National Industrial Relations Conference - Restoring the balance
Queensland hosted the 2007 national industrial relations conference – the third conference in the ‘Fair Go’ series’ on 11 September 2007.
After 18 months since the introduction of WorkChoices, this conference offered practitioners and policy-makers the latest research findings about the reality of WorkChoices; its impact on fairness and productivity and explored ways to restore the balance.
Conference papers
Keynote Address – Prof Richard B. Freeman
Work Choices – reform or retrogression (PPT, 1.1 MB)
Session 1 - Impact of Work Choices
Dr John Buchanan - Workplace IR on the eve of Work Choices
Presentation summary (PDF, 862 KB)
Research report – Gillian Considine and John Buchanan
'Workplace industrial relations on the eve of WorkChoices: a report on a survey of employers in Queensland, NSW and Victoria' (PDF, 468 KB)
Assoc Prof Peter Gahan and Kathleen Mendan
Presentation summary (PDF, 258 KB)
Research report – Peter Gahan
'Employer greenfields agreements in Queensland' (PDF, 443 KB)
Assoc Prof Gillian Whitehouse
Presentation summary (PPT, 90 KB)
Research report – Fiona Macdonald, Gillian Whitehouse and Janice Bailey 'Tipping the scales: a qualitative study of the impact of WorkChoices on women in low-paid employment in Queensland' (PDF, 283 KB)
Prof Barbara Pocock
Presentation summary (PPT, 49 KB)
Research report – Jude Elton and Barbara Pocock
'Not fair, no choice: the impact of WorkChoices on twenty South Australian workers and their households' (PDF, 668 KB)
Session 2 - Cooperative and productive workplaces
Clive Thompson
Presentation - 'Smart workplaces: demonstrating the link between cooperative workplace relations and productive outcomes – an emerging case study' (PDF, 884 KB)
Helen Creed - Department of Consumer and Employment Protection WA
'Get a clearer picture about fairness in the workplace' (PPT, 1.2 MB)
Session 3 - New federalism
Dr Andrew Lynch
'Perspectives on federalism' (PDF, 64 KB)
Assoc Prof Anne Twomey
'Australian federalism – options for reform' (PDF, 79 KB)
Research report - Anne Twomey and Glenn Withers
'Australia's federal future' (PDF, 584 KB)
Dr Mark Mourell
Presentation summary (PPT, 72 KB)
Research report - David Peetz and Mark Mourell
'Towards a cooperative national industrial relations system' (PDF, 187 KB)
If you have any questions please contact Carolynne Berry, Policy Officer via Carolynne.Berry@deir.qld.gov.au or on (07) 3227 6306.
Last updated 22 July 2008