Abstract
The reports of the Committee for Review of the Labour and Industry Act of 1958, released in A pril and December 1976, debate, once again, the future of Victoria's unique industrial system. While the Committee considers the possi bility of the replacement of Wages Boards by modelling the NSW industrial system, it opts for retention of Wages Boards augmented by features of a "court" system. Its major recommendations are: the enactment of an Industrial Relations Act; replacement of the part-time Industrial Commission as a co ordinating and appellate body for Wages Boards and public sector tribunals; an extension of disputes settlement powers; and improved access to the system by interested parties. These are essential changes. But the Committee leaves open a number of issues which have important implications for the functioning of the Victorian system.
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