Footnotes


Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and Background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 137—4 February 2016, p.3710

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 50.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 50.

[4]        See Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, December 2013, pp 1-2.

[5]        See Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, December 2013, p.2.

[6]        See Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [Provisions], December 2013, p. 2.

[7]        See Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [Provisions], December 2013, p. 2.

[8]        See Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [Provisions], December 2013, p. 2.

[9]        Journals of the Senate, No. 3—14 November 2013, pp 124–127.

[10]      Journals of the Senate, No.107—17 August 2015, pp 2955–2956.

[11]      Journals of the Senate, No. 137—4 February 2016, pp 3710–3712

[12]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [Provisions], December 2013.

[13]      Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [Provisions], December 2013.

CHAPTER 2 - Issues

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[2]        Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 2, p. 3.

[3]        Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 7, p. 8.

[4]        For example: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Submission 7; Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 1; Department of Employment, Submission 5; Australian Industry Group, Submission 10.

[5]        Senate Education and Employment References Committee, Governments approach to re establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014.

[6]        Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Manager of Government Business in the Senate, Minister for Communications, Minister for the Arts and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Government, Proof Senate Hansard,  4 February 2016, p. 29.

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[1]        Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Chapter 7, Part 2.

[2]        Cameron Allan, Andrew Dungan, and David Peetz, 'Anomalies', Damned 'Anomalies' and Statistics: Construction Industry Productivity in Australia, February 2010.

[3]        Independent Economics, Economic Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2013 Update, 26 August 2013, Report prepared for Master Builders Australia, http://www.independenteconomics.com.au/information/Reports/BCI%20productivity_2013_final.pdf (accessed 9 March 2016).

[4]        KPMG, Economic Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2010 Report, 26 July 2010, Report prepared for Master Builders Australia, http://acci.asn.au.web02.wwwserver.com.au/getattachment/076685a3-f43c-4840-8322-01be5418a3f8/KPMG-Econtech---Economic-Analysis.aspx (accessed 9 March 2016).

[5]        Econtech, Economic Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2008 Report, Report prepared for the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner, Canberra, Econtech Pty Ltd, 30 July 2008.

[6]        Productivity Commission, Public Infrastructure, Inquiry Report, Volume 2, No. 71, 27 May 2014, p. 392, http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/137282/infrastructure-volume2.pdf (accessed 9 March 2016).

[7]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 and Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, December 2013; Senate Education and Employment References Committee, Governments approach to re establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission, March 2014.

[8]        Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, Final Report: Volume 5 – Law Reform and Policy, Commonwealth of Australia December 2015, Chapter 8, paragraph.186.

[9]        See Committee Hansard, 4 March 2016, pp 22–23.

[10]      Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Chapter 1, Subsection 6(1), Paragraphs (d) and (e).

[11]      Australian Government, Towards more productive and equitable workplaces – An evaluation of the Fair Work legislation, 5 June 2012, https://docs.employment.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/towards_more_productive_and_equitable_workplaces_an_evaluation_of_the_fair_work_legislation.pdf, (accessed 9 March 2016).

[12]      Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012, Explanatory memorandum, p. 2.

[13]      Bonan v Hadgkiss (Deputy Australian Building and Construction Commissioner) [2006] FCA 1334.

[14]      The Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.

[15]      Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979, Part 3, Division 3.

[16]      Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, Schedule 2 – 2(3).

[17]      Responses to questions on notice, Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates 2011–2012: https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Estimates/Live/eet_ctte/estimates/bud_1112/answers/EW0119_12.ashx; https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Estimates/Live/eet_ctte/estimates/bud_1112/answers/EW0120_12.ashx; https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Estimates/Live/eet_ctte/estimates/bud_1112/answers/EW0122_12.ashx

[18]      Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Chapter 2, Part 2, Section 19(1)(d).

[19]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 2, p. 2.

[20]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Summary of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, p. 9, https://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/Documents/summary-of-the-tpp-agreement.pdf (accessed 9 March 2016).

[21]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 2, p. 5.

[22]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Work-Related Injuries, Australia Jul 2013 to Jun 2014, Catalogue No. 6324.0, Table 4, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6324.0 (accessed 9 March 2016).

[23]      Safe Work Australia, Work Related Traumatic Injury Fatalities, Australia 2014, October 2015.

[24]      Safe Work Australia, Worker fatalities, http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/statistics/work-related-fatalities/pages/worker-fatalities (accessed 9 March 2016).

[25]      Safe Work Australia, Worker fatalities, http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/statistics/work-related-fatalities/pages/worker-fatalities  (accessed 9 March 2016).

[26]      Electrical Trades Union of Australia, Submission 18, p. 22.