Fair Work Australia (FWA) is the national workplace relations tribunal. It is an independent body with power to carry out a range of functions including:

providing a safety net of minimum conditions, including minimum wages, in awards
facilitating good faith bargaining and the making of enterprise agreements
granting remedies for unfair dismissal
regulating the taking of industrial action
resolving a range of collective and individual workplace disputes through conciliation, mediation and in some cases arbitration
functions in connection with workplace determinations, equal remuneration, transfer of business, general workplace protections, right of entry and stand down.

The work of Fair Work Australia is carried out by FWA members with the support of administrative staff.