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The panel consists of Federal Court Justice Bromberg; the Chief Counsel at the Fair Work Ombudsman, Janine Webster; barrister Robyn Sweet; and Amanda Mansini, the Director, Workplace Relations & Legal, at the Australian Mines and Metals Association.
The release in April 2016 of the Fairwork Ombudsman’sReport on the findings of its Inquiry into the 7-Eleven franchise networktopic focussed attention on developments in industrial law, in particular, thecreationin July 2009 of the Commonwealth Fair Work Ombudsman as a well-funded regulator; the introduction of full-blooded ancillary liability provisions; the massive increase in the level of penalties for breach of an award over the last quarter-century; and enforcement action by the regulator against accessories for breaches of national awards.