Footnotes
CHAPTER 1 - Background to the Inquiry
[1]
Journals of the Senate, 4 December 2013, p. 233.
[2]
Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References
Committee Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment
(Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011, February 2012.
[3]
Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References
Committee, Beyond Cole: The future of the construction industry:
confrontation or co-operation?, June 2004.
[4]
Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, s
44.
[5]
Explanatory Memorandum, Building and Construction Industry (Improving
Productivity) Bill 2013, p. 3.
CHAPTER 2 - The Cole Royal Commission
[1]
Mr Lindsay Le Compte, Executive Director, Australian Constructors
Association: Proof Committee Hansard, 6th February 2014, p. 1.
[2]
Mr. Scott Barklamb, Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs,
Australian Mines and Metals Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 6th
February 2014, p. 37.
[3] Mr. Scott
Barklamb, Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs, Australian Mines and
Metals Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 6th February 2014, p. 37.
[4] Mr. Richard
Calver, National Director Industrial Relations and Legal Counsel, Master
Builders Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 12th March 2014,
p. 27.
[5]
Senator the Hon. Eric Abetz, Minister for Education and Employment, Proof
Committee Hansard, 12th March 2014, p. 45.
[6] It
is also possible for a Royal Commission to be established by statute for a
specific Royal Commission, such as the Royal Commission on Espionage (known as
the Petrov Royal Commission) established in 1954.
[7] Parliamentary
Library, Bills Digest No. 83, 2012-13 - Royal Commissions Amendment Bill
2013; 7 March 2013, p. 4 and footnote.
[8] Gibbs
CJ, Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders'
Labourers' Federation [1982-1983] 152 CLR 25 at p. 53.
[9] Gibbs
CJ, Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders'
Labourers' Federation [1982-1983] 152 CLR 25 at p. 53.
[10] Dabscheck,
B., Two and Two Make Five: Industrial Relations and the Gentle Art of
Doublethink, Economic and Labour Relations Review Vol. 15, No. 2, January
2005: 181-198, p. 183.
[11] For
example, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual
Abuse 2013-; Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 1987-1991;
Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia 1984-1985; Royal Commission
into Drug Trafficking 1981-1983.
[12] Murphy
J, Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders'
Labourers' Federation [1982-1983] 152 CLR 25, pp 106-107.
[13] Murphy
J, Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders'
Labourers' Federation [1982-1983] 152 CLR 25, p. 111.
[14] Office of
the Employment Advocate: Employment Advocate Report on the Building
Industry, report to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and
Small Business, 11 May 2001.
[15] Robinson,
Paul, Commission builds on previous inquiries of similar construction:
The Age, 7 May 2002.
[16] Australian
Broadcasting Corporation 7:30 Report, Building industry correction:,
24 October 2001; http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2001/s400434.htm
(accessed 14 March 2014)
[17] Marr, Jim. First
the Verdict: The real story of the building industry Royal Commission: Pluto
Press, Annandale, 2003.
[18] Jones, A, Remarks
at the launch of “First the Verdict” by Jim Marr, 24th February
2003; http://workers.labor.net.au/features/200303/a_guestreporter_jones.html
(accessed 15th March 2014).
[19] Jones, A, Remarks
at the launch of “First the Verdict” by Jim Marr, 24th February
2003; http://workers.labor.net.au/features/200303/a_guestreporter_jones.html
(accessed 15th March 2014).
[20] Tasman
Economics, “Productivity and the Building and Construction Industry”:
Discussion Paper 17, Paper prepared for the Royal Commission into the Building
and Construction Industry. http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/docs/Discussion%20Paper%2017.pdf
viewed 17 March 2014.
[21] 5204.0
Australian System of National Accounts, Table 13. Productivity In the Market
Sector, http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@archive.nsf/log?openagent&5204013_productivity.xls&5204.0&Time%20Series%20Spreadsheet&6EA28DCFA1C650F4CA2577CA0013B151&0&2009-10&29.10.2010&Latest
[22] Tasman
Economics, “Productivity and the Building and Construction Industry” op
cit, p. ix.
