Footnotes

[1] DEWR, Submission 3, p.25

[2] AiG, Submission 17, p.8

[3] Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting Small Business Employment) Bill 2004, Bills Digest, No. 161 2003-04, Department of the Parliamentary Library, 2004, p.12

[4] DEWR, Submission 3, p.34

[5] ibid., p.25

[6] AiG, Submission 17, p.1

[7] Mr Scott Barklamb, ACCI, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.20

[8] DEWR, Submission 3, p.26

[9] AiG, Submission 17, pp.2-3.

[10] ibid., p.8

[11] ACCI, Submission 9, p.5

[12] DEWR, Submission 3, p.45

[13] ACTU, Submission 2, p.12

[14] NFF, Submission 1, p.5

[15] ibid., p.11

[16] ibid., p.8

[17] ACTU, Submission 2, p.3

[18] Ms Michelle Bissett, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.2

[19] SDA, Submission 7, p.1

[20] NSW Government, Submission 14, p.12

[21] ibid., p.15

[22] ACTU, Submission 2, p.15

[23] ibid., p.16

[24] Dr John Burgess, Employment Studies Centre, University of Newcastle, Submission 8, p.1

[25] Ms Michelle Bissett, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.4

[26] SDA, Submission 7, p.5

[27] Mr John Ryan, SDA, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.31

[28] ibid., p.32

[29] ibid., p.33

[30] SDA, Submission 7, p.7

[31] Mrs Denita Wawn, NFF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.13

[32] Mr Scott Barklamb, ACCI, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.22

[33] Mrs Denita Wawn, NFF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.11

[34] ibid., p.5

[35] Mr John Ryan, SDA, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.36

[36] Ms Michelle Bissett, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.8

[37] Australian Education Union, Submission 5, p.3

[38] Dr John Burgess, Submission 8, p.3

[39] ACTU, Submission 2, p.6

[40] AMWU, Submission 10, p.2

[41] Mr John Ryan, Shop Distributive and Allied Employee's Association, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p.33-34.

[42] High Court of Australia, 9 March 2005, [2005] HCA 10. These matters were on appeal from a decision of the Full Bench of the Federal Court, Amcor Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2003] FCAFC 57, in which the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations intervened.

[43] Submission No. 2, ACTU, p. 5.

[44] Mr Scott Barklamb, ACCI, Committee Hansard 28 February 2005, p 20.

[45] Mr John Ryan, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 30.

[46] AIRC Redundancy Test Case

[47] AIRC Redundancy Test Case

[48] Ms Michelle Bissett, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 2.

[49] Ms Michelle Bissett, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 2.

[50] The Hon Kevin Andrews, second reading Speech: Workplace relations Amendment (Small Business Employment protection) Bill 2004.

[51] Mr John Ryan, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 31.

[52] Mr Scott Barklamb, ACCI, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 20.

[53] ibid.

[54] ibid.

[55] AIRC Redundancy Test Case

[56] Mr John Ryan, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 30.

[57] Ms Michelle Bissett, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 2.

[58] Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 7.

[59] Mrs Denita Wawn, NFF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 18.

[60] ibid., p. 11.

[61] Mrs Denita Wawn, NFF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 17.

[62] Mr Scott Barklamb, ACCI, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2005, p. 19.