INDUSTRIAL AWARDS
OVERLAPPING IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY,.March 26. The Central Council of the Employers’ Federation of Australia, in a lengthy statement, emphasised the gravity of the situation created throughout Australia by the overlapping of Federal and State industrial awards and claims. Th e present position fs intolerable, and unless speedily remedied will lead to industrial chaos. The statement continues: The overlapping of Federal arbitration awards and awards of the State industrial tribunals is colossal, and the confusion and complications generated by it are limitless. It suggests that the solution of the problem lies in the limitation of the functions of the Federal Arbitration Court to clearly defined industries of an InterState character, such as shipping and shearing, which can be scheduled in amending Federal leglislation, land the allocation to the States of complete jurisdiction over all industries not within the list of tjefined interstate industries. The statement concludes: Unless this is speedily accomplished the ability of Australian industry to compete in the markets of the world and safeguard the interests of those engaged in as well as the capital invested in industrial enterprises will be so seriously imperilled as to create a crisis of vast magnitude.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18974, 27 March 1924, Page 2
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