A New Province for Law and Order

Contributors

Laurie Short, OBE, AO, was National Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia from 1951-82. He has been Chairman of the New South Wales Trade Union Training Authority Council since 1984. He was Vice Chairman of the Metal Trades Federation of Unions from 1975-82 and a member of the New South Wales Parole Board in 1984 and 1985. Mr Short has been a member of the Ironworkers' Union since 1937; a member of the ALP since 1942 and was awarded an OBE in 1971 and an AO in 1980.

Professor Peter Hartley has been Associate Professor (tenured) at Rice University, Houston, Texas, since 1986. He was Assistant Professor, Princeton University from 1980-86. He is Professorial Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 1992-1993 and was Professorial Visiting Fellow, Tasman Institute from 1990-92 (Summers). In 1980 Professor Hartley obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago; a BA (first class honours) from the Australian National University, M.Ec. (1977), B.A. (first class honours) 1974 and Major mathematics (pure, applied and statistics) (1974) also at the ANU. Professor Hartley holds many Academic Honours. Professor Hartley's research fields have been applied microeconomics, monetary economics, international trade and finance. He has had numerous papers published both in the USA and Australia including 'Treasurer Keating's Legacy', jointly with Dr Michael G Porter.

Greg Cutbush (B.R.Sc.(Hons.)) 1970, University of New England, NSW, M.Economics (thesis plus course work) 1973 at University of New England. Mr Cutbush is currently senior economist in ACIL Economics & Policy Pty Ltd office in Canberra. He was at the Industries Assistance Commission for more than ten years until 1988. He mainly offers advice on microeconomic reform issues and has clients in both government and private sectors in Australia and overseas. In Australia, Mr Cutbush's consulting assignments have covered such topics as telecommunications regulations, the pharmaceutical benefits scheme, litter control and waste disposal, rail transport and broadcasting policy. In 1992 he worked on alternative auction systems, liquor taxes and the racing industry and has been looking at the impact on minimum wages in New Zealand.

Professor David Plowman is the Head of the School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour at the University of New South Wales. Professor Plowman is Director of the Industrial Relations Research Centre at that university and Director designate of the Graduate School of Management at the University of Western Australia. He holds an economics degree from the University of Western Australia, a Masters degree from the University of Melbourne and a doctorate from the University of Flinders. Professor Plowman has published extensively and his book 'Australian Industrial Relations' is in its fourth edition.

Russell Allen has specialised in the area of industrial relations and employment law for nearly twenty years including planning of most major resource projects in Western Australia in relation to construction and operation phases. He is involved in human resources planning, union coverage and the establishment of agreements or award coverage for both new and existing enterprises in the mining, manufacturing and service sectors. Mr Allen specialises in employment contracts and their termination, dispute minimisation and resolution, occupational health and safety; equal opportunity and discrimination. Mr Allen has been admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, and the High Court of Australia. He is a member of the Trade and Commerce Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and serves on the Committee of the Industrial Relations Society of Western Australia.

Dr Graham Smith leads the Workplace Relations and Employment Law practice of the Melbourne Office of Clayton Utz (solicitors and barristers). Prior to joining Clayton Utz, Dr Smith was Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne. Prior to becoming a Partner at Clayton Utz Dr Smith was a consultant to numerous employers and other organisations including Telecom, Altona Petrochemical Company, the Australian Democrats, The Age Newspaper, the current Victorian Minister for Labour, the current shadow Minister for Industrial Relations in Victoria, the New South Wales Government (the Niland Green Paper), the Trade Union Training Authority and the Australian Football League Players Association. Dr Smith has written numerous conference papers within the field of industrial relations. He has lectured in Employment law, Industrial Relations law and Constitutional and Administrative Law. He was founding Director of Studies for the Graduate Diploma in Labour Relations Law. The diploma is the only course of its kind in Australia and was the first comprehensive tertiary course for practitioners within the field of Labour Law. Dr Smith is an adviser within the Industrial Relations Branch, Legislation Division of the Industrial Relations Bureau; senior member of the Workcare Appeals Board in Victoria and a member of the Universities Academic Staff Conciliation and Arbitration Board.

Charles Copeman was educated in Brisbane at the Church of England Grammar School and at the University of Queensland. As a Queensland Rhodes Scholar he attended Balliol College, Oxford University in 1953. He also attended Harvard Business School. Mr Copeman was Chief Executive of Peko-Wallsend Ltd from 1982-1988. Prior to joining Peko-Wallsend he worked for CRA and Consolidated Gold Fields Australia. He was President of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1988; Vice President of the Australian Mining Industry Council in 1987 and 1988 and President of the Australian Mines and Metals Association from 1982-1985. Mr Copeman has been Chairman of Mosaic Oil NL since 1988.

Dr Colin Howard was educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Worcestershire, at the University of London and Melbourne University. He taught in the Law Faculties at the University of Queensland (1958-60) and Adelaide University (1960-64) before becoming Hearn Professor of Law at Melbourne University for 25 years (1965-90). He was awarded his Ph.D. from Adelaide University in 1962 and his Doctorate of Laws from Melbourne University in 1972. He is now a practising member of the Victorian Bar, being perhaps best known for his constitutional expertise, but specializing also in commercial and administrative law, and has published a number of texts for both lawyers and laymen. During 1973-76 he was General Counsel to the Commonwealth Attorney-General; he is also a long-established commentator on public affairs.

S.E.K Hulme, AM, QC, was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and at the Universities of Melbourne (Queen's College) and Oxford (Magdalen College). He was a Rhodes Scholar for Victoria in 1952 and the Eldon Scholar, Oxford in 1955. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1953 and at Gray's Inn, London in 1957. Since 1957 he has practised as a barrister-at-law, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 1968. He has published in various legal journals, and is a Director of several public companies.