Coal Industry Tribunal
March 1947 – 1995
Specialist industrial tribunal for the black coal mining industry that settled industrial disputes and made awards on coal miners' wages and conditions in New South Wales and in interstate coal disputes in Queensland and Tasmania, outside the general federal arbitration system.
How it came into existence
Constituted jointly by the Commonwealth and New South Wales under the Coal Industry Act 1946 (Cth) and the Coal Industry Act 1946 (NSW), the same arrangements that created the Joint Coal Board. The proclamation of section 28 of the Commonwealth Act in March 1947 repealed Part V of the Coal Production (War-Time) Act 1944, abolishing the wartime Central Industrial Authority, which the Tribunal replaced.
- Settlement of industrial disputes in the coal mining industry
Legislation: Coal Industry Act 1946 (Cth); Coal Industry Act 1946 (NSW)
How it ended
Abolished in 1995 through the joint operation of the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 (Cth) and complementary New South Wales legislation, with its industrial functions in the coal mining industry passing to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
- Industrial disputes and awards in the black coal mining industry
Main functions
- Settling industrial disputes in the New South Wales coal mining industry
- Interstate coal industry disputes in Queensland and Tasmania
- Making and varying coal industry awards
- Conciliation of local disputes at coal mines
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Industrial Relations.
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Sources
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