Annual wage review [2013] FWCFB 4000 (3 June 2013)

(#P195_6164) ACCI submission at p. 12, para. 45; pp. 59-60, para. 201; AFEI submission at p. 3, para. 7; ABI submission at p. 4, paras 2.7-2.8; p. 8, para. 3.11.

(#P204_7996) S.134(1)(a) and 294(1)(c).

(#P209_10158) See s.186(2)(d); the Commission may approve an enterprise agreement that does not pass the 'better off overall test' if satisfied that, because of exceptional circumstances, the approval of the agreement would not be contrary to the public interest - s.189.

(#P212_10780) [2012] FWAFB 5000.

(#P215_11090) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at paras 257 and 258.

(#P228_13845) See Chart 4.6.

(#P245_17181) Section 576T(2) of the WR Act permitted State based differences as part of the award modernisation process but only for a limited period designed to allow for transitional arrangements.

(#P248_18353) [2009] AIRCFB 800, at paras 29 and 30.

(#P253_19584) [2012] FWAFB 5000, at para 166.

(#P264_21641) MA000010.

(#P271_23712) ACTU submission at p. 118, para. 360, ACOSS submission at p. 19 and ACCI submission at p. 25, para. 116, Australian Government submission, p. 42, para 192.

(#P272_24145) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at para 237.

(#P279_25427) ACOSS submission at pp. 26-27

(#P280_25705) ACOSS (2012) Poverty in Australia, ACOSS Paper 194.

(#P297_29280) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue No. 6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2012.

(#P298_29574) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue No. 6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2010.

(#P305_30541) [2011] FWAFB 3400.

(#P308_30946) MA000010; This is the lowest level in the Manufacturing Award.

(#P331_35931) [2010] FWAFB 4000.

(#P334_36813) [2010] FWAFB 4000.

(#P337_36955) Safety Net Review - Wages May 2004.

(#P396_42343) s.3

(#P397_42505) [2012] FWCFB 5000.

(#P398_42651) Annual Wage Review 2011-12 Decision [2012] FWAFB 5000 at p. 12, para. 41: For example, promoting productivity and economic growth (s.3(a)); promoting flexible modern work practices and the efficient and productive performance of work (s.134(1)(d)); the likely impact of any determination on business including on productivity, employment costs and the regulatory burden (s.134(1)(f)); the likely impact of any determination on employment growth, inflation and the sustainability, performance, and competitiveness of the national economy (s.134(1)(h)); the performance and competitiveness of the national economy, including productivity, business competitiveness and viability, inflation and employment growth (s.284(1)(a)); and acknowledging the special circumstances of small and medium-sized businesses (s.3(g)).

(#P399_43478) Annual Wage Review 2011-12 Decision [2012] FWAFB 5000 at p. 12, para. 41: For example; the establishment and maintenance of a safety net of fair, relevant and enforceable minimum wages within the context of an easy to understand, stable and sustainable modern award system (ss.3(b), 134(1), 134(1)(g) and 284(1)); the promotion of social inclusion through increased workplace participation (ss.134(1)(c) and 284(1)(b)); relative living standards and the needs of the low paid (ss.134(1)(a) and 284(1)(c)); the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value (ss.134(1)(e) and 284(1)(d)); and providing a comprehensive range of fair minimum wages to junior employees, employees to whom training arrangements apply and employees with a disability (s.284(1)(e)).

(#P400_44291) Annual Wage Review 2011-12 Decision [2012] FWAFB 5000 at p. 12, para. 41: For example, the need to encourage collective bargaining (s.134(1)(b); see also s.3(f)).

(#P411_45320) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at para 257 and 258.

(#P429_47185) ACCI submission March 2013 at paras 73 - 76.

(#P441_48383) April 1997 Safety Net Review - Wages decision (1997) 71 IR 1 at 17.

(#P442_48717) (1989) 27 IR 196 at 201.

(#P443_48808) (1988) 25 IR 170.

(#P444_48941) (1997) 75 IR 268 at 297-9.

(#P445_48995) (1998) 123 IR 240 at 253.

(#P446_49048) For example see [2009] AIRCFB 50 at paras 46-8 and [2009] AIRCFB 345 at paras 43 and 94.

(#P449_50220) ABI Submission at paragraph 2.15.

(#P452_51593) See s.186(2)(d); the Commission may approve an enterprise agreement that does not pass the 'better off overall test' if satisfied that, because of exceptional circumstances, the approval of the agreement would not be contrary to the public interest - s.189.

(#P471_55373) CCIQ submission at p7 para 15(b).

(#P474_55577) ARA submission at p13.

(#P479_55910) Business SA submission at p7 para 2.4.

(#P486_56976) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at paras 281-282

(#P509_60243) ABI submission at para. 11.10.

(#P533_64645) Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland submission, p. 7 at paras 14-15; HR Nicholls Society submission at p. 1; Master Grocers Australia submission at pp. 4, 6.

(#P538_65329) Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry submission, p. 32 at para. 147; Australian Federation of Employers and Industry submission , p. 8 at para. 19; Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry submission at pp. 1-2; Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services Association submission, p. 4 at para. 3.6; Australian Retailers Association submission at p. 5; Business SA submission, p. 5 at para. 2.3; National Farmers' Federation submission, p. 17 at para. 6.2; Australian National Retailers Association submission, p. 4 at paras 1.1-1.2; National Retailers Association submission, p. 13 at para. 56; CCIQ submission, p. 7 at paras 14-15; Growcom submission at p. 7; Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce submission at pp. 5, 16; Master Grocers Australia submission at p. 4; Restaurant and Catering Australia submission, p. 13 at para. 39.

(#P539_66720) AFEI submission at p. 3, para. 7.

(#P540_67133) ACCI submission, p. 12 at para. 45; AFEI submission , p. 8 at para. 19; Business SA submission, p. 5 at paras 2.3-2.4; VECCI submission at pp. 1-2; ARA submission at pp. 5-6; MPMSAA submission, p. 4 at paras 3.6-3.7.

(#P543_68179) ACCI submission at p. 60, para. 203.

(#P546_68387) CCIQ submission, p. 7 at paras 14-15.

(#P549_68614) NRA submission, p. 13 at para. 57; ANRA submission, p. 4 at para. 1.2.

(#P550_68844) NRA submission, p. 13 at para. 56.

(#P551_68986) ANRA submission, p. 4 at paras 1.1-1.2.

(#P557_69217) Ai Group submission at pp. 3, 55.

(#P558_69420) Ai Group submission at p. 55.

(#P561_69640) ABI submission, p. 4 at para. 2.1; AAA submission at p. 2.

(#P564_69833) AHA submission at p. 2.

(#P569_70041) ACTU submission, pp. 4-5 at paras 16-20; ACCER submission, pp. 142-143 at para. 458.

(#P570_70306) The C10 level refers to the rate of pay for an employee classified as an Engineering/ Manufacturing Tradesperson - Level I under the Manufacturing Award, and equivalent levels within other modern awards.

(#P571_70884) ACTU submission, p. 7 at para. 28.

(#P576_71500) ACTU submission, p. 20 at para. 74.

