The Impact of State Legislation

An application for leave to appeal to the High Court by an as yet unsuccessful staff member litigant is pending. He seeks to avoid a certified workplace agreement on constitutional grounds. If he ultimately succeeds enterprise bargaining across the tertiary education and other workplaces will be seriously affected.

Recent changes to the Copyright Act came into force on 4 March 2001. The most noticeable impact of these changes, from the University’s perspective, is that all University staff must now ensure that every communication of a copyright work (i.e. making it available online or electronically transmitted) complies with access limitations and statutory notice requirements. This again increases compliance costs.

In accordance with Section 175ZE of the Electoral Act of 1907 the University is required to report on details of media and advertising expenditure incurred during the year in question. In 2001 the University spent $2,843,115.12 on these items with the following organisations: