posted on 2025-05-11, 20:39authored byMark BrayMark Bray, Johanna Macneil
Australia's major public dispute resolution agency has changed substantially since the 1990s from a standalone 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.