Chapter 1

[1]        Votes and Proceedings, No. 2, 31 August 2016, p. 30.

[2]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, pp. 1–3; Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No.2], August 2015, pp. 1­–3.

[3]        Inquiry reports were tabled by the committee on the ABCC bill in December 2013 and March 2016; and on the registered organisations bill in December 2013 and August 2015.

[4]        Senate Education and Employment References Committee, Government's approach to re‑establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014; and Senate Education and Employment References Committee, Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2013, March 2014.

[5]        The history of their consideration by this committee is outlined in Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 6 of 2016, pp. 13, 19.

[6]        See the following submissions in relation to the ABCC bill see Law Council of Australia, Submission 2; Housing Industry Association, Submission 13.  

[7]        With regard to the ABCC bill see Australian Mines and Metals Association, Submission 16;  Master Builders Australia, Submission 23; Australian Government Department of Employment, Submission 3; Australian Industry Group, Submission 8; in relation to the registered organisations bill see Australian Industry Group, Submission 8; Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 10; Master Builders Australia, Submission 14.

[8]        With regard to the ABCC bill, see Maritime Union of Australia, Submission 24; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11; Electrical Trades Union, Submission 21; Plumbing Trades Employees Union Submission 6; Queensland Council of Unions, Submission 15; in relation to the registered organisations bill see Maritime Union of Australia, Submission 16; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 7; Australian Services Union, Submission 11.

[9]        Mr Harnisch, Chief Executive Officer, Master Builders Association, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 1.

[10]      Dr Alison Morehead, Group Manager, Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 22.

Labor Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]         Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, pp. 9–18.

[2]        Mr Dave Oliver, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 11.

[3]        Maritime Union of Australia, Submission 24, p. 6.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[5]         Mr Dave Noonan, National Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 13.

[6]        Education and Employment References Committee, Government's approach to re-establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014, p. 56.

[7]        Mr Dave Noonan, National Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 13.

[8]        Mr Dave Noonan, National Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 13.

[9]        Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, p. 11.

[10]      Mr Dave Noonan, National Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 13.

[11]      Mr Dave Oliver, Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 16.

[12]      Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, pp. 11–12.

[13]      Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, p. 16.

[14]      Education and Employment References Committee, Government's approach to re-establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014, p. 70.

[15]      Education and Employment References Committee, Government's approach to re-establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014, pp. 70–72.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[17]      Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, p. 13.

[18]      Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, p. 13.

[19]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 2, p. 5.

[20]      Labor Senators' Dissenting Report, in Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2], March 2016, pp. 13–14.

[21]      Education and Employment References Committee, Government's approach to re-establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014, pp. 13–14.

[22]      Mr Dave Noonan, National Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Committee Hansard, 4 October 2016, p. 14.

Australian Greens' Dissenting Report

[1]        CFMEU, Simple as ABCC: Bad Laws Cost Lives, www.cfmeunsw.asn.au/campaigns/stop-the-abcc, (accessed 13 October 2016).

[2]        Electrical Trades Union, Submission 21, p. [5].

[3]        Electrical Trades Union, Submission 21, pp. [4 and 30].