Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee
Scope
The Legislation Committee inquired into and reported on bills, estimates, annual reports and the performance of government departments and agencies in portfolios including education, science, training, employment and workplace relations.
Standing Committees on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education (Legislation and References), 11 August 2004. Standing L-R: Senators Guy Barnett, Natasha Stott Despoja, Kim Carr, Trish Crossin and David Johnston. Seated L-R: John Carter [Secretary], Senators George Campbell [Deputy Chair, Legislation] and John Tierney [Chair, Legislation]. DPS Auspic.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
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Estimates Report, March 2002Parliamentary paper number 243/2002
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 1 of 2002Parliamentary paper number 242/2002
Report on the provisions of bills to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996Parliamentary paper number 329/2002
Estimates Report, June 2002Parliamentary paper number 328/2002
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill 2002Parliamentary paper number 606/2002
Research Agencies Legislation Amendment Bill 2002Parliamentary paper number 606/2002
Annual Reports (No. 2 of 2002)Parliamentary paper number 573/2002
Workplace Relations Amendment (Paid Maternity Leave) Bill 2002Parliamentary paper number 606/2002
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Bill 2002Parliamentary paper number 606/2002
Additional estimates 2002-03Parliamentary paper number 55/2003
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2003)Parliamentary paper number 56/2003
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Bill 2002Parliamentary paper number 153/2003
Interim report - Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill 2003 (presented out of session on 2 May 2003)
Budget estimates 2003-04Parliamentary paper number 151/2003
Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill 2003Parliamentary paper number 153/2003
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2003)Parliamentary paper number 267/2003
Workplace Relations Amendment (Compliance with Court and Tribunal Orders) Bill 2003 and related billsParliamentary paper number 440/2003
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2004)Parliamentary paper number 84/2004
Additional estimates 2003-04Parliamentary paper number 63/2004
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Award Simplification) Bill 2002, Workplace Relations Amendment (Better Bargaining) Bill 2003, Workplace Relations Amendment (Choice in Award Coverage) Bill 2004 and a related billParliamentary paper number 141/2004
Budget estimates 2004-05Parliamentary paper number 140/2004
Interim report - Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting Small Business Employment) Bill 2004 (presented out of session on 14 September 2004) (see report tabled on 14 March 2005 - PP 172/05)
Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2004 (presented out of session on 31 August 2004) (and Australian Democrats' supplementary report presented out of session on 2 September 2004)Parliamentary paper number 228/2004
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2004) (presented out of session on 1 September 2004)Parliamentary paper number 239/2004
Interim report - Proposed amendment in the form of Schedule 1B to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Codifying Contempt Offences) Bill 2004 (presented out of session on 27 October 2004) (inquiry deferred: see report tabled on 8 December 2004)
Workplace Relations Amendment (Agreement Validation) Bill 2004Parliamentary paper number 228/2004
References of the 40th Parliament (deferral of the re-adoption of an inquiry into a proposed amendment to Schedule 1B to the Workplace Relations Act)
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Small Business Employment Protection) Bill 2004Parliamentary paper number 172/2005
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Right of Entry) Bill 2004Parliamentary paper number 172/2005
Additional estimates 2004-05Parliamentary paper number 64/2005
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2005)Parliamentary paper number 60/2005
Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 172/2005
Provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Promoting Safer Workplaces) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 172/2005
Provisions of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2005 and the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 172/2005
Budget estimates 2005-06Parliamentary paper number 171/2005
Provisions of Skilling Australia's Workforce Bill 2005 and Skilling Australia's Workforce (Repeal and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Provisions of the Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Provisions of the Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2005)Parliamentary paper number 202/2005
Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Workplace Relations Requirements) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Provisions of the Student Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Bills relating to the establishment of Carnegie Mellon University 2005: Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005 and Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Provisions of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005 (presented out of session on 22 November 2005) (additional information tabled on 9 December 2005)Parliamentary paper number 402/2005
Audio [duration 2:32]—Judith Troeth, Interview with Peter Mares on changes to the Work Choices legislation as a result of committee inquiry, ABC Radio National, National Interest program, 11 June 2010.
Audio [duration 4:45]—'Government under pressure over IR laws', ABC Radio PM program, 22 November 2005.
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005 and Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Related Amendments) Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 462/2005
Additional estimates 2005-06Parliamentary paper number 61/2006
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2006)Parliamentary paper number 84/2006
Provisions of the OHS and SRC Legislation Amendment Bill 2005Parliamentary paper number 145/2006
Provisions of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 2006Parliamentary paper number 145/2006
Provisions of the Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Amendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 6 June 2006)Parliamentary paper number 145/2006
Provisions of the Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 2 June 2006)Parliamentary paper number 145/2006
Budget estimates 2006-07Parliamentary paper number 144/2006
Provisions of the Independent Contractors Bill 2006 and the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 25 August 2006) (additional information tabled on 7 December 2006)Parliamentary paper number 436/2006
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2006)Parliamentary paper number 175/2006
![Standing Committees on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education (Legislation and References), 11 August 2004. Standing L-R: Senators Guy Barnett, Natasha Stott Despoja, Kim Carr, Trish Crossin and David Johnston. Seated L-R: John Carter [Secretary], Senators George Campbell [Deputy Chair, Legislation] and John Tierney [Chair, Legislation]. DPS Auspic.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/d5b/d5b832120afbc3335254/c037-040465di-sen-employment-workplace-education-002.jpg)