Government announces plans to reconstitute the IRC

12/09/2013

The New South Wales Government has announced that the Industrial Relations Commission will be "transformed" when four of its judges retire without replacement early next year. In response, Greens upper house member David Shoebridge MLC has warned that the government's decision takes them "one step closer to the abolition of the independent umpire". Labor says the announcement has realised its concerns about the long term sustainability of the court following changes to its jurisdiction in 2011.

**13 September 2013 **