Unions and Employer Associations

Also see Members of Parliament and Senators.

WEBSITES

NATIONAL WORKERS MEMORIAL AND HONOUR ROLL

The National Workers Memorial and Honour Roll pay tribute to working Australians who have died as a result of work-related accidents, incidents and disease.

https://www.nationalworkersmemorial.gov.au/

AUSTRALIAN TRADE UNION ARCHIVES

This includes trade unions and employer associations.

http://www.atua.org.au/

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - LABOUR AUSTRALIA

This database has short biographical entries on activists considered to have made a significant contribution to the labour movement's history at the national, state, regional and/or local scale.

https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - PROTESTS, ACTIVISM AND DISSENT IN VICTORIA

This is a finding aid to the library resources.

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/dissent/getstarted

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURTS

OVERVIEW

COMMONWEALTH COURT OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION 1904-1956

This Court was replaced by two separate bodies. The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (see below) was established to conciliate and arbitrate industrial disputes and the Commonwealth Industrial Court to interpret and enforce decisions of the Commission.

COMMONWEALTH INDUSTRIAL COURT 1956-1973

This became the Australian Industrial Court in 1973.

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL COURT 1973-1977

The jurisdiction in industrial relations was transferred to the Federal Court of Australia in 1977.

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, INDUSTRIAL DIVISION 1977-1993

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT 1993-1996

In 1993 the jurisdiction in industrial relations of the Federal Court of Australia was transferred to the Industrial Relations Court of Australia. It was transferred back to the Federal Court of Australia in 1996.

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA 1993-PRESENT