...be notified and invited to comment. lNDUSTRlAL RELATlONS The Commonwealth has the power to make laws with respect to "conciliation and arbitration for...industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one state." As a result of the machinery set up under this constitutional power and of the judicial interpretation...

...the conciliation and arbitration power is severely limited in scope. Not only does it apply only to the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of one State, the means of preventing and settling those disputes are limited to conciliation and arbitration....

...State: (xxxiv.) Railway construction and extension in any State with the consent of that State: (xxxv.) Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and...industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State: (xxxvi.) Matters in respect of which this Constitution makes provision until the Parliament...

...made a difference on an issue of much wider significance, the decision to give the Commonwealth power to legislate with respect to conciliation and arbitration...the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes beyond the boundaries of a single state. A proposal for the inclusion of this clause had been rejected...

...proposed the inclusion of a power in the Commonwealth Constitution for the conciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one state. This was unsuccessful at the Adelaide session in 1897, but succeeded by 22 votes to 19 at the Melbourne...

...that specifically refers to industrial matters, conferring on the Commonwealth the power to make laws with respect to "conciliation and arbitration for...extending beyond the limits of any one State". This has not prevented the Commonwealth government from being extensively involved in employment policy,...

...Barton set several more constructive tasks for the federal parliament. Legislation should be introduced for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes...extending beyond the limits of any one State. 'This is a reserve power,' said Barton, 'for the exercise of which it may be hoped that occasion will seldom...

...system, an independent court established under a provision of the Australian Commonwealth constitution 'for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any state'. It has played a leading political and economic role in recent years, making decisions on wage...

...Commonwealth and the State: Railway construction and extension in any State with the consent of that State: Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and...industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State: Matters in respect of which this Constitution makes provision until the Parliament otherwise...

...Industrial powers were discussed again at Adelaide in 1897, when Higgins proposed the fateful words "conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and...industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State". At a late afternoon sitting he lost his motion by 22 votes to 12, for much the same reasons...