The WRMC occasionally publishes reports and discussion papers on research projects, occupational health and safety and workers compensation and the delivery of workplace relations inquiry and compliance services.

Disclaimer - If you are unable to access these publications in PDF please contact the Select Council on Workplace Relations Ministers' Council Secretariat by email at wrmcsecretariat@deewr.gov.au.

• The Case for Further Deregulation of the Labour Market - November 1998 -  PDF 841 KB
• Employee Attitudes to Workplace Reform -  PDF 322 KB
• Flexibility in Long Service Leave -  PDF 209 KB
• Individual Contracting: Australian and New Zealand Experiences -  PDF 209 KB

Benchmarking of Commonwealth and State Workplace Relations Inquiry and Compliance Services

• 1 July 2000 - 30 June 2001 -  PDF 339 KB
• 1 July 1999 - 30 June 2000 -  PDF 165 KB
• 1 January - 30 June 1999 -  PDF 187 KB

Comparative Performance Monitoring reports

The WRMC released the first Comparative Performance Monitoring (CPM) report in December 1998. CPM reports provide trend analysis on occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers compensation schemes operating in Australia and New Zealand. Information in the report is designed to gauge the success of different approaches by the various workers compensation and OHS authorities to reduce the incidence of work-related injury and disease.

All CPM reports are listed below: 

• December 2010 (12th Report) ( PDF 3.85MB | RTF 4.37MB)
• December 2009 (11th Report) -( PDF 1.62MB | RTF 5.23MB)
• August 2008 (10th Report) -  PDF 2.23 MB
• February 2008 (9th Report) -  PDF 1.47 MB
• September 2006 (8th Report) -  PDF 546 KB
• November 2005 (7th Report)
• Part A -  PDF  1.19 MB
• Part B -  PDF  1.09 MB
• Part C -  PDF 378 KB 
• Part D -  PDF 727 KB
• Part E -  PDF 167 KB
• November 2004 (6th Report)
• Part A -  PDF 990 KB
• Parts B & C -  PDF 440 KB
• Parts D & E -  PDF 916 KB
• November 2003 (5th Report) -  PDF 3.52 MB
• August 2002 (4th Report) -  PDF 757 KB
• August 2001 (3rd Report) -  PDF 672 KB
• April 2000 (2nd Report) 
• Cover sheet -  PDF 25 KB 
• Foreword/Contents/Table of Charts -  PDF 28 KB
• Introduction/Part A -  PDF 202 KB
• Occupational Health and Safety  Part B - Workers' Compensation -  PDF 153 KB
• Part C - Return to Work/Jurisdictional Comments -  PDF 48 KB

Comparison of OHS arrangements

• November 2008 5th Edition -  PDF 1.71MB
• September 2006 4th Edition -  PDF 302KB
• November 2004 3rd Edition -  PDF 726KB
• August 2002 2nd Edition -  PDF 390KB
• May 1999 1st Edition -  PDF 340KB

Case studies

• February 2004 (Case Study on Performance Outcomes in the Building and Construction Industry) -  PDF 1.81 MB
• August 2002 (Case Study on Performance Outcomes in the Aged Care Sector)
  -  PDF 1.01 MB
• December 2001 (Hospitals Case Study) -  PDF 1.10 MB

Contact details

We welcome your enquiries and comments on the Comparative Performance Monitoring reports. Please send all comments and requests for hard copies to cpmproject@safeworkaustralia.gov.au.