ARBITRATION IN AUSTRALIA.
THE COMMONWEALTH ACT. THE FEDERAL, lI.EGTI COURT DECISION. (Received June 2S, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. Wednesday. Mr. Mitchell, General Secretary of the Engine Drivers' and Firemens' Association, referring to the Federal High Court judgment regarding the Commonwealth Arbitration Act, asks the Federal Government to amend the Act in order to overcome the difficulty created a/nd clearly define the meaning of "industry." He points out that the iudgment renders invalid a large number of industrial agreements, and that if they are interfered with trouble will ensue. Although opposed to strokes, he contends that that is the only method left if the workers be deprived of the right of arbitration. It; it were possible for the Governor-General to proclaim such an association as his, an organisation' ur>der the Act trouble would be averted. Referring to the different courts..
the writer stated that it -would cose £IOO loss to obtain a n award from the Federal Court covering the -whole of Australia, than, from a State Court for a State only.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 28 June 1911, Page 5
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