Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 9 August 2012 :

With reference to the decision [2010] FWA 4030 CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union v Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Customs Service) (C2009/10664), was this decision made in relation to a dispute referred to Fair Work Australia (FWA) under a dispute resolution procedure in a workplace agreement made under the 'Work Choices' version of the Workplace Relations Act (the WR Act); if so: (a) does the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 provide for the continued operation of the WR Act in relation to such disputes, including the dispute in the decision above, and including the privacy restrictions in section 712 of the WR Act; and (b) why were the privacy restrictions in section 712 of the WR Act not applied to the decision as it is posted on the FWA website.