(#P577_71752) ACTU submission, p. 21 at para. 75.

(#P580_72115) ACTU submission, p. 8 at para. 34.

(#P583_72441) ACCER submission, p. 61 at para. 197.

(#P586_73081) ACCER submission, p. 143 at para. 461.

(#P589_73357) ACCER submission, p. 34 at para. 98.

(#P590_73717) Ai Group submission in reply, at pp. 3-4.

(#P633_77648) All data are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted.

(#P638_78281) RNNDI takes into account the impact of changes in prices of exports relative to imports, the real impact of income flows between Australia and the rest of the world, and the consumption of fixed capital. Income flows between Australia and the rest of the world are fairly smooth over time and changes tend to have little impact on short-term movements in RNNDI. The consumption of fixed capital tends to stall growth in RNNDI, but for the most part, the impact on short-term movement is small. Australian Bureau of Statistics - Catalogue No. 5206.0, 'Real net national disposable income - a new national accounts measure', Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2001, Feature Article.

(#P641_79058) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P649_79599) OECD, Economics: Key Tables from OECD, Table No. 13, OECD iLibrary.

(#P658_80938) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P665_81549) Bishop J, Kent C, Plumb M and Rayner V (2013) The Resources Boom and the Australian Economy: A Sectoral Analysis, RBA Bulletin, March Quarter, p. 40 as cited in ACCI submission at p.41, para. 168.

(#P670_82223) Source: RBA, Index of Commodity Prices, April 2013.

(#P677_82673) op cit., Bishop et al at p.40.

(#P678_82812) Ibid, p.44.

(#P681_83266) Ibid, p.44-7.

(#P684_83521) Ibid, p.47-8.

(#P698_85221) Ibid, p.48.

(#P704_85524) Bishop J, Kent C, Plumb M & Rayner V (2013), The resources boom and the Australian economy: a sectoral analysis, RBA Bulletin, March Quarter.

(#P715_86357) Schweppes Australia Pty Ltd v United Voice - Victoria Branch [2012] FWAFB 7858, paras 38 - 45.

(#P724_88497) ss.134(1)(a) and 284(1)(c).

(#P727_88906) ACTU submission, page 6, para 26 and ACCER submission, pp.6 and para 41 at pp. 20-21.

(#P730_89129) ACTU submission p.52, para 160.

(#P733_89332) ACTU submission, p.55, para 169.

(#P734_89389) ACTU submission, p.57-8, paras 172 and 173.

(#P737_89633) ACTU submission, p.58, para 174.

(#P740_89848) ABI submission, p.15, para 8.1

(#P749_91193) Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, 5206.0, December 2012: Analysis and comments

(#P754_91870) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P763_92320) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P799_97820) OECD Employment Outlook 2012, Chapter 3, Labour Losing to Capital: What Explains the Declining Labour Share.

(#P804_98287) 'Productivity boost first, then labour can share'. Australian Financial Review, Friday 18 January 2013.

(#P807_99649) ACTU Post-Budget Submission, p.14, para 56.

(#P808_99810) ACTU Post-Budget Submission, p.15, para 59.

(#P809_100100) ACTU Post-Budget Submission, p.15, paras 60 and 61.

(#P816_101854) Ai Group submission, pp. 26-7, para 2.8

(#P823_103797) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P831_104708) Rizov M. and Croucher R., The impact of the UK national minimum wage on productivity by low-paying sectors and firm-size groups, Report to the Low Pay Commission, London, March 2011.

(#P832_105296) Ibid, p.24.

(#P835_105352) OECD Employment Outlook 2012, Chapter 3, Labour Losing to Capital: What Explains the Declining Labour Share.

(#P836_105616) Ibid, pp.111 and 145.

(#P847_107067) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P854_107641) Australian National Accounts, 5206, as cited in footnote to Table 3.1 of the Statistical Report.

(#P862_110202) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P867_110568) Ai Group submission, p.7.

(#P868_111068) ACTU reply submission, at p.20, para. 86.

(#P871_111270) VACC submission at p. 14.

(#P872_111384) VACC submission at p. 15.

(#P873_111603) R&CA submission at pp. 4,5.

(#P874_111837) ACTU reply submission, at p. 21, para 88.

(#P877_112199) Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia, June 2012; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed Quarterly, Nov 2012, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003_._ Business bankruptcy rate adopted from Bickerdyke, I, Lattimore, R, and Madge, A, 2000, Business Failure and Change: An Australian Perspective, Productivity Commission Staff Research Paper, Ausinfo, Canberra.

(#P881_112882) Automotive Skills Australia, February 2013, Automotive Environmental Scan 2013, ASA, Australia.

(#P882_113266) VACC submission at p. 14.

(#P883_113680) Business Related Bankruptcies under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 - Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia Annual Report 2011/12 , Table 38.

(#P886_114024) ABS Cat. No. 8165; Counts of Australian Businesses Including Entries and Exits June 2007 - June 2012,

(#P887_114265) ABS Cat. No. 8165; Counts of Australian Businesses Including Entries and Exits June 2007 - June 2012, Summary of results , p.6.

(#P888_114430) ABS Cat. No. 8165; Counts of Australian Businesses Including Entries and Exits June 2007 - June 2011, Summary of Findings, p.6.

(#P889_114641) During the 2011-12 financial year, the 'Accommodation and Food Services' and 'Administrative and Support Services' industries had the highest entry rates of 16.7% and 16.4% respectively. ABS Cat. No. 8165; Counts of Australian Businesses Including Entries and Exits June 2007 - June 2012, Summary of Findings, p.6.

(#P890_115156) ABS Cat. No. 8165; Counts of Australian Businesses Including Entries and Exits June 2007 - June 2012, table 1.

(#P891_115422) ABS Cat. No. 8165; Counts of Australian Businesses Including Entries and Exits June 2007 - June 2012, table 1.

(#P894_116326) MGA submission, p.5.

(#P904_117512) ARA Submission, p.9.

(#P905_117676) ANRA Submission p.7. para 2.10.

(#P910_118425) ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P917_119024) [2012] FWAFB 5000, at para 277

(#P918_120026) Australian Bureau of Statistics 8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Mar 2013.

(#P923_120944) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue No. 8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, March 2013.

(#P926_121826) Australian Government submission at p. 17, para. 63.

(#P927_122013) ACCI submission at p. 13, para. 47.

(#P930_122440) [2009] AIRCFB 800, at paras 29 and 30.

(#P933_123296) VACC submission at p. 8, MTASA submission, p.5 at para. 2.33 and HIA submission, at p.6, para 3.4.1.

(#P934_123490) AM2012/18 and others.

(#P935_123826) HIA submission, at p.6, para 3.4.1.

(#P938_124290) Ai Group submission, p.58.

(#P941_124569) Victorian Government submission at pp. 12-13, para. 2.30.

(#P942_124756) AHA submission at p. 6; MGA submission at p. 16, para. 7.5.1; RCA submission at p. 12, para. 34.

(#P943_125047) R&CA submission at p. 12, para. 34.

(#P944_125235) AHA submission at p. 5.