[23] Royal
Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: Final Report, Vol. 1,
p. 3.
[24] Perry, L.J.
“Productivity and Industrial Disputes: A note on the Cole Royal Commission”:
Economic Papers Vol. 25, No. 3 September 2006, pp 284-294.
[25] Perry, L.J.
“Productivity and Industrial Disputes: A note on the Cole Royal Commission”:
Economic Papers Vol. 25, No. 3 September 2006, p. 292.
[26] Dabscheck,
B., Two and Two Make Five: Industrial Relations and the Gentle Art of
Doublethink, Economic and Labour Relations Review Vol. 15, No. 2, January
2005: 181-198, p. 186.
[27] Workplace
Regulation, Reform and Productivity in the International Building and
Construction Industry: Report prepared by Unisearch Limited, University of
New South Wales for the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction
Industry (RCBCI), RCBCI Final Report, Volume 4, Annexure 4, pp.253-372 at p.259
[28] Workplace
Regulation, Reform and Productivity in the International Building and
Construction Industry: Report prepared by Unisearch Limited, University of
New South Wales for the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry
(RCBCI), RCBCI Final Report, Volume 4, Annexure 4, pp.253-372 at pp 288-289.
[29] Royal
Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: Final Report, Volume 3,
p. 224.
[30] Dabscheck,
B., Two and Two Make Five: Industrial Relations and the Gentle Art of
Doublethink, Economic and Labour Relations Review Vol. 15, No. 2, January
2005: 181-198, p.187.
[31] Royal
Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: Final Report, Volume 3,
p.224.
[32]
Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: First
Report, pp 1-2.
[33] Royal
Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: Final Report, Volume 1,
paragraph 19.
[34] Dabscheck,
B., Two and Two Make Five: Industrial Relations and the Gentle Art of
Doublethink, Economic and Labour Relations Review Vol. 15, No. 2, January
2005: 181-198, p. 184.
[35] Automotive,
Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union v Electrolux
Home Products Pty Limited [2002] FCAFC 199 (21 June 2002)
[36] Royal
Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: Final Report, Volume 5,
pp 127-128.
[37] Dabscheck,
B., Two and Two Make Five: Industrial Relations and the Gentle Art of
Doublethink, Economic and Labour Relations Review Vol. 15, No. 2, January
2005: 181-198, p.194.
[38] Royal
Commission into the Building and Construction Industry: Final Report, Volume
23.
[39] Correspondence
from the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Employment and Workplace Relations to the National Secretary of the
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union – Construction and General
Division, 13th January 2009: Tabled 17th March 2014.
[40] Correspondence
from the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Employment and Workplace Relations to the National Secretary of the
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union – Construction and General
Division, 13th January 2009: Tabled 17 March 2014.
[41] Mr Michael
Phelan, Deputy Commissioner – Operations, Australian Federal Police, Proof
Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 6.
[42] Mr Paul
Jevtovic, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Crime Commission, Proof
Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 6.
[43] Mr Graham
Ashton, Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police, Proof Committee Hansard,
17 March 2014, p. 6.
[44] Mr Graham
Ashton, Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police, Proof Committee Hansard,
17 March 2014, pp 7-8.
[45] Mr Graham
Ashton, Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police, Proof Committee Hansard,
17 March 2014, pp 7-8.
[46] Mr Michael
Phelan, Deputy Commissioner – Operations, Australian Federal Police, Proof
Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 8.
[47] Mr Paul
Jevtovic, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Crime Commission, Proof
Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 7-8.
[48] Proof
Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 9.
CHAPTER 3 - Human Rights and the International Labour Organisation
[1]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p .2.
[2]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p .2.
[3]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Practice Note 1,
p.2.
[4]
Minister for Employment, Submission 1, p. 3.
[5]
Minister for Employment, Submission 1, p. 3.
[6]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.
[7]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.
[8]
ACTU, Submission 14, p. 26.
[9]
ACTU, Submission 14, p. 26.
