Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Report on the Fair Work Bill 2008 [Provisions], 27 February 2009.

[2]        DEEWR, Submission 18, p. 1.

[3]        Hon Julia Gillard MP. Minister for Workplace Relations, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2009, p. 6.

[4]        Ibid.

Chapter 2

[1]        EM, pp. 38-39.

[2]        EM, p. 16.

[3]        DEEWR, Submission 18, pp. 8-9.

[4]        ACTU, Submission 14, p. 2.

[5]        Ibid, p. 3.

[6]        Ibid, p. 4; Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, pp. 17-19.

[7]        SDA, Submission 15, p. 18.

[8]        Ibid, pp. 20-22.

[9]        Ibid, p. 20.

[10]      ASU, Submission 8, p. 13.

[11]      CPSU, Submission 22, p. 2.

[12]      Ibid, pp. 2-3.

[13]      CFMEU, Submission 12, p. 1.

[14]      Ibid, p. 2.

[15]      AMWU, Submission 26, p. 2.

[16]      Mr John Ryan, SDA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2009, p. 37-38.

[17]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 4.

[18]      ASU, Submission 8, p. 12.

[19]      Ibid.

[20]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 1, p. 6.

[21]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 1, pp. 3-4; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 29.

[22]      Ibid, p. 4.

[23]      ACCI, Submission 7, p. 1.

[24]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Submission 1, p. 5.

[25]      Ibid; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, pp. 33-34.

[26]      Ibid; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 30.

[27]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Supplementary Submission, p. 1.

[28]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Media Release, 'Launch of Fair Work Education and Information program', 13 April 2009.

[29]      Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 17.

[30]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 5.

[31]      ASU, Submission 8, pp. 17-18; Ms Linda White, ASU, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, pp. 12-13.

[32]      CPSU-SPSF Group, Submission 6, p. 4.

[33]      NFF, Submission 31, p. 6.

[34]      Ibid, p. 5.

[35]      Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Media Release, 'Communique from Australian, State, Territory and New Zealand Workplace Relations Ministers' Council', 3 April 2009.

[36]      Professor Stewart, Submission 1, p. 6.

[37]      AiG, Submission 4, p. 7.

[38]      TCFUA, Submission 13, p. 1.

[39]      Ibid, pp. 1-2.

[40]      Ibid, p. 3.

[41]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 4.

[42]      FairWear Campaign, Submission 29, p. 1.

[43]      Asian Women at Work, Submission 30, p. 4.

[44]      Clause in the award.

[45]      This will require amendment of other references of ‘affected employer’ to ‘affected person’ throughout the division.

[46]      TCFUA, Submission 13, p. 4.

[47]      Ibid.

[48]      Ibid.

[49]      SDA, Submission 15, pp. 28-29.

[50]      ASU, Submission 8, p. 16; Ms Linda White, ASU, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009,  p. 12.

[51]      ASU, Submission 8, p. 17; ACTU, Submission 14, pp. 11-12.

[52]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 11.

[53]      Ibid, p. 12.

[54]      Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Workplace Relations, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2009, p. 7.

[55]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 6.

[56]      Ibid; Mr Tom Roberts, CFMEU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 11.

[57]      MBA, Submission 5, pp. 10-11.

[58]      Mr Dave Noonan and Mr Tom Roberts, CFMEU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, pp. 10-11.

[59]      Chamber of Commerce and Industry, WA, Submission 2, p. 12.

[60]      Hon Julia Gillard MP. Minister for Workplace Relations, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2009, p. 9.

[61]      Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Report on the Fair Work Bill 2008 [Provisions], 27 February 2009, pp. 36-38; EM, p. 33.

[62]      NSW Government, Submission 24, p. 3.

[63]      For example see Mr Christopher Platt, AMMA, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 2, 5-6.

[64]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Supplementary Submission, pp. 1-2.

[65]      Professor Andrew Stewart, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 31; Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 23.

[66]      Ms Linda White and Mr Keith Harvey, ASU, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, pp. 16-17.

[67]      EM, p. 33.

[68]      Ibid.

[69]      EM, pp. 33-34.

[70]      EM, p. 35.

[71]      ASU, Submission 8, p. 8.

[72]      Asian Women at Work, Submission 30, p. 3.

[73]      ACTU, Submission 14, pp. 7-8; Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 17.

[74]      ASU, Submission 8, pp. 8-9; Ms Linda White, ASU, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 12.

[75]      Ibid, pp. 9-10.

[76]      Qld Council of Unions, Submission 3, pp. 3-4.

[77]      NSW Government , Submission 24, p. 4.

[78]      Also supported by NFF, Submission 31, p. 7; ACCI, Submission 7, p. 17; and Australian Business Industrial, Submission 20, p. 2.

[79]      Restaurant & Catering Australia, Submission 11, pp. 9-10.