(#P947_126006) Australian Government, Strong Growth, Low Pollution, Modelling A Carbon Price, http://archive.treasury.gov.au/carbonpricemodelling/content/report.asp, Chapter 5, p. 85.

(#P950_127307) MGA submission at p. 13, paras 7.2.1-7.2.2; CCIQ submission at p. 22, para. 49; NRA submission at p. 11, paras 46-48.

(#P951_127503) NRA submission at p. 11, para. 46.

(#P952_127739) MGA submission at p. 13, para. 7.2.2.

(#P955_128112) MGA submission, p. 13 at para. 7.2.2; Productivity Commission (2011), Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, Report No. 56, Canberra, released 9 December, p. 98.

(#P958_128670) Around 1 per cent; Productivity Commission (2011), Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian

Retail Industry, Report No. 56, Canberra, released 9 December, p. 102.

(#P966_130227) The trimmed mean is the weighted average of the central 70 per cent of the price change distribution. The weighted median is calculated as the average price change at the 50th percentile by weight of the price change distribution.

(#P969_130707) The CPI and LCI differ in their approach to three areas of expenditure: purchase of dwellings; purchase of durable items; and financial services and the use of credit.

(#P972_131350) ABS, Selected Living Cost Indexes, Australia, Dec 2012 - Explanatory notes, Catalogue No. 6467.0.

(#P977_132945) RBA, Inflation Target, http://www.rba.gov.au/inflation/inflation-target.html.

(#P984_133486) ABS, Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6401.0; ABS, Selected Living Cost Indexes, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6467.0.

(#P992_134355) ABS, Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6401.0.

(#P1106_135026) ACCI submission at p. 59, para. 200; Business SA submission at p. 17, para. 6.3.2.1.

(#P1109_135592) Australian Government at p. 23, para. 102.

(#P1112_136098) ACCI submission at p. 12, para. 45; pp. 59-60, para. 201; AFEI submission at p. 3, para. 7; ABI submission at p. 4, paras 2.7-2.8; p. 8, para. 3.11.

(#P1113_136469) ACTU submission at p. 45, para. 136.

(#P1114_136730) Australian Government submission, p. 11, para. 14.

(#P1117_136974) [2012] FWAFB 5000, at para 166.

(#P1120_137737) ACCI submission at p. 12, para. 45; pp. 59-60, para. 201; AFEI submission at p. 3, para. 7; ABI submission at p. 4, paras 2.7-2.8; p. 8, para. 3.11.

(#P1125_138977) ACCI submission at p. 60, para. 203.

(#P1128_139167) [2010] FWAFB 4000

(#P1129_139443) Business SA submission at p. 6.

(#P1136_140926) [2010] FWAFB 4000, para. 241.

(#P1143_141443) ABS, Wage Price Index, Australia, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 6345.0..

(#P1146_142075) ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Nov 2012, Catalogue No. 6302.0

(#P1149_142874) DEEWR, Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining, December quarter 2012; http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/Pages/Reports.aspx

(#P1156_144088) Estimates of AWOTE are published on a biannual basis for May and November. The transition to biannual frequency has resulted in a new seasonally adjusted and trend series which commenced for May 2012. Therefore, original data are used to present a longer time period.

(#P1159_144768) ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Nov 2012, Catalogue No. 6302.0; ABS, Wage Price Index, Australia, Mar 2012, Catalogue No. 6345.0; DEEWR, Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining, December quarter 2012, http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/Pages/Reports.aspx; Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998; Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010 (from 1 January 2010).

(#P1165_146264) DEEWR, Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining, December quarter 2012, http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/Pages/Reports.aspx

(#P1172_147337) Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0.

(#P1180_147736) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, April 2013. Catalogue No. 6202.0

(#P1183_147829) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0.

(#P1188_148146) Ai Group submission at p. 15; AFEI submission at p. 11, para. 27 and ACCI submission at p. 46, para. 177.

(#P1194_148637) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0.

(#P1202_149495) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003.

(#P1212_150881) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003.

(#P1220_151654) Bishop J, Kent C, Plumb M & Rayner V (2013), The resources boom and the Australian economy: a sectoral analysis, RBA Bulletin, March Quarter.

(#P1227_152154) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0.

(#P1234_153057) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003.

(#P1306_154331) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0; ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.001.

(#P1315_155532) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0; ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.001.

(#P1321_156233) Australian Government submission at p. 32, paras 133 and 135.

(#P1322_156508) Australian Government submission at p. 32, para. 137.

(#P1323_156769) ACOSS submission, at pp. 41-42.

(#P1326_156928) Australian Government submission at p. 30, para. 126; Victorian Government submission at p. 11, para. 2.20.

(#P1327_157210) Australian Government submission at p. 30, para. 128.

(#P1328_157430) ACCI submission at pp. 48-49, para. 181; Ai Group submission at p. 16.

(#P1329_157558) ACCI submission at p. 48, para. 180.

(#P1330_157756) ACCI submission at pp. 48-49, para. 181; Ai Group submission at p. 16.

(#P1335_158152) Australian Government submission at p. 30, para. 127.

(#P1338_158573) ACTU submission, p.69, para 209.

(#P1339_158880) ACTU submission, p.69, para 211-12.

(#P1342_159051) ACTU submission in reply at p. 6, Figure 1.

(#P1343_159414) Australian Government Response to Consultation Questions, p. 13.

(#P1346_159581) Australian Government responses to questions for consultations at p.13.

(#P1353_160250) Lowe P (2012), The Labour Market, Structural Change and Recent Economic Developments, Speech to the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) Leadership Event, Hobart, 9 October 2012, RBA Bulletin, December Quarter, pp. 108-109.

(#P1358_161905) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.001.

(#P1461_164294) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.001.

(#P1524_164745) ACCI submission at pp. 51-55, paras 186-193, Ai Group submission at pp. 36-41; ABI submission at p. 13, para. 7.5.

(#P1531_165490) ABS, Labour Force, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003.

(#P1538_166075) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0.

(#P1605_167827) ABI submission at p. 13, para. 7.5; ACCI submission at p. 53, para 190.

(#P1606_168124) ACCI submission at pp. 53-4, para. 191.

(#P1609_168761) ABS, Underemployed Workers, Sep 2012, Catalogue No, 6265.0.

(#P1612_169005) ACCI submission at p. 54, para. 192.

(#P1613_169182) ABS, Labour Force, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003; and ABS, Forms of Employment, Australia, November 2011, Catalogue No. 6359.0 .

(#P1618_170308) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003.

(#P1624_171239) ABS, Underemployed Workers, September 2012, Catalogue No, 6265.0.

(#P1625_171588) ABS, Australian Social Trends, June 2011, Catalogue No. 4102.0.

(#P1628_172109) ABS, Australian Social Trends, Jun 2011, Catalogue No. 4102.0.

(#P1633_172653) Section 3(g).

(#P1638_173093) Connolly E, Norman D and West T, "Small Businesses: An Economic Overview, ACCI Submission, Annexure C.

(#P1647_174019) ABS Cat. No.6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2012. http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/6F2D45E3B453FE4DCA25782300135880

(#P1664_176096) AFEI Submission, p.31, at para 76 and Charts 21 and 22.

(#P1669_177346) AFEI Submission, p.31, at para 76 and Charts 21 and 22.