[10]
Attorney-General's Department, Flowchart for Assessing the Human Rights
Compatibility of Bills and Legislative Instruments, at http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/PublicSector/Documents/Flowchart.pdf,
accessed 24 March 2014.
[11]
ACTU, Submission 14, p. 24.
[12]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 1.
[13] Article 22
of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and article
8 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR), as cited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second
Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 5.
[14]
Article 7 of the ICESCR, as cited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 5.
[15]
Article 14 of the ICCPR, as cited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 5.
[16]
Article 21 of the ICCPR, as cited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 5.
[17]
Article 19 of the ICCPR, as cited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 5.
[18]
Article 17 of the ICCPR, as cited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 5.
[19]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 5.
[20]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, pp 5-6.
[21]
Senate Standing Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 9 of
2013, p. 18.
[22]
Senate Standing Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 9 of
2013, pp 3 to 18.
[23]
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, Forty-Second Session, Geneva, 4–22 May 2009 at [19], as cited in ACTU,
Submission 14, p. 24.
[24]
International Labor Organisation, C087 – Freedom of Association and Protection
of the Right to Organise Convention, 1958, (No. 87)
[25]
Maritime Union of Australia, Submission 12, p. 9.
[26]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 14, p. 22.
[27]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 14, p. 22.
[28]
Senator the Hon Eric Abetz, Minister for Employment, Proof Committee
Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 47.
[29]
Senator the Hon Eric Abetz, Minister for Employment, Proof Committee
Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 47.
[30]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 6.
[31]
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011, s3
[32]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 8.
[33]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 8.
[34]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p .2.
[35]
Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No 9 of 2013, p 2.
[36]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 7.
[37]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 11.
[38]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 11.
[39]
Article 22 of the ICCPR, as cited in the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 12.
[40]
Article 8(3) of the ICESCR, as cited in the Parliamentary Joint Committee
on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 12.
[41]
ACTU, Submission 14, p. 24.
[42]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 15.
[43]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 13.
[44]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, pp. 15-16.
[45]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 16.
[46]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.
[47]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 17.
[48]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 18.
[49]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 19.
[50]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 22.
[51]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 23.
[52]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 23.
[53]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 24.
[54]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 25.
[55]
Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No 9 of 2013, pp 13-14,
as cited in Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of
the 44th Parliament, p. 25.
[56]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the
44th Parliament, p. 27.
[57]
Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No 9 of 2013, p 14, as
cited in Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the
44th Parliament, p. 27.
[58]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.
[59]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, pp 27-28.
[60]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 28.
[61]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 29.
[62]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th
Parliament, pp 28-29.
CHAPTER 4 - Productivity
[1]
The ABCC was established by the Building and Construction Industry
Improvement Act 2005 as a result of recommendations of the Cole Royal
Commission. It was abolished in 2012 under the Building and Construction
Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Act 2012.
[2]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[3]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. i.
[4]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. ii.
[5]
Rawlinsons is a construction cost consultancy in Australia and New
Zealand that produces a number of annual publications detailing constructions
costs data.
[6]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. ii.
[7]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, pp v-vi.
[8]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 27.
[9]
Mr Matt Cowgill, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p.
19.
[10]
ACTU, Submission 14, pp 15-16.
[11]
Mr Matt Cowgill, ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p.
14.
[12]
ACTU, Submission 14, pp 18-19.
[13]
ACTU, Submission 14, p. 19.
[14]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, p. 5.
[15]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. v.
[16]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, p. 9.
[17]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, p. 8.
[18]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 17.
[19]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, Attachment A, p. 63.
[20] Fair Work
Ombudsman, Victorian building industry apprenticeship audit program, 2012,
p. 2, http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/2256/Vic-building-apprenticeship-industry-report-2011.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y
(accessed 14 March 2014).
[21] Fair Work
Ombudsman, Victorian building industry apprenticeship audit program, 2012,
p. 2.
[22]
Fair Work Ombudsman, Victorian building industry apprenticeship audit program,
2012, p. 4.
