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Cabinet papers 1992-93: the rise and fall of enterprise bargaining agreements

  • Written by Peter Gahan, Professor of Management + Director, Centre for Workplace Leadership, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
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1992 was landmark year in Australian industrial relations. The Keating government pushed for enterprise bargaining in the face of reluctance from the Industrial Relations Commission and employers’ concerns at the prospect of wage inflation.

The 1992-93 cabinet papers – released by the National Archives of Australia – mark this...

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