(#P1670_177512) Connolly E, Norman D and West T, "Small Businesses: An Economic Overview, ACCI Submission, Annexure C.

(#P1671_178042) Connolly E, Norman D and West T, "Small Businesses: An Economic Overview, ACCI Submission, Annexure C.

(#P1674_178317) ABS Cat. No.8165.0 - Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2008 to June 2012. http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/9C55E8A8764320D0CA257838000EE8FD

(#P1677_179242) R&CA submission at para 32, pp. 10-11; ABI submission at para 10.1, p. 19; ACCI reply submission at para 17, p. 7

(#P1678_179445) ABI submission at p. 19, para. 10.1.

(#P1679_179593) R&CA at para 32, pp. 10-11.

(#P1680_179739) ABI submission at p. 19, para. 10.1.

(#P1683_179930) Sections 134(1)(a) and 284(1)(c).

(#P1690_181283) ABS Cat No 6524.0.55.002: 2009-10.

(#P1693_181607) ABI submission at p. 19, para. 10.1.

(#P1696_181726) ABS Cat. No. 8175.0, Counts of Australian Business Operators 2006-2007.

(#P1697_181977) ACCI Reply Submission, p.8 at para 20.

(#P1700_182131) Estimates for Small Areas - Data Cubes, 2004-05 to 2005-06, February 2009, ABS Cat No 6225.0.55.001.

(#P1705_182809) ABS Cat No 6524.0.55.002; Explanatory Note 24 and ABS 6225.0.55.001, Explanatory Note 14.

(#P1706_183149) ABS Cat No 8175.0 - Counts of Australian Business Operators, 2006 to 2007, Explanatory note 49.

(#P1720_186452) ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, various, Catalogue No. 6306.0.

(#P1723_186927) An overview of compositional change in the Australian labour market and award reliance, Fair Work Australia Research Report 1/2010, at pp. 51-52.

(#P1728_188454) ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, various, Catalogue No. 6306.0.

(#P1819_189443) ACTU submission, in table 5.

(#P1822_189624) ACTU submission, in table 5.

(#P1832_190646) ACTU submission at p. 15, para. 61; ACCI submission at p. 54, para. 192.

(#P1835_190888) Australian Government submission at p. 13, para. 39; AFEI submission at p. 13, para. 31 and ACCER submission at p. 31, para. 85.

(#P1844_193212) ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2012, Catalogue No. 6306.0; ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2012, Catalogue No. 5206.0; ABS, Business Indicators, Australia, Sep 2012, Catalogue No. 5676.0; ABS, Labour Force, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6202.0; ABS, Wage Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6345.0; DEEWR, Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining, December quarter 2012.

(#P1948_195209) [2012] FWAFB, Table 4.5.

(#P1974_199083) Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook 2013-14, Canberra, 2013_,_ p. 2-16.

(#P2001_199600) Australian Government 2013/14 Budget Paper Budget Paper No. 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook 2013-14, Statement 2: Economic Outlook, Table 2.

(#P2002_199952) IMF, World Economic Outlook, April 2013.

(#P2016_202416) Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook 2013-14, Canberra 2013, p. 2-14.

(#P2196_205199) RBA, Statement on Monetary Policy, May 2013, Table 6.1.

(#P2245_207109) DEEWR, Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, May 2013; http://deewr.gov.au/deewr-leading-indicator-employment-latest-release.

(#P2262_207990) Lowe P (2012), The Labour Market, Structural Change and Recent Economic Developments, Speech to the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) Leadership Event, RBA Bulletin, December Quarter 2012, Hobart, 9 October 2012.

(#P2267_208550) ACTU submission, at p. 34, paras 107-108.

(#P2268_208909) ACTU submission, at p. 75 para. 221.

(#P2271_209135) Australian Government submission at p.33, para. 142.

(#P2274_209629) Ai Group submission at p. 19.

(#P2277_209996) AFEI submission at p. 13, paras 30-31.

(#P2280_210842) ACCI submission at p. 41, para. 167.

(#P2283_211128) ACTU submission in reply, p. 12, para. 47.

(#P2299_213034) Lowe P (2012), The Labour Market, Structural Change and Recent Economic Developments, Speech to the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) Leadership Event, RBA Bulletin, December Quarter 2012, Hobart, 9 October 2012 at pp. 104-6.

(#P2305_213457) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.003.

(#P2313_214422) Lowe P (2012), The Labour Market, Structural Change and Recent Economic Developments, Speech to the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) Leadership Event, RBA Bulletin, December Quarter 2012, Hobart, 9 October 2012, p. 106.

(#P2316_214699) Gruen D, Li B and Wong T (2012), Unemployment disparity across regions, Treasury Economic Roundup Issue 2, August.

(#P2317_215078) Ibid , at p.74.

(#P2318_215436) Ibid , at p.70.

(#P2323_216389) Lowe P, (2013), Internal Balance, Structural Change and Monetary Policy, address to the Australian Industry Group 13th Annual Economics Forum, 19 March.

(#P2328_217078) ibid.

(#P2333_217947) ibid. et al at p.48.

(#P2342_220678) [2012] FWAFB 5000, at paras 257 and 258.

(#P2383_228483) Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Act 2012, Schedule 1.

(#P2413_229208) Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, s.27. Schedule 1(4) of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Act 2012 removes the former s.27(1)(a) which provided for the age limit of 70 for contributions.

(#P2416_229614) Australian Government submission, p. 15 at paras 47-50.

(#P2423_231123) Australian Government submission, p. 16 at para. 54; Victorian Government submission, p. 15 at para. 2.44; Ai Group submission at pp. 51-53; ABI submission, p. 5 at para. 2.10; AAA submission, p. 6 at para. 20 and p. 12; AHA submission at p. 4; ANRA submission, p. 4 at para. 1.5; NFF submission, p. 15 at para. 5.16; MGA submission, p. 14 at para 7.3.1; VACC submission at p. 6.

(#P2426_231829) Australian Government submission, p. 16 at para. 51.

(#P2427_232452) Australian Government submission, p. 16 at para. 51.

(#P2428_232656) ACTU submission in reply, p. 19 at para. 82.

(#P2429_232867) ACTU submission in reply, p. 19 at para. 82.

(#P2432_233272) Ai Group submission in reply at p. 3.

(#P2433_233461) Ai Group submission at p. 3.

(#P2434_233688) NFF submission, p.17 at para. 6.2.

(#P2439_234335) ACTU submission at p. 127, Table 14.

(#P2502_235366) ACTU submission at p. 128, paras 400-402.

(#P2507_235846) ACCER submission in reply, p. 2 at para. 3.

(#P2512_236497) ACCI submission, pp. 29-30 at para. 138; Ai Group submission at p. 3; CCIQ submission at pp. 4-5 and p. 24; AFEI submission, p. 7 at para. 17; AHA submission at p. 4; AAA submission at p. 2; ANRA submission, p. 4 at para. 1.5; ARTIO submission at p. 3.

(#P2513_236774) Victorian Government submission, p. 15 at para. 2.4.4; NFF submission, p. 16 at para. 5.18.

