The Australian Labor government's recognition of collective bargaining under its Fair Work Act 2009, and its efficiency drive from late 2011 across the Australian Public Service (APS), presented the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) with an opportunity to explore means of union renewal...

The nation of Australia came into existence in 1901, when six former British colonies came together under the Australian Constitution to form a federal system, in which the national body, the 'Commonwealth of Australia', was to have legislative power over matters of national importance, and the...