Footnotes


Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Background

[1]        Votes and Proceedings No. 110, 25 March 2015, p. 1233.

[2]        Journals of the Senate No. 90, 26 March 2015, p. 2459.

[3]        The Hon Luke Hartsuyker MP, Assistant Minister for Employment, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Second reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2015, p. 3349; Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 4.

[4]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 4.

[5]        Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendments (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Regulation Impact Statement, March 2015, p. 13.

[6]        Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendments (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Regulation Impact Statement, March 2015, p. 13.

[7]        See Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions], July 2014.

[8]        Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendments (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Regulation Impact Statement, March 2015, p. 13.

[9]        The Hon Luke Hartsuyker MP, Assistant Minister for Employment, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Second reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2015, p. 3349.

[10]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. i.

[11]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. ii.

[12]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 17.

[13]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 17.

[14]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Schedule 1, ss. 5A(1).

[15]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 17.

[16]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 5.3, p. 9.

[17]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 19.

[18]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 5.2, p. 9.

[19]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 18.

[20]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. ii.

[21]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, p. 9.

[22]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. ii.

[23]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendations 6.1, 6.5, 6.7, and 6.8, pp 9–10.

[24]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, s 36A.

[25]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 6.13, p. 10.

[26]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. ii.

[27]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 6.16, p. 11.

[28]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iii; Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, ss. 4(1).

[29]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 20.

[30]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendations 9.2, 9.17, 9.20 and 10.1, pp 15–17.

[31]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iii.

[32]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 6.2, p. 9.

[33]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iii.

[34]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendations 7.21, 7.24–7.27, 7.28, pp 13–14.

[35]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 34–35.

[36]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 43.

[37]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 43.

[38]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, ss. 4(1).

[39]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendations 7.33, 7.35-7.37, pp. 14–15.

[40]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iv.

[41]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iv.

[42]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iv.

[43]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, s. 120.

[44]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iv.

[45]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iv.

[46]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, s. 116.

[47]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. iv.

[48]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 58.

[49]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendations 7.13, 7.16(a), pp 12–13.

[50]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 58.

[51]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 67.

[52]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 7.11, p. 12.

[53]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, pp 62–63.

[54]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, pp 65–66.

[55]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 76.

[56]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, s. 30 and 137.

[57]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p.76.

[58]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 77.

[59]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 77.

[60]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 81.

[61]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, s. 27.

[62]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, s. 24.

[63]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 81.

[64]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 8.5, p. 15.

[65]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 81.

[66]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review, Report, 22 February 2013, Recommendation 8.2, p. 15.

[67]      Australian Government, Department of Employment, Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Review Report, 28 March 2014, Recommendations 8.2, p. 15.

[68]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 47.

[69]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 81.

[70]      See: Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions], July 2014.

[71]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 90.

[72]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 92.

[73]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, pp v–vi.

[74]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum, Notes on clauses, p. 109.

[75]      Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 4–5.

[76]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, p. 1.

[77]      Explanatory Memorandum, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015, p. vii.

CHAPTER 2 - Introduction

[1]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 5.

[2]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 5.

[3]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 5.

[4]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 5.

[5]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 5.

[6]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 6.

[7]        Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 6.

[8]        Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 8.

[9]        Australian Air Express, Submission 2; TNT Express, Submission 8; Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12; Jim Pearson Transport, Submission 17, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 18; CSL Limited, Submission 19; National Electrical and Communications Association, Submission 20; Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Licensees Association, Submission 23.

[10]      Transpacific Industries, Submission 1; Ai Group, Submission 6; John Holland, Submission 10.

[11]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29.

[12]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 9.

[13]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3; UnionsWA, Submission 7; Victorian government, Submission 9; Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14; Communication Workers Union, Submission 15; Finance Sector Union, Submission 16; Queensland Council of Unions, Submission 21; Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24; Maritime Union of Australia , Submission 25; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27.

[14]      UnionsWA, Submission 7; Victorian government, Submission 9; Communication Workers Union, Submission 15; Finance Sector Union, Submission 16; Queensland Council of Unions, Submission 21; Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24; Maritime Union of Australia , Submission 25; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27; Queensland Government, Submission 28.

[15]      Queensland Government, Submission 28; see also Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27.

[16]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 57–61; see also Law Council of Australia, Submission 29; Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14.

[17]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 57.

[18]      Maritime Union of Australia , Submission 25.

[19]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 7.

[20]      Wiegand v Comcare [2002] FCA 1464.

[21]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 7.

[22]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 7.

[23]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 7.

[24]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 5.

[25]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 5.

[26]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 5.

[27]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 6.

[28]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 4.

[29]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 6.

[30]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 6.

[31]      Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 5; see also TNT Express, Submission 8, p. 2.

[32]      Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 2; see also TNT Express, Submission 8, p. 2; National Electrical and Communications Association, Submission 20, p. 5.

[33]      Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 6.

[34]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 6.

[35]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 5; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26.

[36]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3; UnionsWA, Submission 7; Victorian government, Submission 9; Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14; Communication Workers Union, Submission 15; Finance Sector Union, Submission 16; Queensland Council of Unions, Submission 21; Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24; Maritime Union of Australia , Submission 25; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27.

[37]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 4.

[38]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, pp 2–3; see also Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27, p. 10.

[39]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 9.

[40]      Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 1.

[41]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 5; Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 3; Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 3; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 19.

[42]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 5.

[43]      Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 3.

[44]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 3; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 19.

[45]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 4.

