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[Interview with Sir Richard Kirby] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Professor Joseph Isaac]
Bib ID 1907371
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Kirby, Richard, 1904-2001
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1988, Nov. 22 - Nov. 24 
8 tape reels (ca. 480 mins) : 7 1/2 ips 2 track stereo ; 10 inch. 
Summary

Kirby speaks of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and its predecessors; the role and powers of the President; reasons for establishing the Commission, and advantages of moving away from the judicial process; appointment of Jack Sweeney and John Nimmo; his early experience arbitrating the stevedoring industry; the basic wage cases; his appointment as President; other Justices and Commissioners who served under him; relations with the ACTU; industrial relations legislation; equal pay; the Northern Territory basic wage case.

Notes

Cassette copy available.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available, typescript (251 p) 
Subjects Kirby, Richard, - 1904-200 - Interviews.  |  Australia. - Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.  |  Arbitration, Industrial - Australia.  |  Lawyers - Australia - Biography.
Other authors/contributors Isaac, J. E. (Joseph Ezra), 1922-, Interviewer

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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
    ORAL TRC 2357 (transcript)
    Copy: transcript
    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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