Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Australia (Ratification: 1973)

The Committee takes due note of the information provided by the Government concerning a number of decisions of the Federal Court and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission which have interpreted provisions of the Workplace Relations Act, in particular regarding anti-union discrimination. The Committee will address the issues raised therein, as well as the other pending issues next year when it receives the Government’s full report. The Committee requests that the Government continue forwarding relevant decisions of the courts and the Commission.