Industrial Relations in 1989
This paper deals with the major issues in Industrial Relations throughout 1989: the continuing overriding influence of the centralised system and Accord; the major areas of dispute, particularly those associated with planned industry restructuring and rationalisation of services; and some interesting and innovative developments highlighting changes in direction affecting organisations and individuals. The paper concludes with a summary Balance Sheetfor the 1980's from the perspective of unions and employers and speculates as to the effect of the 1990 Federal election on Australia's unique industrial relations system forecasting that, regardless of the party in government, the predominantly centralised regulated approach will accommodate an increasing degree of decentralised, deregulated administration of terms and conditions of employment.
Industrial Relations in 1988
Undoubtedly, the election of the Hawke Labor Government in 1983 marked a turning point in Australian industrial relations. To a large extent industrial turbulence receded, helped along by global econ omic instability and the influence ofthe Prices and Incomes Accord between the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU). Arguably, the apparent success of the Accord owed something to a widespread concern within unions that the election of a Liberal-National Party government at the federal level would have resulted in a major pro gram of economic regulation, especially in relation to the institutions ofthe labour market. During 1988, despite an increasingly buoyant economy, the continuing influence of these economic and political conditions ensured that the level of industrial disputation remained subdued by historical stan dards, though those opposed to the nascent corporate state or centralised wage fixing may have been heartened by signs that wage restraint was fraying at the...
Integrated two-beam antenna array featuring dual-circular polarization
A concept of an integrated antenna array featuring two independent beams and dual circular polarization has been described. The antenna array consists of two radiating elements which are excited at two orthogonally placed feeding ports with the use of four appropriately connected 3-dB/90° directional couplers. Therefore, such an array generates two symmetrically located beams having right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) and identical two beams having left-handed circular polarization (LHCP). The presented concept has been verified by the design and measurements of an antenna array operating at 2.4 GHz frequency range.