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Volume 1 Summary of Findings and Recommendations (View Chapters)
Summary of findings and recommendations
Recommendations
Volume 2 Conduct of the Commission – Principles and Procedures
Volume 5 Reform – Establishing Employment Conditions
Volume 6 Reform – Occupational Health and Safety
Volume 7 Reform – National Issues Part 1
Volume 8 Reform – National Issues Part 2
Volume 9 Reform – National Issues Part 3
Volume 10 Reform – Funds
Volume 11 Reform – Achieving Cultural Changeb
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Volume 2 Conduct of the Commission - Principles and Procedures (View Chapters)
1 The Terms of Reference
2 Independence
3 Investigations and procedures prior to hearings
4 Procedure during and after hearings
5 Findings
6 First Report
7 Communication of information
8 Proposed amendments to the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (C’wth)
9 Relevant substantive law
List of Appendices
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Volume 3 National Perspective Part 1 (View Chapters)
1 A National Perspective
2 Structure of the Industry
3 Profile of Participants
4 Regulatory Framework
5 Industry Culture and Practice
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Volume 4 National Perspective Part 2 (View Chapters)
Annexure 1: Productivity and the Building and Construction Industry
Annexure 2: Recent Reviews of the Building and Construction Industry
Annexure 3: Enterprise Agreements
Annexure 4: Workplace Regulation, Reform and Productivity in the International Building and Construction Industry
Annexure 5: A History of Recent Industrial Events in the Australian Building and Construction Industry
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Volume 5 Reform - Establishing Employment and Conditions (View Chapters)
1 Introduction
2 Legislative background
3 Nature of the problem
4 Application of Parts VIB and VID of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (C’wth) to the building and construction industry
5 Submissions received by the Commission on enterprise bargaining and pattern bargaining
6 Evidence before the Commission
7 Suitability of pattern bargaining in the building and construction industry
8 Enterprise bargaining – the economic perspective
9 Analysis of the contentions regarding pattern bargaining
10 Prior reform attempts
11 Reform – pattern bargaining
12 Coercion to force employers to enter pattern agreements
13 Reform – prevention of coercion to enter into pattern agreements
14 Project agreements
15 Reform – project agreements
16 Bargaining fees
17 Penalties for unlawful industrial action in support of negotiations constituted by secondary boycotts
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Volume 6 Reform - Occupational Health and Safety (View Chapters)
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Volume 7 Reform - National Issues Part 1 (View Chapters)
1 Abuses of privacy
2 Ambiguities in the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (C’wth)
3 Codes of Practice for the Building and Construction Industry
4 Demarcation disputes
5 Entry to premises and inspection of records
6 Freedom of association
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Volume 8 Reform - National Issues Part 2 (View Chapters)
7 Illegal workers in the building and construction industry
8 Inappropriate employment and related demands
9 Inflexible Practices
10 Labour Hire
11 Payroll Tax Obligations – Non-compliance -
12 Phoenix companies
13 Retention of Wage Claim Amounts
14 Security of Payment
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Volume 9 Reform - National Issues Part 3 (View Chapters)
15 Superannuation Contributions – Compliance
16 Taxation Obligations – Evasion
17 Trade Practices Act 1974 (C’wth) implications for activity in the building and construction industry
18 Training in the building and construction industry
19 Under-representation of women
20 Unions acting as regulators
21 Unlawful and Inappropriate Payments
22 Workers compensation premiums
23 Workers’ Entitlements and Working Arrangements
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Volume 10 Reform - Funds (View Chapters)
1 Overview
2 Building Employees Redundancy Trust
3 Building Unions Superannuation Scheme
4 CEPU Electrical Division Victorian Branch – financial analysis
5 Chifley Financial Services Limited
6 College of Electrical Training Inc: ANTA Grant
7 ElecNet (Aust) Pty Ltd
8 Electrical Contractors Association of Western Australia Incorporated Severance Scheme Fund
9 Incolink: Self-Initiated Redundancies
10 Queensland Construction Training Fund
11 Sunshine Coast Regional Group Apprentices Ltd
12 Long Service Leave Funds in the Building and Construction Industry
13 Redundancy in the Building and Construction Industry
14 Income Protection Insurance in the Building and Construction Industry
15 Superannuation in the building and construction industry
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Volume 11 Reform - Achieving Cultural Change (View Chapters)
