industrial Officer
Local Government Association of South Australia
Mr Geoffrey Hill, Industrial Relations Consultant
Ms Barbara Pocock, Lecturer - Centre for Labour Studies, University
of Adelaide
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Women's Committee
Mr Stephen Acton, Regional Secretary
Ms Max Adlam, Assistant Divisional Secretary
Ms Tracey Nelson, Recruitment Officer
Mr John Short, Member and State Councillor
Mr Tony Short - Lecturer, School of Law, University of Adelaide
Personal Representations
Mr Daniel Bertossa, Convenor, Young Unionists Collective (South Australia)
Ms Jennifer Brown, Field Officer, Youth Affairs Council of South Australia
Mr Jeffery Bugg
Ms Jean Cannell, Store Greeter, K-Mart Port Pirie
Mr Ian Cummins, Committee Member, UTLC - Disabled Workers Standing Committee
Mr Kym Davey, Executive Officer, Youth Affairs Council of SA
Miss Eleanor Franks, Member, Industrial Relations Working Group, Youth
Affairs Council of SA
Mr Michael Hicks, Member, Industrial Relations Working Group, Youth Affairs
Council of SA
Mr John Inglis
Mr Jamie Lowe, Member, Industrial Relations Working Group, Youth Affairs
Council of SA
Mr Bill Miels, Member, Management Committee, Youth Affairs Council of
SA
Office of Commissioner for Public Administration, Australian Capital
Territory
Ms Linda Webb, Commissioner
Mr Paul Rayner, Director - Industrial Relations and Executive Managements,
Chief Minister's Department
ACT Trades and Labour Council/ Construction, Forestry, Mining and
Energy Union
Mr Jeremy Pyner, Secretary ACT Trades and Labour Council
Ms Sarah Schoonwater, Industrial Officer, CFMEU, ACT Branch
Mr George Wason, National Assistant Secretary
Confederation of ACT Industry
Mr Paul Monagle, Acting Executive Director
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
Mr Bruce Nadenbousch, Director Industrial Relations
Business Council of Australia
Mr Vernon Winley, Assistant Director
Community and Public Sector Union
Ms Wendy Caird, Joint National Secretary
Mr John Stapleton, National Industrial Officer
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Reginald Hamilton, Manager Labour Relations
Mr Bryan Noakes, Executive Director
Australian Workers' Union
Mr Ian Cambridge, Joint National Secretary
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Ms Sara Charlesworth, Private Researcher
Ms Sue Walpole, Commissioner
Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr David Gregory, Senior Policy Adviser and Chief Advocate
Mr Gregory John, Director Strategy and Corporate Review
Australian Chamber of Manufactures
Mr Mark Quirk, National Manager, Human Resources
Mr Barry Watchorn, Director
National Womens Justice Coaltion
Ms Jennifer Earle, Member
Ms Alex Heron, Member
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Ms Jennie George, President
Mr Tim Pallas, Assistant Secretary
National Farmers' Federation
Mr Alan Bowman, Industrial Committee Chairman
Mr James Ferguson, Industrial Director
Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia
Ms Anne Hampshire, Policy Director
Mr Alan Simakoff, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
Mr Julius Roe, Assistant National Secretary, Technical and Supervisory
Division
Housing Industry Association
Mr Scott Chamberlain, National Solicitor
Mr Terence Chamberlain, National Industrial Relations Director
Australian Retailers Association
Mr Phillip Naylor, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Hotels Association
Mr David Cass, Member, Industrial Relations Working Party
Miss Denita Harris, Manager, Corporate and Industrial Relations
Mr Richard Mulcahy, National Executive Director
Emeritus Professor J.E. Isaac AO
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Mr Thomas Brennan, First Assistant Secretary, Vocational Education and
Training Division
Master Builders Association of Australia
Mr Glenn Simpson, National Director, Industrial Relations
Department of Industrial Relations
Mr Alexander Anderson, Director, Legal Services Group
Mr Phillip Drever, Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations Policy Branch
Mr Barry Leahy, First Assistant Secretary, Policy Division
Ms Kathleen MacDermott, Assistant Secretary, Policy Planning and Structural
Reform Branch
Mr James Smythe, First Assistant Secretary, Legal and Standards Policy
Division
Mr Robin Stewart-Crompton, Deputy Secretary
Ms Lynne Tacy, Deputy Secretary