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The Accord: An Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Abstract

The Accord has been a feature of the Labor Government's economic and industrial relations management since 1983. It has had both its critics and supporters. The paper assesses the Accord on a number of economic and non-economic criteria.

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Copyright © The Author(s) 1990

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Footnotes

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Public Sector Union. The opinions presented in this paper are those of the author alone. They do not necessarily represent those held by the Public Sector Union. I acknowledge comments on an earlier draft of this paper by several colleagues in the Public Sector Union, the ACTU and the Department of Industrial Relations.

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