[46]      Communication Workers Union, Submission 15, pp 2–3.

[47]      Communication Workers Union, Submission 15, p. 4.

[48]      Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27, pp 9–10.

[49]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, pp 8–9.

[50]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 9.

[51]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 7.

[52]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, pp 7–8.

[53]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 8.

[54]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 8

[55]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 9.

[56]      Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 4.

[57]      Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 2.

[58]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 4; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 3.

[59]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 4; see also Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p.4; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 14.

[60]      Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 4; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 19.

[61]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 4; see also Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p. 4.

[62]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 4.

[63]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 4; Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, pp 3–4.

[64]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 5.

[65]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 7.

[66]      Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Reeve [2012] FCAFC 21

[67]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 7; Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 5.

[68]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 7.

[69]      Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 6.

[70]      Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 27, p. 8.

[71]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 7; see also Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 5.

[72]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 8.

[73]      Comcare, Submission 5, pp 4–5.

[74]      Comcare, Submission 5, p. 5.

[75]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 2.

[76]      Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Licensees Association, Submission 23, p. 2.

[77]      Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p. 5.

[78]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 9.

[79]      Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, pp 2–3.

[80]      Comcare, Submission 5, pp 6–7.

[81]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 4.

[82]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 4: see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 25.

[83]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 5.

[84]      Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 8; see also Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, pp 8–9; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 26–27.

[85]      UnionsWA, Submission 7, p. 2; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 25; Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p. 10.

[86]      Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 8; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 26.

[87]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 14.

[88]      Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 8.

[89]      UnionsWA, Submission 7, p. 3; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 28.

[90]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 29.

[91]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 29.

[92]      Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 20.

[93]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 5.

[94]      Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 3.

[95]      Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 4.

[96]      John Holland, Submission 10, p. 2.

[97]      Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 7.

[98]      Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 7.

[99]      Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, pp 5-6.

[100]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 8; see also Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 10; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 30.

[101]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 16.

[102]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 16; see also Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 3.

[103]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 16.

[104]    Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 3.

[105]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 5.

[106]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 10; see also Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 6.

[107]    Communication Workers Union, Submission 15, pp 5–6; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 34–35.

[108]    Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 35.

[109]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 6; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 10; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 32.

[110]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 7.

[111]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 17.

[112]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 17.

[113]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, pp 5–6.

[114]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 7; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 36–37.

[115]    Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, pp 11–12; Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 11; Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 6.

[116]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, pp 11–12; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 37.

[117]    Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 38.

[118]    Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 38.

[119]    National Electrical and Communications Association, Submission 20, p. 6.

[120]    National Electrical and Communications Association, Submission 20, p. 6.

[121]    Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 9.

[122]    UnionsWA, Submission 7, p. 3; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 12; Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 12; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 40.

[123]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 10.

[124]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 11.

[125]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 10.

[126]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 11.

[127]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 10.

[128]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 11.

[129]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 10.

[130]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 12.

[131]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 11.

[132]    National Electrical and Communications Association, Submission 20, p. 4.

[133]    National Electrical and Communications Association, Submission 20, p. 4.

[134]    Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 11.

[135]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 7.

[136]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 7.

[137]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 7.

[138]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 9.

[139]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 12.

[140]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, pp 13–15; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 42–44; see also Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, pp 10–11.

[141]    Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p. 5.

[142]    Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p. 6.

[143]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 9.

[144]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 9.

[145]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 12.

[146]    Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 7.

[147]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, pp 11–13.

[148]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 13; see also Queensland Government, Submission 28, pp 2–3.

[149]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 15; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 12.

[150]    Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 9.

[151]    Queensland Government, Submission 28, p. 5.

[152]    Maritime Union of Australia , Submission 25, p. 11.

[153]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 19.

[154]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 19.

[155]    Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Licensees Association, Submission 23, p. 2.

[156]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 19.

[157]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 19.

[158]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, p. 7.

[159]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 10; see also Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, pp 7–8.

[160]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 10; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 17.

[161]    Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 15.

[162]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 16; see also Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, pp 13–14.

[163]    Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 13

[164]    Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, p. 14.

[165]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 15.

[166]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 15.

[167]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 15.

[168]    Australian Public Service Commission, Submission 12, p. 3.

[169]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 16.

[170]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, pp 8–9.

[171]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 17; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 12–13.

[172]    Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 13; see also Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Submission 24, p. 9.

[173]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 17; see also Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 12–13.

[174]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, pp 10–11.

[175]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, pp 18–19; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, pp 10–12; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 49–50.

[176]    Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 12; see also Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 8.

[177]    Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 11; see also Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, pp 19–20; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, p. 50.

[178]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 18.

[179]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 18.

[180]    Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 18.

[181]    Transpacific Industries, Submission 1, pp 9–10.

[182]    Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 13.

[183]    Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 13.

[184]    Ai Group, Submission 6, p. 14.

[185]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 11; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 13; Angela Sdrinis Legal, Submission 13, p. 9; Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 21; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 26, pp 54–55; Finance Sector Union, Submission 16, pp 16–18.

[186]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 29, p. 11.

[187]    Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3, p. 13.

[188]    Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 14, p. 21.

LABOR SENATORS' DISSENTING REPORT - Key Issues

[1] Slater & Gordon, Submission 14.

[2] Department of Employment, Submission 22, p. 6.

[3] ACTU, Submission 26, p. 25.

[4] ACTU, Submission 26, p. 55.

[5] ACTU, Submission 26, p. 19.

[6] Slater & Gordon, Submission 14, p. 20.