Still central: Change and continuity in Australia's major industrial tribunal

Abstract

Australia's major public dispute resolution agency has changed substantially since the 1990s from a stand-alone tribunal administering a collectivist system of compulsory conciliation and arbitration to an integrated agency resolving both individual and collective disputes as well as performing a broader regulatory role. It remains central to Australian industrial relations, reflecting its adaptability and the peculiarities of its political and industrial relations contexts.