Introduction
Find out more about the history of industrial and workplace relations in Australia.
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Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904
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Read the Act that established industrial relations in Australia.
Cost of living newspaper articles from the early 1900s
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Learn about the cost of living at the start of the 20th century.
Metal trades base level minimum wages [1967–2015]
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Find out about minimum wages in the metal trades.
Reducing hours of work
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The working week could be anything until these cases were heard.
The Victorian minimum wage [1896]
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Learn about the first minimum wages set in Victoria.