Recommendations
Recommendation 1 page
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The committee majority recommends that the Building and
Construction Industry Improvement Bill be opposed by the Senate.
Recommendation 2 page 45
The committee majority recommends that the increased powers
for royal commissions, recommended in the final report of the Cole royal commission, be resisted in the Senate should amending
legislation be introduced.
Recommendation 3 page 49
The committee majority recommends, in view of its concerns
regarding natural justice, that the Senate refer to its Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee the question of whether amendments should be
made to the Royal Commissions Act 1902,
to ensure that procedures of royal commissions accord with principles of
natural justice and give due protection of the reputations of people whose
prosecution is recommended but against whom no charges are laid.
Recommendation 4 page 72
The committee majority recommends that the Government promote
cultural change throughout the industry by encouraging states to institute
tripartite industry councils at state level. The Victorian model could be used
as an exemplar. Associated with this, the committee majority also recommends the establishment of an
overarching tripartite national body, working to a ministerial council, to
implement a broad program of agreed reform in the building and construction
industry.
Recommendation 5 page 96
The committee majority recommends that corporations law be
amended to enable more effective prosecution of perpetrators of phoenix
companies; and that in association with this, the Government work with state
governments to negotiate their legislating for stringent registration laws
applying to partnerships and trusts.
Recommendation 6 page 140
The committee majority recommends
that in view of the impending abolition of the National Occupational Health and
Safety Commission, state construction industry councils, whose establishment is
recommended in this report, be asked to give priority to continuing the
development of national safety codes for the construction industry.