Auditions

Hiyas, again, - now I'm NOT suggesting that this post applies to Pat, Music Spectrum etc - don't know them, can't comment.

But IN GENERAL, here's an interesting question (while we are on the topic of legal rights). I know there are a few practicing lawyers who participate in this site - maybe you could answer this:

We have a minimum award wage in this state. Now, I'm pretty sure that anyone running a business who employees people at a wage lower than the relevant award (or the minimum if there is no award) is committing an offence. A serious offence. Now, surely if someone is making significant amounts of money of theatre productions, they are running a business. Actually, without a constitutional provision in their company preventing the profits from going into their product, I'm almost certain that legally, they are running a business. Now if that is true, that would mean that many dodgy operators could be prosecuted - even without a complaint from the people working for them. And it wouldn't even require someone to personally bring an action - the relevant government commission would do that, if a complaint was made (by anyone). The only doubt I have is whether theatre falls under any legislative or otherwise legal exception to general employment laws.

Can anyone indicate the accuracy or wild inaccuracy of this estimate (in gentle terms, please),

Thanks,
Craig