Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine and assess the validity of the proposition that the developments in the process of work rule determination, in recent years, are centred on a move towards more cellective bargaining in Australia. The Conciliation and Arbitration system, as its founders intended it to operate, is analysed. Although it is acknowledged that there are isolated cases of collective bargaining in Australia, it is shown that the present system is moving towards the system envisaged by the founders.
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