[23]
Fair Work Ombudsman, Victorian building industry apprenticeship audit program,
2012, p. 2, http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/2256/Vic-building-apprenticeship-industry-report-2011.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[24] Fair Work
Ombudsman, Tasmanian residential building apprentices program, Final report,
August 2013, http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/2250/Tasmanian-Residential-Building-Apprentices-Program-Final-Report-August-2013.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y,
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[25] Fair Work
Ombudsman, WA/SA/NT residential building industry apprentices and trainees
campaign, September 2013, p.7 http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/2254/WA-SA-NT-Residential-building-industry-apprentices-and-trainees-campaign-report-2013.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y,
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[26]
Fair Work Ombudsman, WA/SA/NT residential building industry apprentices
and trainees campaign, September 2013, p.3 http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/2254/WA-SA-NT-Residential-building-industry-apprentices-and-trainees-campaign-report-2013.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y,
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[27]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 28.
[28]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, pp 12-13.
[29]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, Attachment A, p. 71.
[30] Phillips,
K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial Relations and the
Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006.
[31]
Econtech Pty. Ltd., Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2008 Report.
30 July 2008, pp 14-15.
[32]
Phillips, K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial
Relations and the Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006, p. 8.
[33]
Phillips, K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial Relations
and the Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006, p. 7.
[34]
Phillips, K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial
Relations and the Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006, p. 7.
[35]
Phillips, K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial
Relations and the Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006, p. 8.
[36]
Phillips, K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial
Relations and the Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006, p. 8.
[37]
Phillips, K. Institute of Public Affairs Briefing Paper, Industrial
Relations and the Struggle to Build Victoria, November 2006, p. 9.
[38]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 25.
[39]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 25.
[40]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 26.
[41]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment B, November
2013, p. 6.
[42]
Professor David Peetz, Submission 8, p. 11.
[43]
ACTU, Submission 26, p. 26.
[44]
ACTU, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 7.
[45]
ABS, 6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, December 2013.
[46]
Productivity Commission, Draft Report on Public Infrastructure, Volume
2, March 2014, p. 452. http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/134676/infrastructure-draft-volume2.pdf
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[47]
Productivity Commission, Draft Report on Public Infrastructure, Volume
2, March 2014, p. 452. http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/134676/infrastructure-draft-volume2.pdf
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[48]
Productivity Commission, Draft Report on Public Infrastructure, Volume
2, March 2014, p. 453-454. http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/134676/infrastructure-draft-volume2.pdf
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[49]
Productivity Commission, Draft Report on Public Infrastructure, Volume
2, March 2014, p. 453-454. http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/134676/infrastructure-draft-volume2.pdf
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[50]
Honourable Murray Wilcox QC, Transition to Fair Work Australia for the
Building and Construction Industry Report, March 2009, p. 46.
CHAPTER 5 - Is the building and construction industry unique?
[1]
Hon Terence Cole, Final Report of the Royal Commission into the
Building and Construction Industry, Volume One, Summary of Findings and
Recommendations, p. 6.
[2]
Business SA, Submission 9, p. 6.
[3]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. iii.
[4]
CFMEU, Submission 18, pp 40-41.
[5]
ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 10.
[6]
New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Proof Committee Hansard,
6 February 2014, p. 26.
[7]
Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A: Economic
Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, Independent
Economics, August 2013, p. 11.
[8]
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, 'Tony Abbott pushes for return of Australian
Building and Construction Commission following union corruption claims', ABC
News website, 28 January 2014, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-28/abbott-pushes-for-return-of-australian-building-and-constructio/5223032
(accessed 19 March 2014).
[9]
The Hon, Mr Christopher Pyne, Minister for Education and Leader of the
House, House of Representatives Hansard, 14 November 2013, p. 265.
[10]
Master Builders Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 February
2014, p. 10.
[11]
ACTU, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 11.
[12]
CFMEU, Submission 18, p. 2.
[13]
Vitoria Police, Proof Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 3.
