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Corporate Overview

The Australian Industrial Registry is a statutory authority established under s.62 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

The Registry’s mission is to facilitate the operations of the Australian workplace relations system. To carry out its mission, the agency seeks to achieve the following goals:
  • act as the Registry for and provide administrative support to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to enable it to meet the objectives of the Act;
  • provide clients of the Commission/Registry with efficient, effective and timely services that facilitate the objectives of the Act;
  • comply with the regulatory framework and requirements both in relation to the Act and the public service environment;
  • provide Parliament and the Australian public with a service that is accountable;
  • perform a range of functions and discharge statutory responsibilities conferred on the Registry by the Act and public service administrative legislation; and
  • improve cooperation between the federal and State industrial relations systems.


Organisational Structure

The Registry’s organisational structure is represented by the following chart:

CHART 1 – Registry organisational structure


Outcome and Output Structure

The following chart displays the relationship between the government outcome and the contributing outputs for the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and Australian Industrial Registry, presented as output groups.

The Commission and Registry outputs reflect three groups of core activities provided for under the Workplace Relations Act 1996. These activities help facilitate equitable access to Commission/Registry services that support cooperative workplace relations which promote the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia.

CHART 2 – Commission and Registry outcome and output groups


Portfolio Structure

The following chart is an outline of the structure of the portfolio encompassing the Commission and Registry:

CHART 3 – Portfolio structure



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