FEDERAL POLITICS
ABOLISHING ARBITRATION COURT.
(Australian Press Association).
' CANBERRA, Aug. 23.
The Prime Minister, Mr S. Bruce, to-day moved the second reading of the Bill .to .abolish the -Federal Arbitration Court, vHe said that the Government was determined to evacuate the field of industrial regulation, save in respect of the shipping and the waterside industries. The Government found that the attitude cf the various Unions was such that it was impossible to enforce penalties under the Court’s awards. Moreover, those under the awards accepted them only when it suited them, and they resorted to direct action when it seemed likely that they could get more benefits than from the Court, The several States would now have the full control of their industrial problems, and would be free from the trammels' to use whatever methods that were best suited to their individual interests. This Bill provided for the control of the maritime industry by a number of Committees, and the present Judges of the Federal Arbitration Court would become associated with a Mari rime Industry Court. The debate on the Bill was adjourn-' ed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1929, Page 5
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