Federal industrial legislation no longer relies in any way on the conciliation and arbitration power in the Australian Constitution – it all now rests on the corporations power and the external affairs power and the referral of power by the States to the Commonwealth. - Writes Keith Harvey ASU National Industrial Officer "I have marked this event with a short article which has been published in the online journal New Matilda. If you want to read the article, this link should take you there: http://newmatilda.com/2011/03/25/so-much-compulsory-arbitration "
