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(c) Yes. The Interim Hospitals Board has commenced the development of improved consultative structures and other mechanisms to improve management/staff relations and the recently announced industrial democracy initiatives of the Follett Labor Government will enhance this process.
Hospital Services
(Question No. 65)
Mr Humphries asked the Minister for Community Services and Health, upon notice, on 15 November 1989, in relation to industrial disputes in Canberra hospitals:
(1) Has the level of industrial disputes fallen since the interim board was created.
(2) Did some 91 industrial disputes occur between January 1986 and November 1988.
(3) How many industrial disputes occurred between January 1, 1989 and November, 1989.
Mr Berry: The answer to Mr Humphries' question is as follows:
The level of industrial disputation during 1989 is lower than that for the same period in 1988.
Information on industrial disputation given to Dr Kearney by the Department in 1988 indicated that there had been 91 disputes in the period January 1986 to November 1988. Kearney believed that self-government would contribute significantly to an improved environment for the resolution of industrial disputes, leading to direct lines of communication and responsibility, as well as direct accountability to the community.
In the six months of the Follett Labor Government there have been six instances reported compared to 13 in the corresponding period last year, a significant achievement for the Government for which I take much credit.
The details of the disputes, which include threat of industrial action as well as industrial action, between January 1989 and November 1989 are as follows:
PSU FEDFA ETU ANF POA TWU ADSTE HEF TOTAL
JAN-MAR 1989 NIL NIL 1 NIL 1 NIL NIL 3 5
APR-JUN 1989 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 1 1
JUL-SEP 1989 NIL NIL NIL NIL 1 NIL NIL 2 3
OCT-NOV 1989 1 NIL NIL NIL 1 1 1 1 5
SUB-TOTAL 1 NIL 1 NIL 3 1 1 7 14
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