(#P2514_237030) ABI submission, p. 12 at para. 6.3.

(#P2515_237154) Ai Group submission at p. 53.

(#P2516_237447) ARTIO submission at p. 3.

(#P2519_238121) Shorten B (2012), 'A more comfortable retirement for working Australians', The Australian, 22 March 2012, page 28, cited in Ai Group submission at p. 50; ABI submission, p. 12 at para. 6.3.

(#P2522_238917) May 2002 Safety Net Review - Wages (2002) 112 IR 411 at 454.

(#P2525_239293) CCIQ submission, p. 27 at paras 61-62.

(#P2530_239899) Industrial Relations Act 1988, s.90A; Workplace Relations Act 1996, s.90A.

(#P2536_240907) (1994) 56 IR 114 at 127.

(#P2539_241023) ibid.

(#P2540_241078) October 1995 Third Safety Net Adjustment Section 150A Review decision (1995) 61 IR 236 at 278; April 1998 Safety Net Review (1998) 79 IR 37 at 60 and 70; May 2000 Safety Net Review Wages (2000) 95 IR 64 at 65, 76, 91 and 95; May 2002 Safety Net Review - Wages (2002) 112 IR 411 at 444.

(#P2541_241516) April 1999 Safety Net Review - Wages (1999) 87 IR 190 at 191 and 203; 2001 Safety Net Review - Wages (2001) 104 IR 314 at 335.

(#P2546_242286) (1998) 79 IR 37 at 60.

(#P2551_242872) (2002) 112 IR 411 at 444.

(#P2556_243801) ACTU submission in reply at p. 18, para. 78.

(#P2559_244090) Ai Group submission at pp. 49-50; NFF submission, p. 15 at para. 5.16.

(#P2560_244277) Ai Group submission at pp. 49-50.

(#P2586_248489) ACTU submission at p. 118, para. 360, ACOSS submission at p. 19 and ACCI submission at p. 25, para. 116, Australian Government submission, p. 42, para 192.

(#P2587_248969) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at para 237.

(#P2593_249701) ABS, Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia, various, Catalogue No. 6310.0; ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, various, Catalogue No. 6306.0; ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Nov 12, Catalogue No. 6302.0.

(#P2622_251153) The ACTU estimated that about 10% of award-reliant workers were managers or professionals and among non-managerial workers , over half were paid above the C10 rate. ACTU submission, p 18 and p.20.

(#P2632_252726) ACTU submission at pp. 15-19, paras 61-70.

(#P2637_253228) ACTU submission, p. 13 at para. 55.

(#P2640_253372) ACTU submission at p. 19, para 70 and Table 6.

(#P2643_253436) The ACTU imputed the classification levels of award-only workers based on their hourly ordinary time cash earnings, with classification levels and wage rates drawn from the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010 as at May 2012. Employees were assigned to the 'C14' category if they had earnings between $15.51 and $15.96 (one cent below C13), and so on for higher levels. These calculations were based on separate percentile distributions of the hourly ordinary time cash earnings of permanent/fixed term and casual award-only employees. These distributions are unpublished data from the 2012 ABS Employee Earnings and Hours survey. The earnings of intra-percentile workers were estimated using interpolation of the percentile data. The ACTU reduced casuals' earnings by a fifth to remove a loading, assumed to be 25%.

(#P2647_254573) ACTU calculations based on ABS 6306 (unpublished). Classifications imputed based on average hourly ordinary time cash earnings. Casual employees' earnings have been deflated by a fifth to remove an assumed 25 per cent casual loading. Each classification level includes employees employed at the relevant minimum wage and those earning up to and including one cent below the minimum for the classification above.

(#P2654_255419)

(#P2657_255738) ACTU submission, p.21, para 75.

(#P2669_256764) Fair Work Commission; ABS, Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6401.0.

(#P2715_257436) ACCER submission at p. 84, para. 269(b).

(#P2716_257604) ACCER submission at p. 89, para. 283.

(#P2717_257744) ACCER submission at p. 89, para. 281

(#P2720_258088) MA000065.

(#P2723_258732) ABS, Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6401.0; Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998; Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010; Professional Employees Award 2010.

(#P2731_259500) Ai Group submission at p. 31.

(#P2734_259692) Ai Group submission at pp. 34, 35.

(#P2737_259809) Ai Group submission at p. 35, Chart 22.

(#P2742_260134) Ai Group submission at pp. 34-36.

(#P2745_260434) ACTU submission at p. 98, para.290.

(#P2746_260603) ACTU reply submission at p. 30, para.123.

(#P2747_260821) ACTU submission in reply p. 32, para. 124.

(#P2754_261644) Australian Government submission at p. 55, para. 275.

(#P2757_262521) See, for example, [2010] FWAFB 4000, at para 337.

(#P2775_263802) Fair Work Australia, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, Table 8.1.

(#P2776_264006) Fair Work Australia, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, Table 8.1.

(#P2779_264265) ABS, Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia, Aug 2012, Catalogue No. 6310.0; Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998; Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010 (from January 2010).

(#P2839_265298) Australian Government submission at p. 55, para. 275.

(#P2840_265590) ACTU submission at pp. 102/3, para 302.

(#P2845_266353) This chart reflects data for the period December quarter 2002 to December quarter 2012. WPI is the index for total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses in both private and public sectors. It is unaffected by change in the quality or quantity of work performed. AWOTE is calculated by dividing estimates of weekly ordinary time earnings by estimates of the number of employees. It is calculated before taxation and other deductions such as superannuation. It also excludes payments which are not related to the reference period such as overtime, leave loading and redundancy payments. AWOTE estimates refer to full-time adult employees. Average weekly earnings (AWE) is the gross (before tax) earnings of employees (excluding salary sacrifice). The C14 and the C10 are minimum award rates set under the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010 and the former Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998. AWOTE and AWE data are published half-yearly, hence, a quarterly time-series is derived through linear interpolation. AWOTE and AWE data are expressed in original terms. ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Nov 2012, Catalogue No. 6302.0; ABS_, Wage Price Index, Australia, Dec 2012,_ Catalogue No. 6345.0; Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998; Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010 (from 1 January 2010).

(#P2850_268013) Fair Work Commission, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, Table 8.2.

(#P2854_268835) ABS, Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2013, Catalogue No. 6401.0; ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, various, Catalogue No. 6306.0.

(#P2860_269579) Australian Government submission, p. 57, para 287

(#P2870_271183) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at para 242; [2011] FWAFB 3400 at para 205; [2012] FWAFB 5000 at para 161.

(#P2873_271481) Australian Government submission at p. 53, Table 5.6.

(#P2876_271937) DEEWR modelling.

(#P2897_272398) ACCER submission, p.120, Table 17.

(#P2900_273048) Calculation of wages net of tax takes into account exemptions granted from the Medicare Levy where applicable (for example, at the NMW, the full Medicare Levy exemption adds $9.10 per week to the net wage). Family transfers in 2012 include the equivalent weekly value from the FTB A and FTB B and the Schoolkids Bonus which is calculated on the basis that one child is in primary school and the other is in secondary school. See ACCER submission at p. 120.

(#P2938_274596) Australian Government submission, p.14.