1 Achieving cultural change
2 The taskforces
3 The Australian Building and Construction Commission – national taskforce
4 Civil and industrial responsibility
5 Industrial action
6 A new statutory norm
7 Compensation for unlawful industrial action causing loss
8 Damages
9 Cancellation of registration
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Volume 12 State and Territory Overview (View Chapters)
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
ACT
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Volume 13 Hearings - New South Wales Part 1 (View Chapters)
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Volume 14 Hearings - New South Wales Part 2 (View Chapters)
10B Labour Hire
11 Newcastle and the Hunter Region
12 Other Sectors
13 Particular Issues
14 Payments Angel Place
15 Plastering and Partitioning
16 Scaffolding
17 Union Matters
18 Wollongong and the Illawarra
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Volume 15 Hearings - Victoria Part 1 (View Chapters)
1 Introduction
2 Anzac Day 1999
3 Certification of Agreements
4 CityLink
5 CFMEU Subcontractor Audits
6 Cranes
7 Fastform Systems Pty Ltd
8 Gary John Carter
9 Geelong Code of Practice
10 Graham Andrews Builders Pty Ltd
11 Grocon Limited
12 Herschell-Stent Pty Ltd
13 Holland Estate
14 Intreepit Pty Ltd
15 Kessaris and Dawson
16 La Trobe Regional Hospital Demolition Project
17 Maison A La Mode Pty Ltd
18 Monarch Group Pty Ltd
19 National Gallery of Victoria
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Volume 16 Hearings - Victoria Part 2 (View Chapters)
20 Nu-Line Aluminium Windows Pty Ltd
21 Port Melbourne Flats
22 Raid on Master Builders Association
23 Saizeriya
24 Shaun Hughes
25 The Age Print Centre
26 The Aldi Site - Laverton
27 The Federation Square Project
28 The Victorian State Netball and Hockey Centre
29 Walter Construction Group Ltd
30 Westfield Design & Construction Pty Ltd
31 Woolworths QP1-QP2
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Volume 17 Hearings - Queensland Part 1 (View Chapters)
1 Introduction
2 Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd
3 Barclay Mowlem Construction
4 Bosform Pty Ltd
5 Brambles Industrial Services
6 Donation to the Guide Dogs Association
7 Farley Concreting Pty Ltd
8 Homezone Home and Garden Centre
9 Ideal Interior Linings Pty Ltd
10 Joe Battaglia Plastering Pty Ltd
11 John Holland Pty Ltd
12 Labour Hire in Queensland
13 Lavarack Barracks
14 Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd
15 MarGra Pty Ltd
16 Multiplex Constructions (QLD) Pty Ltd
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Volume 18 Hearings - Queensland Part 2 (View Chapters)
17 The Nambour Hospital Dispute
18 Noosa Lakes Resort
19 Peri Australia Pty Ltd
20 Rockhampton
21 The Events of 21 April 1998 in Townsville
22 The Sun Metals Dispute
23 Townsville
24 Watpac Australia Pty Ltd
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Volume 19 Hearings - South Australia, Tasmania,
Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory (View
Chapters)
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Volume 20 Hearings - Western Australia Part 1 (View Chapters)
1 Introduction
2 BHP Hot Briquetted Iron Plant
3 Bluewater Apartments
4 Bregma Pty Ltd
5 Building Project at 166 Murray Street Perth
6 Dependable Roofing Scissor Lift Incident
7 Doric Group Holdings Pty Ltd
8 Engagement of Illegal Immigrants in the Building Industry in WA
9 Floreat Forum
10 Morley Glass
11 Murrin Murrin Nickel and Cobalt Construction Project
12 Payments to the CFMEU
13 PPB Pre-Cast Systems (WA) Pty Ltd
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Volume 21 Hearings - Western Australia Part 2 (View Chapters)
14 Qantas Terminal Redevelopment
15 The Accounts of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union of Workers, the Construction Skills Training Centre Inc and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Construction and General Division, Western Australian Divisional
16 The Graham Farmer and Kwinana Freeways Civil Construction Projects
17 The Vines Resort – Broad Construction Services Pty Ltd
18 The Western Australian Cricket Association Demolition Project
19 The Western Australian Task Force for the Building and Construction Industry and the Building Industry and Special Projects Inspectorate
20 Tom’s Crane & Plant Hire Company
21 240 St George’s Terrace Perth
22 Universal Constructions Pty Ltd
23 Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre
24 Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant
25 Worsley Expansion Project
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Volume 22 Administration (View Chapters)
1 Establishment
2 Information technology and communications
3 Records and document management system
4 Security
5 Budget
6 Publication of the final report
7 Wind-down phase
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Volume 23 Confidential Volume (Chapters Not Available)
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