[80]      ACCI, Submission 7, pp. 20-21.

[81]      DEEWR, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 26.

[82]      Initial submissions on transitional arrangements for the Priority and Stage 2 awards are due to the AIRC by 29 May 2009.

[83]      Workplace Express, 'RCA claims overblown, says LHMU', 22 April 2009.

[84]      Mr John Ryan, SDA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2009, pp. 35-36.

[85]      For example see Ms Linda White, ASU, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, pp. 11-12.

[86]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 8.

[87]      Ibid, p. 9.

[88]      Ibid; Mr Joel Fetter, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 22.

[89]      SDA, Submission 15, p.  5.

[90]      Mr Joe de Bryun, SDA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2009, p. 30.

[91]      SDA, Submission 15, p. 8.

[92]      Ibid, p. 9.

[93]      Ibid.

[94]      Ibid.

[95]      Ibid, p. 10.

[96]      Ibid, pp. 10-11.

[97]      Ibid, p. 12.

[98]      Ibid, p. 14.

[99]      Yum! Restaurants, Submission 10, pp. 3-5.

[100]    Ibid, p. 5.

[101]    Ibid, p. 27.

[102]    Mr John Kovacic, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 30.

Chapter 3

[1]        ECA, Submission 28, p. 4.

[2]        ACTU, Submission 14, p. 9.

[3]        Ibid, pp. 9-10.

[4]        CEPU, Submission 9, p. 2.

[5]        CPSU, Submission 22, pp. 3-4.

[6]        DEEWR, Submission 18, p. 11.

[7]        EM, p. 120.

[8]        Ibid.

[9]        Unions NSW, Submission 16, p. 3.

[10]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 13; Qld Council of Unions, Submission 3, p. 21.

[11]      ACTU, Submission 14, p. 12; Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 20.

[12]      SDA, Submission 15, pp. 22-26.

[13]      Unions NSW, Submission 16, p. 3.

[14]      AiG, Submission 4, p. 6.

[15]      MBA, Submission 5, p. 6.

[16]      ACTU Submission 14, pp. 12-13.

[17]      AMWU, Supplementary Submission, p. 2.

[18]      AWU, Submission 21, pp. 2-3.

[19]      Ibid, p. 13.

[20]      Ibid. See also Qld Council of Unions, Submission 3, p. 18.

[21]      NUW, NSW and Qld Branch, Submission 27, p. 4.

[22]      AiG, Submission 4, pp. 36-37.

[23]      EM, p. 126.

[24]      Hon Julia Gillard MP. Minister for Workplace Relations, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2009, p. 8.

[25]      EM, p. 127.

[26]      CEPU, Submission 9, pp. 4-5.

[27]      Ibid, pp. 5-6.

[28]      See also Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 21.

[29]      ACTU, Submission 14, pp. 14-15.

[30]      Qld Council of Unions, Submission 3, p. 14-15.

[31]      Ms Cath Bowtell, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 18.

[32]      CFMEU, Submission 12, p. 2.

[33]      Ibid, p. 3.

[34]      Ibid.

[35]      Ibid.

[36]      Professor Stewart, Submission 1, pp. 6-7; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 30.

[37]      Professor Stewart, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 31.

[38]      AMMA, Submission 19, p. 5; Mr Christopher Platt, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 April 2009, p. 2, 4.

[39]      AiG, Submission 4, p. 38.

[40]      MBA, Submission 5, p. 29.

[41]      DEEWR, Submission 18, pp. 14-15. See also Ms Natalie James, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, pp. 30-31, 32-33.

[42]      EM, p. 4.

[43]      Ibid.

[44]      Ibid, p. 31.

[45]      AiG, Submission 4, p. 30.

[46]      AMWU, Submission 26, pp. 10-11; AiG, Submission 4, pp. 34-35; ACTU, Submission 14, p. 15.

[47]      DEEWR, Submission 63 to the Fair Work Bill, p. 57.

[48]      AiG, Submission 4, p. 23; Mr Stephen Smith, Proof Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 19.

[49]      AMWU, Submission 26, pp. 3-6.

[50]      Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Report on the Fair Work Bill 2008 [Provisions], 27 February 2009, pp. 109-110.

[51]      Government Response to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Report on the Fair Work Bill 2008 [Provisions], 27 February 2009, p. 7.

Coalition Senators' Minority Report

[1]        Committee Hansard, 30 April 2009, p. 26.

[2]        Ibid.

[3]        Ibid.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 20 April 2009, p. 11.

[5]        Ai Group correspondence to Committee, 4 May 2009.

[6]        Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 7, p. 50.

[7]        Ibid., p. 36.

[8]        Ibid., p. 38.

[9]        Ibid., p. 42.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 20 April 2009, p. 11.

[11]      Minister Gillard, Radio Interview ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts, 8:45am Tuesday 14 April 2009.