Recent publications in Occasional Paper
The Last Frontier: Trade Practices Limitations
Introduction John Trew has already spoken to you about his perceptions of the interface between trade practices law and industrial relations law. I have been asked to talk about the limitations in the Trade Practices Act which often make other...
The Last Frontier: Enforcement Issues
What has the ACCC done to enforce breaches of the Trade Practices Act in the industrial relations area and how effectively has it done it? In this discussion, I will deal primarily with the secondary boycott provisions (sections 45D to 45E) of the...
The Last Frontier: The Trade Practices Act and industrial relations
(Please note: The following was the basis for Mr Simpson's talk, which was accompanied by detailed overhead material) Introduction These are my personal views, not HIA's HIA keeps out of industrial arena where possible Views...
The Last Frontier: Existing Opportunities
Anatomy of the Screw
A description of the system of rorting and collusion operating in the Australian commercial construction sector (A submission to the Cole Royal Commission from the Institute of Public Affairs) The IPA contends that, in the commercial...
Take Away Take-Away: The Self-Induced Destruction of the Australian Food Manufacturing Industry
The Australian food-manufacturing industry is in trouble. Despite its potential, food companies are disinvesting and shifting production facilities offshore. Exports are declining. Productivity is low. The sharemarket performance of most leading...
Why Has the Arse Fallen Out of the Clothing Manufacturing Industry?
The Australian Textiles Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry is under the hammer. It has all the appearances of a dying industry, with media reports of redundancies, closures and collapses seeming to occur every week. It is an industry that has...
Outworkers speak out
The proposed introduction of Fair Employment Bill by the Victorian Government has caused a lot of confusion and fear among local Victorian clothing ‘manufacturers' and ‘outworkers'.