Industrial Enterprises Ltd v Federated Storemen & Packers Union of Australia

CATCHVrORDS

JUDCMFh! Mo

Trade Practices - Secondary boycott - whether black ban

on goods for purpose of 'causlng substantial loss or damege

to buslness of corporation or for purpose of preventing or

substantially hindering person from engaging in trade or

commerce between Australia and places outslde Australia -

whether dominant purpose of black ban substantially related

tu conditions of employment of employees - interlocutory

injunction - balance of convenience.

IN THE MATTER of the Trade Practices Act 1974 as amended

(SS. 45 D (l), (IA), (2) and (3) and E0).

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITZD & ORS. v. THE FEDEXTET)

STORENEN AND PACKERS UNION OF AUSTRALIA & ORS.

Q No. 8 of 1978

Coram: Lcckhart J.

dney

5 January, 1979

I N THE MATTER OF THE TRADE E'RACTICZS ACT 1974

I N THE FEDXRAL COURT OF .AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAhi DISTRICT REGISTRY	Q. NO. 8 OF 1978
GENERAL DIVISION
BETWEEN:

INDUSTRIAL ENYEF.FR:SES

FTY . LTD. , ?C'V:;OOM2A

FOUNDRY FYI. LTD. , ZSUTE;XR.I L'f:'jSS ::,21!Ii.!ZF;Y (BR1SBAi.j.Z) STY. LT>. asc SO!IIi.:Zrlli C X S S DEVELOF1Ei;T FTY . L'1'3.

AND :

JUDGE MAKING ORDER:	LOCKHART J.
DATE OF ORDER:	5 JANUARY, 1979
WHERE NADE:	SYDhZY

T I E COURT OF?CXIIS ATE EDCLARES THAT:

THAT

the

r e s p o n d e n t s ,

The

F e d e r a t e d S t o r e m e n and

P a c k e r s

U n l o n

o f

E m p l o y e e s

o f

Australia

( Q u e e n s l a n d

B r a ~ c h ) 4-

J a m e s

E d w a r d

Graharr.

Bonding

a n d E r n e s t Edward

A d s e t z

u e

r e s t r a l - n e ?

u n + l l

'..e

d e t c r m l n a t l o n

o f

the

p r ? c e e d i n g s

o r

f u r t h e r 3?&r l':-,:m

Ei-:gL;;--!1S

111 tll? f0113./ilng c o n d u c t , T.251 -1 : :

(a)	supply of servlccs by R. Jackson Pty. Ltd. (~acksons), Browns Transport

conduct that hlnders or prevents the Transport), Underwood Storage Company

(1971 ) Pty. Ltd. (Underwood Storage),

Finney Brothers Transport Pty. Ltd.,

(Finney Brothers), McMlllans Customs

Services Pty. Limited (McMlllans), to the applicants or any of them in contravention of sectlon 45D of the Trade Practices Act, 1974;

(b)

conduct that hinders or prevents the consignment of goods to or by the applicants or any of them in contraven~ion

of the said sectlon;

( c )

conduct that hlnders or prevents the col1ecti:n applicants or any of them in contravention of the said section;

(d)

conduct that prevents or substantially hinders the applicants or any of thea fronl engaglng in trade or commerce between

Austral~a

3rd place; outslds Australia ln

contravectlon of the sald sectlon;

(e)	aiding, abetting, counselling , procuring,

inducing or attempting TO lnduce any person

whatever to withhold, in concert wlth any person

whatever, hls or their labour from Jacksons,

Browns Transport, Underwood. Storage, Flnney

Brothers, McMlllans and Nomlrlees or any of

them when and to the extent that such labour is,

according to the ordlnary course of practice,

required for the purpose of collecting, loaclng

or unloading goods consigned to or by the

applicants or any of them, where such conciuct

is engaged in for the purpose and would have or

be likely to have the effect of causlng

substantial loss or damage to the busi~ess , ~ f

the applicanrs or any of them except whore such

conduct is wlthln the descrlptlon in paragra~h

45D (3) (a) or (b) of the s a d Act.

2 . TFAT the costs of all partles be reserved.

3. THAT liberty be reserved to any party to apply on

two days' notice.

