Brisbane City Council v Australian Workers Union of Employees, Queensland

[2017] QIRC 32

QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

CITATION:

Brisbane City Council v Australian Workers Union of Employees, Queensland [2017] QIRC 32

PARTIES:

BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL

(applicant)

v
AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION OF EMPLOYEES, QUEENSLAND

(respondent)

FILE NO/S:

CB/2017/4

PROCEEDING:

Appeal

DELIVERED ON:

10 April 2017

HEARING DATE:

29 March 2017

MEMBER:

Martin J, President

ORDER/S:

Pursuant to s 486 of the Industrial Relations Act 2016, this matter is referred to a Full Bench for hearing.

CATCHWORDS:

INDUSTRIAL LAW – QUEENSLAND – OTHER MATTERS – where the respondent and other unions applied to the Commission for scope orders to be made regarding a bargaining instrument – where the applicant applied to the Commission to refer the matter to the Full Bench – whether a matter must be of industrial significance to be referred to the Full Bench – whether application should be referred to the Full Bench

Fair Work Act 2009
Industrial Relations Act 1999
Industrial Relations Act 2016

APPEARANCES:

L Cruwys for the applicant

T A McKernan for the respondent

1. In this matter the Brisbane City Council sought an order referring the Australian Workers Union of Employees, Queensland’s application for a scope order to a Full Bench. For the reasons I have given in Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland and Brisbane City Council [2017] QIRC 31, I also refer this matter to a Full Bench for hearing.