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The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), known from 1956 to 1973 as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and from 1973 to 1988 as the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, was a tribunal with powers under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (and equivalent earlier legislation) that existed from 1956 until 2010. It was the central institution of Australian labour law. The AIRC replaced a previous system of industrial courts, which broadly speaking, was engaged in the same functions, but with superior independence and powers.
I work for a large state government organisation and in March 2015, I was subject to an episode of workplace bullying after a disagreement with a colleague. I was verbally abused in front of other workers and verbally threatened and intimidated in front of other colleagues as well as people from...