IN THE LWTTER OF TIIE TRADE PRTCTICES ACT 1 9 7 4

I N THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT	EGISTRY	Q.NO.	8 OF 1 9 7 8
GENERAL DIVISION
BETWEEN:

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPIiISES PTY. LTD., T301fOO&IBA

FOUNDRY PTY. LTD. , SOUTIIEZJ CROSS '1AC:IINERY

(BRISBANE) PT?'.

LTD. a n d SOUT!IERY CROSS-

DEVELOPNEXT PTY. LTD.

A p p l i c a n t s

AND:

R e s p o n d e n t s

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

T h i s i s a n application

f o r ~ n t e r l o c u t o r y

l n ~ u n c t l o :

under

s . 8 0

t h e T r a d e P r a c t i c e s A c t

1 9 7 4

( " t h e A c t " )

t o

restrain

c o n d u c t of

t h e r e s p o n d e n t s

a l leged

t o c o n t r a v e n e

s . 4 5 D

t h e A c t .

T h e

applicants

are m e m b e r s

o f

grou:,

f i f t e e n corporations

of w h i c h t h e applicant

I n d u s t r i a l

E n t e r p r i s e s P t y .

L t d .

("Industrial

E n t e r p r i s e s " )

i s t h e

h o l d i n g company .

s h a l l r e f e r t o m e m b e r s o f t h e g r o u p

t o g e t h e r as

" t h e S o u t h e r n C r o s s Group".

T h e

a p p l i c a n t ,

Toowoomba

F o u n d r y

P t y .

L t d .

( " T o o ~ : o o ; ~ ! ~ a

r o ~ r . ~ r : - "

7 l ; l n u f a c t u r s s

l r r l q a t i o n a n 2 w a t c r

s u p p l y e q u ~ p m e n t

l n c l u d l n g submersible

pumps .

I t

manufactures goods under t h e registered

t r a d e mark

"Southern

Cross" .

Toowoomba

Foundry

a l s o impor t s

and

e x p o r t s

goods.

I t impor t s "Century" submersible motors and "Aermotors"

submers ib le pumps from t h e U.S.A.

I t assembles bo th t h e

Century motors and

t h e A e m o t o r s pumps

t o produce i t s own

submers ib le

pumps.

Southern Cross Xachlnery

(Br l sbane) P ty .

Ltd .

("Machinery")

sel ls Southern Cross p roduc t s th roughout

A u s t r a l i a

and

ove r seas .

I t a l s o a c t s a s an

impor t e r o f

w a t e r

and

i r r l g a t l o n

supply

equipment.

Southern Cross Development P t y . Ltd .

("Development")

impor t s

goods

f o r

t h e

s u b s l d l a r l e s

o f

Industrial

E n t e r p r l s c s

and then throughout A u s t r a l i a .

s e l l s them

t o t h e s u b s l d l a r i e s who

market

t h e n

Development

Imports smal l irrigation

f i t t i n g s and

s p r i n k l e r s and Angus

irrigation

hoses

from

t h e

United Klngdom.

The

p o r t o f

Br i sbane

t h e maln

A u s t r a l i a n

p o r t

t	used by t h e Southern Cross qroup f o r t h e ~ ~ p o r r

and e x p o r t o f goods;

b u t soae goods are loaded o r unloaeed ;r1

t h e p o r t of Sydney.

The Southern Cross group p r e f e r s t o use

t h e p o r t o f

Br l sbane because

it 1s i n Toowoornba

t h a t t h e

manufactur ing

a c t i n t i e s a r e c e n t r e d and

i s saved t h e

c o s t

o f a d d i t i o n a l goods a r e loaded o r unloaded i n Sydney.

f r e i g h t ove r l and from

Sydney

t o Brlsbane Sydney i s use2 i f

i f

sh ipp ing

i s n o t

a v a i l a b l e

t o o r from

Br l sbane .

The respondent , The Federa ted Storemen and Packers

Union

of Employees o f ~ u s k r a l l a

(Queensland Branch)

( t o whlch

s h a l l r e f e r

a s

" t h e Queensland unlon")

i s r e g i s t e r e d under

t h e

I n d u s t r i a l C o n c i l i a t i o n

and

Arbitration

Actf

1961-1977

(Queens land) .