(#P2939_274670) ACOSS submission at pp. 8-9.

(#P2940_274819) National Retailers Association submission at p. 6, para. 22; ABI, at para 2.8 (in respect to overcompensation)

(#P2946_275619) [2012] FWAFB 5000, at para 166.

(#P2955_276444) Statistical Report, in Table 8.2.

(#P2958_276865) Australian Government submission at p. 57, para. 289.

(#P2964_277743) Fair Work Commission, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, pp. 29-30, Table 8.2, March 2013.

(#P2965_278031) ACTU submission at p. 103, Figure 109.

(#P2966_278253) ACTU submission at p. 103, para. 303.

(#P2969_278478) ACOSS submission at pp. 26-7.

(#P2970_278759) ACOSS (2012), Poverty in Australia, ACOSS Paper 194.

(#P2973_279526) ACOSS submission at pp. 27-29.

(#P2980_280353) ACOSS submission at pp. 27-28.

(#P2984_280606) ACCER submission at p. 136, para. 438.

(#P2985_280681) Statistical Report Annual Wage Review - 2012-13, Table 8.2.

(#P2986_281041) ACCER submission at p. 135, para. 436.

(#P2989_281306) For example, ACCER submission, p. 111, table 13.

(#P2990_281513) For example, ACCER submission, p. 103, para 334 and table 13.

(#P3000_282619) ABS, Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Nov 2012, Catalogue No. 6302.0; ABS, Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2009-10, Catalogue No. 6523.0; Fair Work Commission modelling; Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2010; Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (2013), Poverty Lines: Australia, December Quarter 2012.

(#P3176_287098) Australian Government submission at p. 47, para. 235.

(#P3177_287226) This section of the submission does not provide a definition of a low-paid employee.

(#P3178_287398) Australian Government submission at p. 49, Table 5.2 and p. 51, para. 248.

(#P3179_287732) Australian Government submission at p. 48, Table 5.1 and pp. 48-9, para. 239.

(#P3182_288004) ACOSS submission at pp. 31-2.

(#P3183_288213) ACOSS submission at p. 32; Fair Work Commission, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, pp. 37-8, Tables 11.1-11.2, March 2013.

(#P3186_288829) ABS Catalogue No. 4159.0.30.003.Expanded Confidentialised Unit Record File, 2010.

(#P3187_288953) Fair Work Commission, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, pp. 37-41.

(#P3194_289652) ABS, Household Expenditure Survey Expanded Confidentialised Unit Record File, 2003-04, 2009-10, Catalogue No. 6540.0.: Could not afford holiday for at least one week a year, Could not afford a night out once a fortnight, Could not afford friends or family over for a meal once a month, Could not afford a special meal once a week, Could only afford second hand clothes most of the time and Could not afford leisure or hobby activities.

(#P3199_290369) Fair Work Commission, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, pp. 34-36, Tables 10.1-10.2, March 2013.

(#P3200_290777) Fair Work Commission, Statistical Report - Annual Wage Review 2012-13, p. 35, Table 10.2

(#P3235_295403) Australian Government submission, p. 40 at para. 179.

(#P3236_295591) Fair Work Commission, Literature review on social inclusion and its relationship to minimum wages and workforce participation, Research Report 2/2010, cited in Australian Government submission, p. 40 at para. 180.

(#P3237_296005) Australian Government submission, p. 40 at para. 182.

(#P3238_296262) Victorian Government submission, p. 14 at para 2.41.

(#P3239_296502) NSW Government submission at p. 7.

(#P3242_296858) NRA submission, p. 12 at para. 55.

(#P3245_297521) For example Dube A, William LT and Reich M (2011), 'Do minimum wages really reduce teen employment? Accounting for heterogeneity and selectivity in state panel data', Industrial Relations, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 205-240.

(#P3248_297985) ACTU submission at p. 110, para. 328.

(#P3251_298095) Lee W and Suardi S (2011), 'Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of Time Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool', British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 49, S2.

(#P3256_299110) ibid. at pp. s376-s401. The AIRC did not see the introduction of minimum wage legislation per se. In 1997, the AIRC, in its Safety Net review - Wages- April 1997 (IR) 1 decided to introduce a federal minimum wage of $359.40 into all awards. The significance of this decision is that it could be seen as a formal introduction of a basic minimum wage in Federal Awards. From 1993, with the introduction of an enterprise bargaining framework via the Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993 , awards (other than paid rates awards) were formally defined as safety nets which operated to underpin the enterprise bargaining process. (See s.7 of the Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993). From this time, although there was no legislated or uniform minimum wage, the rates provided in awards were essentially minimum wage rates.

(#P3259_300213) ACTU submission at p. 106, para. 316.

(#P3264_300678) ACCI submission at p. 76, para. 245.

(#P3267_300973) ACCI submission, p. 4 at para. 20 and p. 6 at para. 28; Accommodation Association of Australia submission, pp. 7-9 at paras 1-16; Australian Hotels Association submission at pp. 4-5; Australian Retailers Association submission at p. 12; Master Grocers Australia submission, p. 9 at para. 5.3; R&CA submission, p. 8 at para. 22; Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce submission at p. 16.

(#P3270_301742) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at para. 203.

(#P3273_301946) ACCI submission, p. 5 at para. 25.

(#P3274_302133) ACTU submission in reply, p. 36 at para. 143.

(#P3285_305423) Fair Work Commission, Labour supply responses to an increase in minimum wages: An overview of the literature, Research Report 2/2013, p. 33.

(#P3286_305738) ibid.

(#P3289_306008) ibid. at pp. 8-17.

(#P3292_306386) ACTU submission, p. 118 at para. 358.

(#P3293_306630) ACCI submission, p. 91 at para. 302.

(#P3294_306800) ACCI submission, pp. 91-92 at paras 303-304.

(#P3297_307194) ACOSS submission at p. 41.

(#P3300_307366) ACTU submission at pp. 69-71, paras 208-215; ACOSS submission at p. 51; Ai Group submission at p. 18.

(#P3301_307624) Ai Group submission at p. 18.

(#P3302_307845) ACOSS submission at p. 8.

(#P3305_308396) ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Apr 2013, Catalogue No. 6291.0.55.001; original data.

(#P3308_309271) Australian Government submission, pp. 63-8, Tables A.1-A.4.

(#P3309_309477) Australian Government submission, pp. 66-7, Table A.3.

(#P3310_309694) Australian Government submission, p. 41 at para. 193.

(#P3311_309913) Australian Government submission at p. 65, Table A.2.

(#P3312_310087) Australian Government submission at p. 68, Table A.4.

(#P3315_310446) ACOSS submission at pp. 50-51.

(#P3320_310893) Australian Government submission at p. 42, para. 197.

(#P3321_311251) Australian Government submission at p. 42, para. 200.

(#P3324_311595) Australian Government submission at p. 43, Table 4.2.

(#P3325_311839) Australian Government submission at p. 43, para. 206.

(#P3329_311975) Australian Government submission at p. 43, Table 4.2.

(#P3385_312585) NSW submission at p. 7; ACCI submission, pp. 49-50 at para. 183.

(#P3386_312895) ACOSS submission at p. 57.

