WorkChoices Update

During the ALP National Party Conference, the ALP released further details of its Industrial Relations Policy, Forward with Fairness. The Policy document can be downloaded in full on the ALP website www.alp.org.au.

Key proposed reforms are as follows:

• Abolition of AWAs;
• Abolition of current Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Office of the Employment Advocate, Office of Workplace Services and the Australian Fair Pay Commission;
• Creation of a new body called "Fair Work Australia" which is intended to be a "one stop shop" for all industrial relations needs. It would appear, however, that the ALP recognises the need to have a discrete judicial arm to this body;