Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Background to the legislation

[1]           Submission No 10, Office of the Employment Advocate, pp. 5-6.

[2]           Submission No. 23, Department of Employment. Workplace Relations, and Small Business,p.138

[3]           Senate EWRSBE Legislation Committee, Consideration of the Provisions of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, November 1999, pp.110-111

[4]           ibid., p.79

Chapter 2 - Consideration of the issues

[1]           Submission No.9, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, p.17

[2]           ibid.

[3]           ibid., p.18

[4]           Submission No.32, Business Council of Australia, p.1-3

[5]           Submission No.12, Denso Manufacturing Australia, p.1

[6]           Submission No.13, Master Builders Australia, p.1-2

[7]           Submission No.8, Community and Public Sector Union & State Public Services Federation Group, p.2

[8]           Submission No.4, Mr Keith Hancock, p.3

[9]           Submission No.37, Australian Industry Group, p.14

[10]         Submission No.25, Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, p.7-8

[11]         Mr Richard Calvar, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000

[12]         ibid.,

[13]         Submission No.22, Australian Council of Trade Unions, p.22

[14]         Submission No.13, Master Builders Australia, p.2

[15]         Submission No.6, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, p.50

[16]         Submission No.9, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, p.3

[17]         Submission No. 24, Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, p.4

[18]         Kamsteeg v. Telstra [Print Q3902] Submission No. 24, Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, p.5

[19]         Mrs Leyla Yilmaz, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000

Labor Senators' Report

[1] The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary (3rd ed.) 1997. Oxford University Press: South Melbourne, p. 1053.

[2] Government Senator’s report, p.1.

[3] Department of the Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest No. 31 2000-01: Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Bill 2000, September 2000, p. 10.

[4] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 11.

[5] Labor Senators’ Report of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee, Consideration of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, November 1999, p. 358.

[6] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education, p. 14.

[7] Submission No. 29, Independent Education Union of Australia, p. 6.

[8] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 18.

[9] Labor Senators’ Report of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee, Consideration of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, November 1999, p. 348.

[10] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 21.

[11] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 23.

[12] Submission No. 22, Australian Council of Trade Unions, p. 15.

[13] Submission No. 21, Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association, pp. 5-6.

[14] Mr Hamilton, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000, p. 16.

[15] Mrs Yilmaz, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000, p. 54.

[16] Submission No. 37, Australian Industry Group, pp. 8-9.

[17] Submission No. 22, Australian Council of Trade Unions, pp. 14-16; Submission No. 21, Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association, p. 3; Submission No. 28, Slater and Gordon, p. 6.

[18] Mrs Yilmaz, Hansard, 31 August 2000, p. 53.

[19] Labor Senators’ Report of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee Consideration of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, November 1999, p. 351.

[20] Submission No. 35, Victorian Bar Inc., pp. 4-5.

[21] Mr Hamilton, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, pp. 17–19; Mrs Yilmaz, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, pp. 49–51, 53.

[22] Slater and Gordon Submission to the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee inquiry into the provisions of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, p. 16.

[23] Mr Hamilton, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 18, where he said he thought that he had heard that complaints had been made;  cf: Mrs Yilmaz, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 53, where she said that she was not aware of any circumstances where the matters had been raised with professional bodies.

[24] Mrs Yilmaz, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 53.

[25] Report of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee Consideration of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Unfair Dismissals) Bill 1998, February 1999, p. 24.

[26] Submission No. 28, Slater and Gordon, p. 8.

[27] Submission No. 28, Slater and Gordon, pp. 7-8.

[28] Slater and Gordon Submission to the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee “Consideration of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, p. 14.

[29] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 35.

[30] Labor Senators’ Report of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee Consideration of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, November 1999, p. 356.

[31] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 35.

[32] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. p. 36.

[33] Slater and Gordon Submission to the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee inquiry into the provisions of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, pp. 18-19.

[34] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p. 37.

[35] Burazin v Blacktown City Guardian Pty. Ltd. (1996) 142 ALR 144 (a case decided under the pre 1996 laws, but the principles have been adopted as applicable under the 1996 Workplace Relations Act – see Liu – and – Coms 21 Limited Print S3571).

[36] Mr Jonathon Hamberger, Hansard, Canberra, 28 October 1999, p. 487.

[37] Ms Lynne Tacy, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000, p. 58.

[38] Labor Senators’ Report of the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee Consideration of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs Better Pay) Bill 1999, November 1999, p. 233.

[39] Ms Lynne Tacy, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000, p. 59.

[40] Ibid.

[41] Mr Barry Leahy, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000, p. 69.

[42] Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business and the Offie of the Employment Advocate, Agreement Making in Australia under the Workplace Relations Act: 1998 and 1999, 2000, p. 75.

[43] Ms Linda Rubinstein, Hansard, Canberra, 31 August 2000, p. 39.

[44] Submission No. 37, Australian Industry Group, p. 6.

[45] Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business and the Offie of the Employment Advocate, Agreement Making in Australia under the Workplace Relations Act: 1998 and 1999, 2000, p. 5.

[46] Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business and the Offie of the Employment Advocate, Agreement Making in Australia under the Workplace Relations Act: 1998 and 1999, 2000, pp. 78-79.

[47] Submission No. 23, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, p 54.

[48] Ibid.

[49] Mr Reg Hamilton, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 20.

[50] Ms Lynne Tacy, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 65.

[51] Submission No. 22, Australian Council of Trade Unions, p. 8.

[52] Ms Lynne Tacy, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 67.

[53] Senator J Ferris, Hansard, 31 August 2000, Canberra, p. 12.