(#P3389_313413) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at para. 268; Healy J (2009) The Wages Safety Net of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 1993-2005, Unpublished PhD thesis, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, pp. 138-143.

(#P3392_314065) Low Pay Commission, National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission Report 2013, viewed 28 May 2013

(#P3393_314470) Mission Australia, Mission Australia's Youth Survey 2012, viewed 28 May 2013

(#P3396_314777) Australian Government response to consultation questions at p. 11.

(#P3397_315027) ACTU post-budget submission at p. 36, para. 145.

(#P3398_315313) Australian Government responses to questions for consultations at p. 10.

(#P3399_315715) ACTU responses to questions for consultations at p. 33, paras 132-135.

(#P3412_318125) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at p. 65, para. 276.

(#P3430_320514) ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, various, Catalogue No. 6306.0.

(#P3438_321678) Australian Government submission at pp. 14-15, para. 41.

(#P3441_321921) Victorian Government submission at p. 20, para. 3.17; Australian Federation of Employers and Industries submission at p. 6, para. 14.

(#P3444_322412) Australian Industry Group submission at p. 45; Accommodation Association of Australia submission at p. 6, para. 21.

(#P3447_322763) ACCI submission at p. 29, para. 136.

(#P3448_323107) ACCI submission at p. 4, para. 18.

(#P3453_323794) Victorian Government submission at p. 20, para. 3.14.

(#P3456_324047) New South Wales Government submission at p. 7.

(#P3457_324314) ACCER submission at p. 23, para. 48.

(#P3460_324495) ACCER submission at p. 23, para. 48.

(#P3461_324772) ACTU submission, p. 103 at para. 303.

(#P3462_325051) ACTU submission, p. 50 at para. 154.

(#P3465_325377) ACTU submission in reply, p. 33 at para. 129.

(#P3468_325780) DEEWR, Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining, December quarter 2012, p. 1, http://www.deewr.gov.au/WorkplaceRelations/Pages/Reports.aspx.

(#P3474_326268) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue No. 6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2012.

(#P3475_326561) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue No. 6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2010.

(#P3486_327664) Fair Work Act, ss.284(1)(d) and 134(1)(e).

(#P3493_328484) ACTU submission, p. 125 at para. 385.

(#P3497_328822) Australian Government submission, p.12 at paras 28-30.

(#P3500_329101) Ai Group submission at pp. 45-47.

(#P3501_329332) ACCI submission, p. 26 at paras 117 and 120.

(#P3502_329468) NFF submission, p. 10 at para 4.2.

(#P3505_329726) Matter no. C2010/3131

(#P3506_329852) Australian Government submission, p.12 at paras 28-29; ACOSS submission at pp. 16-17.

(#P3507_330058) ACCER submission, p. 110 at paras 353-355.

(#P3508_330213) Business SA submission, p.11 at para. 4.2.9.

(#P3515_330643) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at para. 231.

(#P3527_331210) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at pars 424-6; [2011] FWAFB 3400 at pars 409-13; [2012] FWAFB 5000 at Para 28.

(#P3558_336517) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at paras 254-62.

(#P3561_336733) 1986 National Wage Case decision (1986) 301 CAR 611 at 659; Re Motels Award [Print K2236], Re 1990 Pastoral Industry Award case [Print J1761] at p. 9.

(#P3564_337008) Re Musicians' Hotels Award 1982 (1983) 289 CAR 351.

(#P3567_337299) Re Food Preservers' Award 1973, (1982) 285 CAR 10; 1990 Pastoral Industry Award Case [Print J1761].

(#P3574_338378) ACCI Submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 32.

(#P3577_338724) Business SA submission, 28 March 2013 at para 2.4.

(#P3580_338938) CCIQ submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 7.

(#P3583_339100) [2013] FWCFB 1635.

(#P3584_339276) Supra at para 225.

(#P3587_339585) R&CA submission, 28 March 2013 at para 15.

(#P3590_339801) NRA submission at p. 5, para. 13.

(#P3591_340062) MA000004.

(#P3592_340113) MA000003, NRA written submission at p. 5, para. 13.

(#P3599_340560) MA000009.

(#P3600_340809) The AHA cited a March 2013 report by AEC appended to its written submissions, 28 March 2013.

(#P3615_342761) R&CA submission, 28 March 2013 at para 35 pg 12.

(#P3618_343041) Supra at pg 13.

(#P3625_344034) ANRA submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 8, para 2.13.

(#P3628_344245) ARA submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 5.

(#P3629_344839) Supra at pg 9. The ARA also relied upon some Roy Morgan Research appended to its submissions.

(#P3632_345847) MGA submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 5.

(#P3637_346918) NRA submission, 28 March 2013 at p. 2.

(#P3638_347344) Supra.

(#P3641_347477) VACC submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 5.

(#P3650_348111) Supra at pg 6.

(#P3655_348319) South Australian Wine Industry Association submission, 28 March 2013 at pg 12.

(#P3660_349032) NFF submission, 28 March 2012 at pg 6.

(#P3663_349630) ABARES 2013, Australian farm survey results 2010 - 11 to 2012 - 13, Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Science, Canberra, March 2013.

(#P3668_350280) ACTU reply submission, 19 April 2013 at pg3, para 10.

(#P3675_351861) MA000029.

(#P3678_352331) ABI submission, 28 March 2012 at part 11.

(#P3699_355102) Modern Awards Review 2012 - Penalty Rates [2013] FWCFB 1635.

(#P3710_356646) ACTU Post-Budget Submission pg 26.

(#P3713_357384) Supra at pg 7.

(#P3722_358835) AAA submission pg 5 par 13, pg 13 par 5; AHA submission pg 4, 8 and 10; ARA submission pg 6, 10; MGA submission pg 3, 5, 6, 7 at par 4.2; MTASA submission pg 3, 5 par; 2.31 and 2.33, pg 6 par 2.4 and 2.6; NRA submission pg 2, 8 par 30, pg 9 paras 31 to 33; R&CA post budget submission pg 4 par 7, pg 5 par 13; SAWIA submission pg 10.

(#P3735_361487) [2012] FWAFB 5000 at para 254.

(#P3756_364119) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009, items 10(1) and 20(1) of Sch. 9 and item 12A(5) of Sch. 3. The content and coverage of these instruments were addressed in the Panel's 2009-10 Review decision; more information is contained in Fair Work Australia's Research Report 6/2010 Minimum wage transitional instruments under the Fair Work Act 2009 and the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.

(#P3757_364788) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009, item 3 of Sch. 5. A small number of these instruments continue to operate and are also subject to review.

(#P3760_365142) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 sch 5, item 3(3)(a).

(#P3763_365318) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 sch 5, item 3(3)(a).

(#P3766_365515) MA000100; Equal Remuneration Order, 22 June 2012, PR52485 at p 16, para 5.

(#P3781_366443) Transitional Act, items 5(2) and 9(4) of Sch.6 and item 5 of Sch. 6A.

(#P3786_367386) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009, Reg. 3A.01. One category of these instruments, that is Division 2B State awards, state reference transitional awards and transitional APCSs derived from instruments which covered employees participating in employment schemes in Queensland known as the Community Jobs Plan and the Green Army, are set to terminate on 30 June 2012 (Regs 3.04 and 3A.01). These instruments will cease to exist before the determinations that flow from this decision take effect.

