Low bar for 'genuine consultation' set by UWA case feeds into crisis of legitimacy for Australian institutions

  • Written by: Tauel Harper, Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, The University of Western Australia
Low bar for 'genuine consultation' set by UWA case feeds into crisis of legitimacy for Australian institutionsScott Lewis/Flickr, CC BY

When Martin Forsey was presented with a proposal for change at his workplace that lacked a logical argument and used flawed data, he brought a case to the Fair Work Commission. The associate professor at the University of Western Australia argued that such a flawed proposal could not be used as the basis of “genuine...

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