Bio

The Honourable Paul Munro served from 1986 to 2004 as Justice Munro, a Senior Presidential Member of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (the AIRC) and its predecessors. He was a member of the 1974-1976 Coombs Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, and later of the Administrative Review Council.

Paul Munro's contributions:

Draft Employment Rights Statement

A set of enforceable employment rights could be a crucial first step in restoring the balance between workers and employers in Australia'’s industrial relations system. This draft Statement by the Hon. Paul Munro is the first stage in developing a CommonSense paper on employment rights.

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• Occasional Papers

Gilding the aspirational lily

 Much has been made of the large increase to the minimum wage by the Fair Pay Commission, but Paul Munro argues that it may yet prove to have been a payment in fool’s gold.

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• Work, Family and Care

Comment on The Common Wealth - Paul Munro

Paul Munro writes, 'Australia is adrift in a sea of change; that those at the helm have no indigenous grasp of either proper bearings or of the difference between necessary ballast and supercargo'

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• Our Common Wealth

What constitutes a fair industrial system?

The current Australian industrial system has evolved from societal and constitutional acknowledgements of the conflicting interests of workforce participants and their collective organisations and the establishment of a quasi-judicial regulatory process. The provision in the Australian Constitution for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes by conciliation and arbitration is based upon an egalitarian value and principle.

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