(#P3789_368115) Pay Equity Orders are a new category of transitional instruments created or varied in 2012 by operation of modifications to the Transitional Act: Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009 (Reg 3.03D, 3.03H, 3A.01A, 3A.01B, and sch 1A) modifies the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.

(#P3790_368590) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 (item 30D(1) of Sch. 3A,) as modified by Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009 (reg 3A.01B).

(#P3791_369048) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 (item 30D(1) of Sch 3A). It is also worth noting that there is another transitional pay equity order which relates to base rates of pay under Division 2B State reference transitional awards. While the Panel is not required to review this transitional pay equity order, any minimum wage adjustment to the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 will apply to the base rate of pay of these transitional pay equity orders. See Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009 (Regs 3.03H and 3A.01B).

(#P3794_370026) The Fair Work (Transfer of Business) Amendment Act 2012, which commenced on 4 December 2012, introduced a new Part 6.3 into the Act. A copied State award continues to operate under the national system for a period of five years, unless terminated or extended by regulation. See Fair Work Act, s. 768AO.

(#P3795_370463) Fair Work Act, s. 768AI.

(#P3796_370611) The provisions of the Transitional Act dealing with the variation of Division 2B State awards in annual wage reviews also apply to copied State awards. See Fair Work Act, s.768BY and s.768AW(b).

(#P3801_371985) RA140348; ACTU response to panel questions at pp 30-31 and Australian Government response to panel questions at p 9.

(#P3802_372313) Australian Government response to panel questions at p 9.

(#P3803_372504) Australian Accommodation Association Response to Consultation Questions, p. 8.

(#P3806_372746) Australian Government Response to Consultation Questions, p. 10.

(#P3807_372996) ACTU Response to Consultation Questions, pp. 31-32, para. 129.

(#P3808_373797) ACTU Response to Consultation Questions, pp. 32-33, para. 130.

(#P3809_373998) Australian Accommodation Association Response to Consultation Questions, p. 8.

(#P3819_375232) Fair Work (Transitional Provisions & Consequential Amendments) Act 2009, item 12A of Sch. 3 and items 10 and 20 of Sch. 9.

(#P3824_375683) Fair Work Act, s. 284(3).

(#P3827_375883) ACTU submission, p. 129 at para. 407; ACCI submission, p. 26 at para. 121, pp. 31-32 at para. 147(d); ACOSS submission, p. 10; CCIQ submission, p. 7 at 15(c); CCIQ submission, p. 7 at para. 15(c); Business SA submission, p. 5 at para. 2.3.

(#P3828_376234) South Australian Government submission, p. 9.

(#P3831_376533) ACTU submission, p. 129 at para. 406.

(#P3834_376701) Victorian Government submission, p. 26 at para. 4.25; AFEI submission, pp. 14-15 at paras 35-41

(#P3835_376935) CCIQ submission, p. 24 at para. 56(e).

(#P3838_377147) ACCI submission, p. 4 at para. 22; MGA submission, p. 20 at para. 9.2; CCIQ, p. 26 at para. 60.

(#P3841_377480) ACCI submission, p. 4 at para. 22.

(#P3844_377618) MGA submission, p. 20 at para. 9.2.

(#P3845_377771) ACOSS submission, p. 57.

(#P3850_378199) ACTU submission, p. 130 at paras 412-44; ACCI submission, p. 26 at para. 121, pp. 31-32 at para. 147(d); ACOSS submission, p. 10; CCIQ submission, p. 7 at para. 15(c); Business SA submission, p. 5 at para. 2.3.

(#P3853_378571) ACOSS submission, pp. 57-58.

(#P3854_378755) ACOSS submission, p. 58.

(#P3857_378887) ACCI submission, p. 26-27, para. 123.

(#P3858_379029) CCIQ submission, p. 24 at para. 56(f).

(#P3859_379151) VACC submission, p. 18.

(#P3860_379377) MTASA submission, p. 5, at para. 2.3.3.

(#P3863_379663) ACTU submission, p. 130 at para. 412.

(#P3866_380014) ACTU submission, p. 130 at para. 413.

(#P3873_380716) South Australian Government submission, p. 8, p. 10.

(#P3876_381105) VACC submission at p. 8; HIA submission, p. 6 at para. 3.4.1; AFEI submission, p. 15 at para. 41.

(#P3879_381619) AFEI submission, p. 15 at para. 41.

(#P3882_381844) AM2012/196, AM2012/18 and others.

(#P3887_382329) ACTU submission, p. 129 at para. 407, pp. 130-131 at paras 415-416, p. 133 at para. 426; ACCI submission, p. 26 at para. 121; ACOSS submission, p. 10; CCIQ submission, p. 7 at para. 15(c); Business SA submission, p. 5 at para. 2.3.

(#P3892_383019) ACOSS submission, p. 59.

(#P3895_383246) ACOSS submission, p. 59.

(#P3902_383620) ACTU submission, p. 131 at para. 419.

(#P3903_383795) Australian Government response to Consultation Questions, p. 10; National Farmers' Federation response to Consultation Questions, p. 12.

(#P3904_384074) National Farmers' Federation response to Consultation Questions, p. 12.

(#P3911_384634) Fair Work Act, s. 295(1)(b).

(#P3914_384788) ACTU submission, p. 133 at para. 429; Ai Group submission, p. 60; ABI submission, p. 22 at para. 12.4.1.

(#P3915_384987) ACTU submission, p. 131 at para. 420; Ai Group submission, p. 60; ABI submission, p. 23 at para. 12.8.

(#P3918_385357) ACCI submission, p. 86 at para. 289, pp. 87-89 at para. 295 and Annexure 1, Table 1; Ai Group submission, p. 48, p. 60; Business SA submission pp. 9-10 at paras 4.2.7-4.2.8.2; CCIQ submission, p. 26 at paras 59-60; NRA submission, pp.5-6 at paras 15-18; MGA submission, p. 8 at para. 5.2, p. 20 at para. 9.3; MTASA submission, pp. 5-6 at para. 2.4; SAWIA submission, p. 5; AAA submission, p. 6 at para. 18 and p. 13 at para. 5.

(#P3921_385967) [2010] FWAFB 4000 at pars 397 to 403.

(#P3928_386677) MA000104.

(#P3929_386769) [2011] FWAFB 3400 at para. 396.

(#P3932_386960) Ai Group submission at p. 58

(#P3933_387119) ACTU submission, p. 133 at para. 427; ABI submission, p. 22 at para 12.4.2.

(#P3938_387661) Ai Group submission, p. 58.

(#P3939_387835) ACTU submission, p. 133, para. 427; ABI submission, p. 22 at paras 12.4.3-12.4.4

(#P3944_388553) ACTU submission, p. 133 at para. 428.

(#P3947_388711) Ai Group submission at p. 59; ACTU submission, p. 133 at paras 426-427; ABI submission, p. 22 at paras 12.4.5-12.4.6.

(#P3948_389064) ACTU submission, p. 133 at para. 428.

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