I t h a s p l aced a

"b lack ban"

t h e movement

o f a l l goods Imported o r expor t ed by t h e applicants o r any

o t h e r

co rpo ra t ion

be lng

subsidiary

o f

I n d u s t r i a l E n t e r p r i s e s .

The

ban

a p p l l e s

throughout

s o much

o f

t h e p o r t o f

Br l sbane

where

t h e Queensland

uni-on

en joys

c o n t r o l ,

namely

t h e Br l sbane

wharves and wool

dumplng complex

( t o whlch I

s h a l l r e f e r a s

" t h e wharves" ) .

I t i s a

l a r g e complex

used

c o n t a i n e r s h l p s

and

convent iona l

s h i p s .

There

a r e o t h e r o u t l e t s i n t h e

p o r t

o f

Brisbane where

c o n t r o l o f

t h e Queensland unlon

does n o t

ex i s t and no ban IS en fo rced by it.

have been lmported

through t h e p o r t o f Brisbane by Toowoomba Foundry and by

Machinery,

c l e a r e d by

customs,

and a l l f r e l g h t charges ,

customs

d u t i e s and l and lng charges

pa ld .

Attempts have been

made

t h e collection

a g e n t s o f

t h e

a p p i l c a n t a

t o t a k e

possess ion

t h e goods ,bu t ,

due

t o t h e

"b lack ban",

a r e

)

be ing h e l d i n a

shed on

t h e wharves

and w l l l n o t be

r e l e a s e d

as they w i l l n o t be handled by

t h e me~mbers of

t h e Queensland

unlon.

The goods Inc lude "Century" submersible motors and

"Aermotors" submersible pumps, lmported by Toowoomba Foundry

from t h e U.S.A.

t h e Import p r l c e including du ty which has

been

p a i d

be lng

$82,000.00.

S i x t y p e r c e n t

t h e

pump

u n i t s

t o be

assembled from t h e coEponents

c u r r e n t l y on

t h e wharves

and s ~ S j e c t

t o th? ' :lac!:

hx:"'

, i r e czvcred by purchase orr:;rs

f o r r e t a l l

s a l e s

i n Picutern

; :us t ra l la .

>lachlnery has

l.:portec

screw motors which

a r e a l s o h e l d on

t h e wharves

and

s u b j e c t t o

t h e ban w i t h an import va lue o f

$12,000.00

approximate ly .

They have been

c l e a r e d by-customs.

Machinery has e n t e r e d

i n t o a

c o n t r a c t w i t h

t h e Queensland Department

o f

Works

t o supply and f i t screw pumps

i n t o a sewerage pumping

s t a t i o n a t t h e Wacol

P r i s o n ,

Brisbane.

The

Southern Cross

group

impor t s

s u b s t a n t i a l

q u a n t i t i e s o f

goods which

run

l n t o

m i l l i o n s

o f

d o l l a r s p e r

annum.

For

i n s t a n c e ,

Development

impor t s

i r r i g a t i o n equipment and

i r r i g a t i o n hoses whlch

i n

t h e l a s t twelve months

have

c o s t it some

two

m l l l i o n d o l l a r s .

The

ban

a p p l i e s a l s o t o t h e e x p o r t s of

t h e Southern Cross

group

cf-

~ L L L - L L I

Toowoomba

Foundry e x p o r t s l t o New

Zealand,

Asia and North E a s t

A f r i c a

a~& 2-

e x p o r t va lue

e x p o r t

s a l e s i s about

$1,250,000.00

p e r annum

a l though t h e r e i s no

ev ldence t h a t any

goods

f o r e x p o r t

a r e a t p r e s e n t on

t h e wharves

and

p reven ted

from be ing shipped abroad.

The "b lack ban" has been imposed by t h e Queensland

union

t o a s s i s t ano the r

unlon,

namely

t h e Assoc l a t i on

o f

A r c h i t e c t s ,

Engineers ,

Surveyors

and

Draughtsmen

o f

A u s l r a l l a

which

i s a union r e g i s t e r e d under

t h e Conciliation

and

A r b i t r a t i o n A c t

1904

( a s allrended)

(Commonwealth) a s an

o r g a n i s a t i o n o f	employees.	I	s h a l l r e f e r	t o t h a t Assoc l z t l on
as "A.A.E.S.D.A."

