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Chapter 1 Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012

[1]       Productivity Commission, Caring for Older Australians, Report No. 53, 28 June 2011, pp. 339-341.

[2]       Productivity Commission, Disability Care and Support, Report No. 54, Vol. 2, 31 July 2011, pp. 728-729.

[3]       Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians, Realising the economic potential of senior Australians—turning grey into gold, 2011, p. 24.

[4]       Australian Law Reform Commission, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks, Report No. 117, 8 February 2012, ch. 16.

[5]       Ms Jody Anderson, DEEWR, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 34.

[6]       Ms Kristin Letts, DEEWR, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 34.

[7]       Fair Work Act 2009, s. 65 (1 & 2).

[8]       Fair Work Act 2009, s. 65(3).

[9]       Fair Work Act 2009, s. 65(4).

[10]     Fair Work Act 2009, s. 65(5).

[11]     Fair Work Act 2009, s. 65(6).

[12]     Fair Work Act 2009, ss. 144(4) & 203(4).

[13]     Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012, c. 306E(5).

[14]     Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012, c. 306F(1).

[15]     Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012, c. 306F(2).

[16]     Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012, c. 306G.

[17]     Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012, c. 306H.

[18]     Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012, c. 306I.

[19]     For instance, Ms Anna Chapman, Submission 3, pp. 4-5; Women & Work Research Group, Submission 8, pp.6-7; Centre for Work + Life, Submission 9, p. 3; Job Watch, Submission 10, p. 8 and Work and Family Policy Roundtable, Submission 11, p. 4.

[20]     For instance AFEI, Submission 14, p. 4; Business Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 1; ACCI, Submission 20, p. 1 and APTIA, Submission 21, p. 2.

[21]     Mr John O’Callaghan, Ai Group, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 2;

[22]     Ms Genevieve Vaccaro, Ai Group, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 6.

[23]     DEEWR, Submission 18, p. 9.

[24]     Mr Ian Scott, Job Watch, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012,  p. 2.8

[25]     For example, Women & Work Research Group, Submission 8, p. 7; Work + Family Policy Roundtable, Submission 11, p. 1; ACTU, Submission 12, p. 3; AFEI, Submission 14, p. 2; Working Women’s Centre SA, Submission 19, pp. 1-2.

[26]     For example, Carers Australia, Submission 15, p. 2; Ms Belinda Tkalcevic, ACTU, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012,  p.8.

[27]     Mr Genevieve Vaccaro, Ai Group, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 2; Ms Belinda Tkalcevic, ACTU, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 8; Ms Mary Reid, Carers Australia, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 16; Ms Anna Chapman, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 22; Ms Alexandra Heron, Women and Work Research Group, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 22; Ms Sara Charlesworth, Centre for Work+Life, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 22; Mr Ian Scott, Job Watch, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 28; Ms Sandra Dann, Working Women’s Centre SA,  Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 28; Ms Anna Davis, Northern Territory Working Women’s Centre, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012;  Ms Jody Anderson, DEEWR, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 35.

[28]     UFUA, Submission 22, p. 2.

[29]     DEEWR, Submission 18, p. 9.

[30]     Ms Anna Chapman, Submission 3, pp. 1-2. See also Workplace Research Centre, Submission 7, pp. 3-4, National Network of Working Women’s Centres, Submission 17, pp. 3-4; Ms Belinda Tkalcevic, ACTU, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 8.

[31]     Ms Anna Chapman, Submission 3, p. 1.

[32]     Ms Susan Taylor, Carers Australia, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, pp. 15-6.

[33]     Ms Anna Chapman, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 24.

[34]     Ms Susan Taylor and Ms Mary Reid, Carers Aust, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 18.

[35]     Ms Genevieve Vaccaro, Ai Group, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 4.

[36]     Job Watch, Submission 10, pp. 11-12.

[37]     Ms Genevieve Vaccaro, Ai Group, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 3 and pp. 4-5. See also AFEI, Submission 14, p. 2.

[38]     Hon Julia Gillard MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 November 2008, p. 11190.

[39]     For instance, Carers Queensland, Submission 1, p. 6; Women and Work Research Group, Submission  8, p. 7; Centre for Work + Life, Submission  9, p. 3; Job Watch, Submission 10, p. 7; Work + Family Policy Roundtable, Submission 11, p. 4.

[40]     Work + Family Policy Roundtable, Submission 11, p. 4.

[41]     Women and Work Research Group, Submission 8, p. 7.

[42]     Ms Anna Chapman, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 21; Assoc Prof Sara Charlesworth, Work + Family Policy Roundtable, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 21; Mr Ian Scott, Job Watch, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 28; Ms Sandra Dann, Working Women’s Centre SA, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 29.

[43]     Mr Ian Scott, Job Watch, Transcript of Evidence, 23 March 2012, p. 28.

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