Footnotes

Committee Majority Report

[1]        Queensland has indicated that it will refer its workplace relations powers to the Commonwealth and the Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) and Other Provisions Bill 2009 (Qld) was introduced into the Queensland Parliament on 27 October 2009 and passed 12 November 2009.

[2]        Section 51 (xxxvii) of the Constitution enables the Commonwealth to make laws with respect to matters referred to the Commonwealth by the states.

[3]        Kevin Rudd MP, Labor Leader and Julia Gillard MP, Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Forward with Fairness, April 2007, p. 6.

[4]        The Hon, Julia Gillard, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 October 2009, p. 6.

[5]        Mr Daniel Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 5; Mr Stephen Smith, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 14.

[6]        DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 3.

[7]        Mr John Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 23.

[8]        ACTU, Submission 3, p. 2.

[9]        DEEWR, Submission 4, p. 5.

[10]      DEEWR, Submission 4, p. 9.

[11]      The Hon Paul Caica MP, South Australian Minister for Industrial Relations, Second Reading Speech, Hansard, 9 September 2009.

[12]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 11.

[13]      The bill was passed 12 November 2009.

[14]      The Hon Cameron Dick MP, Queensland Minister for Industrial Relations, second reading speech, Hansard, p. 2862-2864, 27 October 2009.

[15]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 12.

[16]      ACTU, Submission 3, p. 4; Ms Cath Bowtell, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 2.

[17]      ACTU, Submission 3, pp. 4-5.

[18]      DEEWR, Submission 4, p. 7.

[19]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 25.

[20]      Following the committee hearing, the IGA was made public and is available at http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/WRMC/Documents/Multilateral_IGA.pdf.

[21]      Mr Daniel Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 5; Mr Stephen Smith, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 13.

[22]      Mr John Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 21.

[23]      Mr Stephen Smith, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, pp. 14-15.

[24]      Mr John Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 24.

[25]      Ms Elen Perdikogiannis, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 24.

[26]      Mr John Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 24.

[27]      Mr John Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 28.

[28]      The Hon, Julia Gillard, Minister for Workplace Relations, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 October 2009, p. 6.

[29]      ACCI, Submission 5, p. 6.

[30]      Mr Daniel Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 5, 6; Mr Stephen Smith, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 13.

[31]      ACCI, Submission 5, p. 6.

[32]      ACCI, Submission 5, pp. 8-9.

[33]      EM, p. xvii.

[34]      AiG, Submission 6, p. 3.

[35]      ACTU, Submission 3, p. 3.

[36]      DEEWR, Submission 2, pp. 11-15.

[37]      DEEWR, Submission 2, pp. 4-5.

[38]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, p. 1.

[39]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 14.

[40]      ACTU, Submission 3, p. 4.

[41]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 15.

[42]      Ibid.

[43]      Ms Elen Perdikogiannis, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, pp. 28-29

[44]      ACCI, Submission 5, p. 16; Mr Daniel Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, pp. 6-7.

[45]      Mr Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 22.

[46]      Mr Daniel Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, pp. 7-8.

[47]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 16.

[48]      EM, p. 12.

[49]      The 12 month rule does not apply to Division 2B state enterprise awards as these will be subject to the separate enterprise award modernisation process provided for by Schedule 6 to the T&C Act (items 57-61 of Schedule 2).

[50]      The Hon, Julia Gillard, Minister for Workplace Relations, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 October 2009, pp. 8-9. See also DEEWR, Submission 2, pp. 17-21.

[51]      ACTU, Submission 3, p. 9.

[52]      ACCI, Submission 5, p. 18.

[53]      ACCI, Submission 5, p. 19.

[54]      The Hon, Julia Gillard, Minister for Workplace Relations, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 October 2009, p. 9.

[55]      ACCI, Submission 5, p. 22, Mr Daniel Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, pp. 5-6.

[56]      AiG, Submission 6, p. 10.

[57]      ACCI, Submission 5, pp. 19-20.

[58]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 18.

[59]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, p. 5.

[60]      Kevin Rudd MP, Labor Leader and Julia Gillard MP, Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Forward with Fairness, April 2007, p. 6.

[61]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 22.

[62]      Ms Cath Bowtell, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 2. See also Mr Lindsay Benfell, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 12.

[63]      USU, Submission 1, pp. 3-4.

[64]      Unions NSW, Submission 7, pp. 2-3.

[65]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 22.

[66]      ACCI, Submission 5, pp. 16-17.

[67]      AiG, Submission 6, p. 3.

[68]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, p. 2.

[69]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, p. 3.

[70]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, pp. 3-4.

[71]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, p. 5.

[72]      USU, Submission 1, pp. 2-3.

[73]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 4, p. 5.

[74]      ACTU, Submission 3, pp. 6-7.

[75]      ACCI, Submission 5, pp. 7-8.

[76]      AiG, Submission 6, pp. 7-9.

[77]      ACTU, Submission 3, p. 9.

[78]      See paragraphs 675 and 678 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Fair Work bill 2008

[79]      See for example Roderick v Australian Telecommunications Commission [1991] FCA 301 at paragraph 31.

[80]      ACTU, Submission 3, pp. 9-10.

[81]      DEEWR, tabled documents, 11 November 2009.

[82]      DEEWR, Submission 2, p. 24; Mr John Kovacic, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2009, p. 28.

Coalition Senators' Minority Report

[1]        Mr D Mammone, Committee Hansard, 11^th November 2009 p.10.

[2]        Ms E Perdikogiannis, Committee Hansard, 11^th November 2009 p.28.

[3]        ACCI Submission November 2009 p.16.

[4]        ACCI Submission November 2009 p.16.

[5]        Mr Smith, Committee Hansard, 11^th November 2009 p.13.

[6]        Mr Smith, Committee Hansard, 11^th November 2009 p.15.

[7]        Senator Collins, Committee Hansard, 11^th November 2009, p.18.