Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

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

The Committee takes note of the oral and written information supplied by the Government to the Conference Committee in June 1998 and the detailed discussion which took place thereafter. The Committee also notes the Government's response to comments made by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) regarding various aspects of the Workplace Relations Act, 1996. The Committee further observes that on 13 August and 2 October 1998, the ACTU submitted further detailed comments on, inter alia, the Workplace Relations Act, 1996, as well as other Australian laws. The Committee therefore requests the Government to reply to the most recent comments furnished by the ACTU as well as to the previous comments made by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in order to review the various issues raised therein in full knowledge of all the facts.