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In 2024, collective agreements covered 15% of employees, while 22% of employees were classified as "casual", meaning that they lose many protections other workers have. Australia's laws on the right to take collective action are among the most restrictive in the developed world, and Australia does not have a general law protecting workers ...
Its legal institutions and traditions are substantially derived from that of the English legal system, which superseded Indigenous Australian customary law during colonisation. [1] Australia is a common-law jurisdiction, its court system having originated in the common law system of English law. The country's common law is the same across the ...
Melbourne University Law Review. (2000) 24 Melbourne University Law Review 839. MacCallum, R. "The Australian Constitution and the Shaping of our Federal and State Labour Laws". [permanent dead link ] "The High Court and the Meaning of 'Marriage' in Section 51(xxi) of the Constitution" (PDF). Parliamentary Library.
The Constitution of Victoria is the constitution of the state of Victoria, Australia. The current constitution, the Constitution Act 1975 has been amended over 120 times. Since 1901, Victoria has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and its relationship with the Commonwealth is regulated by the federal Constitution of Australia.
The power under the Statute of Westminster to request the British Parliament to make laws for Australia was used on several occasions, primarily to enable Australia to acquire new territories. But its most significant use was also its last. This was when the procedure was used to pass the Australia Act 1986. The Australia Act effectively ...
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), known from 1956 to 1973 as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and from 1973 to 1988 as the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, was a tribunal with powers under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (and equivalent earlier legislation) that existed from 1956 until 2010.
Australian Land Transport (Financial Assistance) Act 1985 1985 (No. 59) No Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 1996 (No. 37) Yes (as amended) Australian Law Reform Commission (Repeal, Transitional and Miscellaneous) Act 1996 1996 (No. 38) No Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 1990 (No. 78) Yes (as amended)
The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, passed by the Rudd government to reform the industrial relations system of Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Replacing the Howard government 's WorkChoices legislation, the Act established Fair Work Australia, later renamed the Fair Work Commission .