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Waterfront Industry Reform Authority
WIRA
1989 – 1992
Body that oversaw the Hawke government's three-year waterfront reform program, under which industry-wide stevedoring employment was replaced by enterprise-based employment and the waterside workforce was reduced through levy-funded voluntary redundancies.
How it came into existence
Set up by the Australian Government in 1989 to oversee the waterfront industry reform program agreed with stevedoring employers and unions following the Inter-State Commission's inquiry into waterfront strategy.
How it ended
Wound up in 1992 at the end of the reform program; no successor body took over its role.
Main functions
- Overseeing the move to enterprise-based stevedoring employment
- Monitoring productivity and reform targets
- Oversight of levy-funded voluntary redundancies
- Reporting to the government on reform progress
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