This updated guide contains links to parliamentary resources (such as transcripts and amendments) relating to passage of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005.

The federal government plans to repeal the Workplace Relations Act either in part or in full, replacing key sections with either new or minimal prescriptions, possibly introducing ancillary legislation to the Act. This chronology, prepared by Stephen O'Neill, Indra Kuruppu and Barbara Harris, provides key dates and links to key documents since the federal election...

This paper follows the report of the Royal Commission into the Building Industry. The government has accepted the commission's arguments for the establishment of an Australian Building and Construction Commission with extensive powers. However, there is now a good deal of debate on those recommendations that address reforms in the industry as well as the...