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Still central: Change and continuity in Australia's major industrial tribunal

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  • Mark Bray
  • Johanna Macneil

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Australia's major public dispute resolution agency has changed substantially since the 1990s from a stand‐alone tribunal administering a collectivist system of compulsory conciliation and arbitration to an integrated agency resolving both individual and collective disputes as well as performing a broader regulatory role. It remains central to Australian industrial relations, reflecting its adaptability and the peculiarities of its political and industrial relations contexts.

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  • Mark Bray & Johanna Macneil, 2023. "Still central: Change and continuity in Australia's major industrial tribunal," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(4-5), pages 359-376, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indrel:v:54:y:2023:i:4-5:p:359-376
    DOI: 10.1111/irj.12405
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