Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
Arbitration Commission
1973 – 1 March 1989
Previously Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956–1973).
National industrial tribunal that made federal awards and decided national wage cases, including wage indexation from 1975 and centralised wage fixing under the Prices and Incomes Accord from 1983.
Names over time
- Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission1956–1973
- Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission1973–1989
How it came into existence
Renamed from the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1973, continuing under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904.
Legislation: Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904
Changes during its life
- Arbitration of pay and conditions in the Commonwealth Public Service
How it ended
Replaced on 1 March 1989 by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission when the Industrial Relations Act 1988 repealed the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904.
- Industrial registry and Industrial Registrar functions
The industrial registry had previously operated as part of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission's structure.
Main functions
- Conciliation and arbitration of interstate industrial disputes
- National wage cases and wage indexation
- Making and varying federal awards
- Test cases on standards such as maternity leave and redundancy
- Public service arbitration (from 1984)
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Industrial Relations.
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