[14]
Vitoria Police, Proof Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 7.
[15]
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, 'Tony Abbott pushes for return of Australian
Building and Construction Commission following union corruption claims', ABC
News website, 28 January 2014, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-28/abbott-pushes-for-return-of-australian-building-and-constructio/5223032
(accessed 19 March 2014).
[16]
Australian Crime Commission, Proof Committee Hansard, 17 March
2014, p. 11.
[17]
Victoria Police, Proof Committee Hansard, 17 March 2014, p. 11.
[18]
New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Proof Committee Hansard, 6
February 2014, p. 28.
[19]
Plumbing Trades Employee's Union, Submission 16, p. 2.
[20]
CFMEU, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 4.
[21]
Kingsway Financial Assessments Pty Ltd, Corporate
Insolvency in the Australian Construction Sector - Key findings from ASIC
insolvency data 2010 – 2011, 7 February 2012, p. 4.
[22] ASIC, Report
372, Insolvency statistics: External administrators’ reports (July 2012 to June
2013), October 2013, p. 6. http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/pdflib.nsf/LookupByFileName/rep372-published-17-October-2013.pdf/$file/rep372-published-17-October-2013.pdf
(accessed 24 March 2014).
[23]
Kingsway Financial Assessments Pty Ltd, Corporate
Insolvency in the Australian Construction Sector - Key findings from ASIC
insolvency data 2010 – 2011, 7 February 2012, p. 1.
CHAPTER 6 - Powers, Safeguards and Oversight
[1]
Minister for Employment, Submission 1, Attachment, Department of
Employment submission to Senate Education and Employment Legislation
Committee’s inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry (Improving
Productivity) Bill 2013 and the Building and Construction Industry
(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, tabled on 2 December
2013. p. 5.
[2]
Master Builders Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March
2014, p. 32.
[3]
Minister for Employment, Submission 1, Attachment, Department of Employment
submission to Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s inquiry
into the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013
and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional
Provisions) Bill 2013, tabled on 2 December 2013. p. 6.
[4]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 14, p. 31.
[5]
Professor Peetz, Submission 8, p. 4.
[6]
Professor Peetz, Submission 8, p. 9.
[7]
New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 13, p. 2.
[8]
For example New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties; C. Allan, et
al, Submission 8, Attachment A, p. 61.
[9]
Plumbing Trades Employee's Union, Submission 16, p. 5.
[10]
The Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2.
[11]
The Law Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.
[12]
Australian Mines and Metals Association, answer to question on notice, 6
February 2014, p. 14.
[13]
Master Builders Australia, answer to question on notice, 6 February 2014,
p. 12.
[14]
Magistrates Court of
South Australia, MCPAR-09-216, Whittle SM, 24 November 2010.
[15]
Magistrates Court of
South Australia, MCPAR-09-216, Whittle SM, 24 November 2010, para 127.
[16]
Australian Building
and Construction Commission, Budget Estimates 2011-2012, answer to question
on notice; Question No. EW0119_12. Senate Standing Committee on Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations.
[17]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 14, p. 28.
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Senator Abetz, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 51.
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Senator Abetz, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 53.
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Senator Wright, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 54.
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Senator Abetz, Proof Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 53.
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Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 14, p. 29.
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Australian Council of Trade Unions, Proof Committee Hansard, 12
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Minister for Employment, Submission 1, Attachment, p. 5.
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Clause 7, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill
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[26]
Proof Committee Hansard, 6 February 2014, p. 33.
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Maritime Union of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 February
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Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A, p. 18.
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Master Builders Australia, Submission 3, Attachment A, pp 15-16.
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Australian Council of Trade Unions, Proof Committee Hansard, 12
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New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Proof Committee Hansard, 6
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[32]
Clause 6(2) and Clause 11, Building and Construction Industry (Improving
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Australian Mines and Metals Association, Submission 2, Attachment
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Australian Mines and Metals Association, Submission 2, Attachment
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Maritime Union of Australia, Submission 12, p. 8.