Safety Net Review 2002 E-court site   Home  WR Act  S.113 Applications  Notices of Listing  Transcript  References/Links  Decisions  ACCI  ACTU  AIG  Commonwealth  States/Territories  Other Parties / Interveners  List of Exhibits  Corrspondence, Submissions and Exhibits Correspondence ACTU Fax (PDF Format) - 27 March 2002 - MYEFO/TRYM ACTU Fax (PDF Format) - 26 March 2002 - MYEFO/TRYM response ACTU Fax MYEFO TRYM documents (PDF Format) - 21 March 2002 - Request for copies ACTU Fax MYEFO witness (PDF Format) - 20 March 2002 - Request to cross examine Written Submission (ACTU 2) Submission documents (PDF Format) - 20 February 2002 Table of Contents 1. Introduction  1 - 10 2. Wages Update  11 - 36 3. The ACTU Claim is Moderate  37 - 54 4. Economic Conditions and Prospects  55 - 102 5. Economic Effects  103 - 112 6. Needs of the Low Paid  113 -150 7. The Increase in Inequality  151 - 164 8. The Wage Fixing Principles  165 - 166 9. Conclusion  167 - 168 Appendix A: An Overview of Wage Measures in Australia  169 - 177 ACTU Witness Statements (PDF Format) - February 2002 (ACTU 4) Composite Exhibit (ACTU 3) Exhibit documents (PDF Format) - February 2002 Table of Contents 1. Economic Conditions - Tables and Commentary 2. Movements in Wages Excluding Award Employees 3. Metal Industry Award Increase, 1997 - 2002 4. ACTU Costing 5. Average Increase Award Rates, 2000 - 2002 6. Midyear Economic and Fiscal Outlook, 2001 - 2002 7. "Australia and the International Cycle", Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, December 2001 8. The National Minimum Wage "Making a Difference: The Next Steps", third report (volume two) of the Low Pay Commission (Extracts) Pages 84 - 107 Pages 108 - 119 Pages 120 - 131 9. The Impact of the Introduction of the UK Minimum Wage on the Employment Probablities of the Low Wage Workers, Mark B. Stewart, April 2001 Pages 132 - 152 Pages 153 - 173 10."Is the Minimum Wage an Effective Tool to Promote Decent Work and Reduce Poverty? The Experience of Selected Developing Countries", Catherine Saget, Employment Paper 2001/13 Pages 174 - 192 Pages 193 - 211 11. Witness Evidence: Budget Details 12. "Household income, Living Standards and Financial Stress", Bob McColl, Leon Pietsch and Jan Gatenby, Australia Economic Indicators, June 2001 13. ABS Household Expenditure Survey, Households whose principal source of income is employee income, Level of Financial Stress, by income Quintile (Tables) 14. "Household Income and its Distribution". Peter Sounders, Australia Economic Indicators, June 2001 15. "Trends in Australia Wealth - New Estimates for the 1990s", Simon Kelly, NATSEM, September 2001 Reply Submission (ACTU 5) ACTU Reply Submission (PDF Format) - 20 March 2002 Reply Composite Exhibit (ACTU 6) ACTU Reply Composite Exhibit (PDF Format) - 20 March 2002