First Published by CCH Australia
The Terms of Reference for and the membership of the panel to
review the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), announced on 20 December 2011,
have been generally greeted with approval from stakeholders in
workplace relations, albeit with cautious in some quarters. I
discount the hyperbole of politicians in this context.
While I do not know anything much about John Edwards (the
appointee who is an economist and member of the Reserve Bank Board)
I can say without fear of contradiction by anyone who knows
anything about workplace relations law in this country that
Professor Ron MacCallum and Michael Moore (recently retired Federal
Court judge) are eminently suited to their roles and indeed it is
hard to think of more appropriate appointees. I would go further
and say that their appointments are inspired choices in my view,
and a big display of real "nous" by the new Minister,
Bill Shorten (although no doubt he was not the only one involved in
the
