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Australian labour law concerns commonwealth, state, and common law on rights and duties of workers, unions and employers in australia. In australia more recently, the term workplace relations has emerged to describe the changing field of study to which this book is devoted for example, issues associated with monitoring and surveillance and employee voice are very much workplace relations issues rather than institutional aspects of the workplace in the twentyfirst century. Chapter 6 the role of the state in employment relations. The workplace relations act was passed, in 1999, by the howard government to take the place of the industrial relations reform act of 1993. Charles power is a partner in the employment and industrial relations department of holding redlich, and has a strong practice representing employers in all aspects of employment and industrial law. He is accredited by the law institute of victoria as a workplace relations specialist, and is a member of the advisory board to the centre for. Industrial relations and employment in australia is governed at both state and commonwealth level and the conditions of an employee contract may be subject to a specific award or agreement. The following chapters, written by leading experts on.