TheMan wrote:
> "BernardZ" <DontBot
...@NOSPAM.COM> wrote in message
>
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> > In article <4396cfc0$0$18197$afc38
...@news.optusnet.com.au>,
> > adim.
...@optusnet.com.au says...
> > > Teachers sidestep new IR laws
> > > 8:20 PM December 7
> > > Tasmania's public school teachers have become the first in Australia to
> > > sidestep the Federal Government's industrial relations (IR) changes.
> > > The Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) today deregistered the
> teacher's
> > > federal award and two other workplace agreements.
> > > The Tasmanian Industrial Commission has now formally registered the
> teachers
> > > under a state award, which contains identical conditions to the one they
> > > have left.
> > I wonder if that would work. Under law, a federal law has precedence
> > over a state.
> Not if it's constitutionally against a States right. That would require a
> referrendum.
The way it is now is that a federal law overwrites a state law in