Degrees Held
BA (Hons) Syd, LLB Syd, PhD ANU

Publications

Selected publications  by Andrew Frazer are available at Research Online http://ro.uow.edu.au. Note these papers are submitted versions; minor changes have been made in publication.

Andrew graduated from Sydney University with the University Medal in History. He worked as a research assistant in the History of Ideas Unit at the Australian National University under the late Professor Eugene Kamenka before commencing a PhD on the history of legal aspects of labour regulation in the Research School of Social Sciences (ANU). His thesis, entitled "Law and Industrial Arbitration in New South Wales,1890-1912", was completed in 1990.

Before joining the Faculty Andrew also worked as a research officer for the New South Wales Law Reform Commission, mainly on its Community Law Reform Program.

Research Areas
Australian employment and labour relations law; international and comparative labour law: and history of labour law.

Professional Activities
Academic Member, Employment and Industrial Law Sub-Committee, Specialist Accreditation Committee, Law Society of New South Wales, 1997 -2000, Journal Referee, Journal of Industrial Relations, Labour History, Australian Journal of Labour Law.

Publications

• "Industrial Tribunals and the Regulation of Bargaining" in Christopher Arup et al, eds, Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation , Sydney, Federation Press, 2006, pp. 223-241;
• Labour Law and Productive Decentralisation: Australian Report , Report to XVIII World Congress of Labour and Social Security Law, Paris, 2006; topic 2: Labour Law (in its individual and collective dimensions) and Productive Decentralization (Outsourcing of Work and Contracting of Labour) (with T. Borgeest);
• "Australian Labour Law Reforms - drifting towards an imagined Aotearoa?", Employment Law Bulletin (NZ) 2005 no 7, 134-136;
• "Redundancy and Interpretation in Industrial Agreements: the Amcor Case", (2004) 26 Sydney Law Review 241-253;
• "Individualism and Collectivism in Agreement-Making under Australian Labour Law" in M. Severynski (ed), Collective Agreements and Individual Contracts of Employment, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2003;
• "Charles Gilbert Heydon 1905-1918" in Greg Patmore, ed, Laying the Foundations of Industrial Justice; The Presidents of the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW 1902-1998, Sydney, Federation Press, 2003;
• "Alexander Craig Beattie 1966-1981" in Greg Patmore, ed, Laying the Foundations of Industrial Justice; The Presidents of the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW 1902-1998, Sydney, Federation Press, 2003;
• The Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Power: From Cradle to the Grave? Research Paper No. 15, 2001-02, Department of Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, Canberra, May 2002.
  online at: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02rp15.htm;
• "Obituary: The Hon Sir Richard Clarence Kirby", (2001) 75 Australian Law Journal 788-791 (with Judge John Goldring);
• "Collective Agreements and Individual Contracts of Employment in Australian Labour Law" in Gabriel A. Moens and Rodolphe Biffot, eds, The Convergence of Legal Systems in the 21st Century: An Australian Perspective, Brisbane, CopyRight Publishing, 2002;
• "Parliament and the Industrial Power" in G. Lindell and B. Bennett, eds, Parliament: The Vision in Hindsight, Sydney Federation Press, 2001, pp. 93-148;
• Review of George Williams, Labour Law and the Constitution, (2000) 42 Journal of Industrial Relations 154-156;
• Review of David Peetz, Unions in a Contrary World, (2000) 13 Australian Journal of Labour Law 202-205;
• Major Tribunal Decisions in 1998",(1999) 41 Journal of Industrial Relations 80-101;
• "Researching Labour Law", in Diana Kelly, ed, Researching Industrial Relations: Methods and Methodology, 2nd edn, Sydney, Federation Press, 1999;
• "Major Tribunal Decisions in 1997", (1998) 40 Journal of Industrial Relations 71-87;
• Individual Contracts and Workplace Relations, Sydney, ACIRRT (Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training - Key Centre), 1997, reprinted 1998, 180pp (with Paul Ronfeldt and Ron McCallum, eds);
• "In Search of the Middle Way: The ILO, Standard Setting and Globalisation", Australian Journal of Labour Law 280-286 (with Chris Nyland);
• "Unfinished Business: review of Bruce Kercher, An Unruly Child: A History of Law in Australia", Law/Text/Culture 253-256;
• "Major Tribunal Decisions in 1996",(1997) 39 Journal of Industrial Relations 74-97;
• "The Currency of Utopia: Billy Lane and the New Australia Settlements in Paraguay", Australian Coin Review 384 (Aug 1996) 16-21 (with Olivia Treweeke);
• "Trade Unions under Compulsory Arbitration and Enterprise Bargaining: A Historical Perspective" in Paul Ronfeldt and Ron McCallum, eds, Enterprise Bargaining, Trade Unions and the Law, Sydney, Federation Press, 1995, pp.52-83;
• "Australian Labour Relations: the Influence of Law and Government", in Jim Hagan and Andrew Wells, eds, Industrial Relations in Australia and Japan, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1994, pp. 123-137;
• "Liability of Higher Education Authorities: Occupational Health and Safety", Australian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators, National Conference on Higher Education and the Law Proceedings, Wollongong, 1992;
• "Delimiting Industrial Law: Judicial Review and the New South Wales Arbitration System, 1901-1914", Eleventh Annual Law and History Conference, Griffith University, 1992.

Teaching Commitments
LLB/LAW 330 Law of Employment,
LLB/LAW 332 Labour Relations Law
LLB/LAW 335 Anti-Discrimination Law.