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The Western Australian Employers' Federation was an
employers' organisation An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor. Employers' organizations seek to coordinate the behavior of their member companies in matters of mutua ...
in
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
between 1913 and 1975. It was a member of the Employers' Federation of Australia. As an employers advocacy group, the organisation was involved in
industrial arbitration Industrial arbitration is a type of arbitration to prevent or settle labor disputes that may arise between an industrial employer and a union, union member, or union representative to prevent legal action taking place and finding less costly ways t ...
on behalf of employers. Office bearers over time also were members of parliament in their careers, including William Hedges,
Fergus Darling Fergus John Darling (15 December 1920 – 3 October 1981) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1981. Born in Perth, Darling served in World War II, and was taken as a ...
, and
Lionel Carter Lionel Lewin Carter MC (6 October 1890 – 30 Marcy 1968) was an Australian politician. Born in Williamstown, Victoria, to Irish-born grocer Thomas Frederick Carter and Emily Jane Knight, he moved to Perth with his family in 1896 and was e ...
. The Federation regularly collaborated with other Western Australian organisations in promoting industrial developments. The Chamber of Manufacturers of WA, also founded in 1913, merged with the Federation in 1975 to create the Confederation of WA Industry.


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