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Author Marr, Jim, 1957-

Title First the verdict : the real story of the Building Industry Royal Commission / Jim Marr
Published Annandale, N.S.W. : Pluto Press, 2003

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Description 127 pages ; 21 cm
regular print
Contents Part One: Laying the Foundations. 1. In the beginning -- 2. All the usual suspects -- 3. A house divided. Part Two: The Sydney Hearings. 4. Sydney -- 5. Real people -- 6. Sydney - continued -- 7. Fair go! Part Three: Around the States. 8. Secrets for sale -- 9. Forget the pain, feel the profit -- 10. The wild, wild, west. Part Four: Summing Up. 11. Curiouser and curiouser
Summary The Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry has raised concerns about the use of a quasi-judicial process to achieve particular political aims. The author takes the reader behind the media headlines in to the operations of the Cole Royal Commission
Analysis Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry
Building industry
Industrial relations
Labor unions
Corruption
Courts & legal procedures (Australia ) Construction industry
Notes Includes index
Subject Australia. Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. Workplace Relations Act 1996
Australia.
Australia. Workplace Relations Act 1996.
Australia. Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry
Construction industry -- Australia -- Management.
Construction industry -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
Labor unions -- Australia.
Labor unions -- Corrupt practices -- Australia.
Construction industry -- Corrupt practices -- Australia.
LC no. 2003446897
ISBN 1864032405 paperback