You can now use our Document Search to find documents from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) award modernisation process that took place from 2008 to 2009.
About the review
The former AIRC reviewed a large number of federal and state awards to create a system of modern awards. The AIRC began the process to make modern awards in March 2008, and by the end of 2009 had reviewed more than 1500 awards and created 122 industry and occupation awards.
The 122 modern awards commenced on 1 January 2010, coinciding with the introduction of the new national workplace relations system.
For more information about the review, see our Award modernisation process 2008 webpage.
What’s in Document Search
Our Document Search has documents from the Full Bench proceedings of the AIRC award modernisation process, as well as research documents that were prepared by AIRC staff.
You can filter the documents by:
- document type
- stage of the process
- industry or occupation
- date, and
- which organisation authored the document.
Other documents that were previously available on the AIRC website, such as variation applications made after the Full Bench proceedings (known as residual variations), are not in Document Search. Some residual variation cases are available from the Applications to create or change an award page on our website.
If you can't find what you need, you can request a document using our Document Request Form.