A Vision for an Industrial Relations System based on Fairness and Cooperation
As I write this piece, the Australian Parliament is poised to pass the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005. This legislation will be the final nail in the coffin of Australia's century-old experiment with state-sponsored conciliation and arbitration - a system for ordering workplace regulation that was founded on unique Australian values of egalitarianism, and the notion of a 'fair go'.