IR Insights

AI-POWERED RESEARCH TOOLS FOR ENTERPRISE BARGAINING IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

IR Insights is a free, open-access platform providing AI-powered research tools purpose-built for workplace relations practitioners in Australian higher education. Developed by a practitioner for practitioners, and powered by Google's NotebookLM, the platform enables real-time comparison, benchmarking, and analysis across the sector's enterprise agreements, union claims, industrial legislation and more - at a scale and speed not previously possible.

RESEARCH TOOLS

Higher Education Enterprise Agreements & Awards
Search, compare and benchmark provisions across all current higher education sector enterprise agreements and relevant modern awards - simultaneously. Query the entire sector's agreements in natural language, identify patterns across institutions, and generate comparative analysis in seconds.
Last updated: 26/03/2026

Plain Language Drafting Assistant
A CustomGPT that applies the Fair Work Commission's Plain Language Drafting Guidelines to clauses to improve drafting, readability and understanding of enterprise agreement provisions.
Last updated: 26/03/2026

Union Claims
Compare and analyse publicly sourced union Logs of Claims across the current bargaining round. Identify nationally coordinated claims, local variations, and emerging patterns across institutions and university network groups
Last updated: 26/03/2026

Managing Industrial Action
Requirements and guidance on taking and responding to Industrial Action.
Last updated: 26/03/2026

Intractable Bargaining & s.240 Disputes
Guidance on the intractable bargaining process when parties reach an impasse.
Last updated: 26/03/2026

Fair Work Act, NES conditions, Common FWC Processes
Searchable Fair Work Act, Regulations, FWC Rules, NES conditions. Includes FWC bench books with guidance and selected case law on common Fair Work Commisison matters and processess.
Last updated: 18/02/2026

WHAT THE PLATFORM CAN PRODUCE

Beyond conversational research, the platform can transform source material into production-quality briefing content - podcasts, audio briefs, infographics and video overviews - all grounded in the actual source documents. These outputs support professional learning, team briefings and knowledge-sharing across bargaining teams.

As a visitor to the shared tools above you can explore these outputs freely, explore the mind maps, view the infographics and listen to the podcasts. To generate your own outputs from your own source material, you would need to set up a free NotebookLM notebook and load your own sources which is explained in the Build Your Own section of the site.

These outputs are AI-generated and should be verified against original sources before reliance. They are intended to support briefing and education, not to replace professional judgment.

Podcasts & Audio Briefings

Mind Maps

Infographics

IR Insights is a research and exploration aid designed to support understanding, comparison and analysis of complex workplace relations material. It is not intended to provide legal, industrial or professional advice, replace primary source analysis, or determine bargaining positions. All outputs should be validated against original sources.