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Attacks on the AIRC ignore history - Justice Kirby; New book looks at 100 years of conciliation and arbitration
The High Court's Justice Michael Kirby has praised the role conciliation and arbitration have played in shaping Australia and has rejected calls to weaken or abolish the AIRC, maintaining there is "no room in this nation for industrial ayatollahs".
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