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The Constitution and Workplace Relations Act 1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

John M. Williams
John M. Williams*
Affiliation:
School of Law, University of Adelaide
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Abstract

The Howard Government’s industrial relations reforms represent a significant step towards a uniform system of workplace regulations. To achieve this, the Commonwealth Parliament has expressly attempted to place much of the new regime within the scope of the Commonwealth's corporations power. This article will trace the High Court’s development of the jurisprudence related to that power and argue that the central tenets of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 (Cth) accords with the contemporary direction of the power.

Type
Work Choices: A Critical Analysis
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 16 , Issue 2: Work Choices: A Critical Analysis , May 2006 , pp. 61 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2006

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Footnotes

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I would like to thank Rachael Gray, Clement Macintyre and Wendy Riemens for their comments, suggestions and support. I would also like to thank Braham Dabscheck for his interest in the progress of one of his former students.

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