For

some

y e a r s p a s t members

o f

t h e Southern Cross

group have

r e q u i r e d

t h a t persons

s eek ing employment

w l t h them,

and who

a r e covered by

r e l e v a n t l n d u s t r l a l awards,

a s a

condition

o f

t h e i r employment

j o i n

t h e

r e l e v a n t

i n d u s t r i a l

unlon.

This

p r a c t l c e

follo~.;ed a

> L L T ~ C ~

o f

d l s p u t e s

bet:.^??.

members of

t h e Southern Cross group and t r a d e unlons .

' T h ~ s

was one o f

t h e bases on w h ~ c h

t h e d i s p u t e s w e r e

s e t t l e d

t o g e t h e r

w l th

under taking6

t h e

r e l e v a n t members

o f

t h e

Southern Cross group t h a z ,

a s t o employees i n t h c i r employ

a t t h e t ime

t h e d l s p u t e was

s e t t l e d ,

they would

recommend

t o them

t h a t t hey Recent ly

j o i n

t h e t h e Southern Cross group depa r t ed

r e l e v a n t

i n d u s t r i a l union.

from

t h i s p r a c t i c e

fo l lowing

t h e

i n c l u s i o n on

August,1978

i n

the Metal I n d u s t r y Award,

1971 (Commonwealth) of P a r t V

be ing "Metal 35 employees o f t h e Southern Cross group are membcrs o f

I n d u s t r y

P a r t V ,

Foremar?

and

S u p e r v i s o r ' s

Award

1978" -

I n r e l a t l o n t o foremen

and

s u p e r v i s o r s .

About

A.A.E.S.D.A.

and covered by P a r t I1 of t h e award.

Twenty-

t h r e e persons covered by P a r t V o f

t h e award a r e employed by

t h e Southern Cross

group

and

a r e e l i g i b l e b u t

have

n o t

a p p l l e d

f o r membership o f A.A.E.S.D.A.

The Southern Cross group

d e c l i n e s

t o recommend

t o t h o s e

persons

t h a t t h e y

j o i n

A.A.E.S.3

A.A.E.S.D.A.

became

concerned

a t t h e

p o s s l b l e

e r o s l o n

o f

i t s membership

and

sought

a s s i s t a n c e

from

t h e Queensland

Trades

and Labour

Counci l .

I n t h e r e s u l t ,

t h e Queensland

union agreed f o r a l l employees e l i g i b l e f o r membership of

t o a s s l s t A.A.E.S.D.A.

i n ach l ev lng

i t s o b j e c t i v e

A.A.E.S.D.A.

t o

become members,

and imposed t h e "b lack ban" the reby expecting

t h a t t h e Southern Cross group would recommend

t o t h o s e employee

t h a t t hey	j o i n	A.A.E.S.D.A.	This	e x p e c t a t i o n	has	n o t been
r e a l i s e d .

I t i s

i n t h e s e

c i rcumstances

t h a t

t h e

a p p l i c a n t s

sought

o r d e r

tr,

show

cailse.

1 3 D e c e ~ b c r , 1973 Frank1

2 .

made

o r d e r

t o show

cause r e t u r n a b l e

i n Brlsbanc

f o r t h e

fo l lowing week.

The matter

came

f o r h e a r i n g b e f o r e m e on

-1

Tuesday 19 December 1978.

. . .

/ 6

The

a p p l i c a n t s

i n l t l a l l y proceeded

a g a i n s t

respondents .

The

f i r s t r6spondent

"The Federa ted Storemen

and Packers '

Union

o f

A u s t r a l i a " was

sued i n t h e mis taken

b e l i e f

t h a t it was t h e union which had imposed t h e "b lack ban".

The names o f t h e f i r s t respondent and o f

t h e Queensland union

a r e s i m i l a r and

t h e r e

a r e some

f e a t u r e s common

t o bo th bod le s

i n c l u d i n g

t h e

f a c t t h a t N r .

F.W.

Nlco l

i s t h e P r e s i d e n t of

t h e

f i r s t respondent

and

t h e

Sec re t a ry /Treasu re r

o f

t h e

Queensland union.

During

t h e

f l r s t day

o f

t h e h e a r i n g I

g r a n t e d

l e a v e

to t h e a p p l i c a n t s

t o add

t h e Queensland union

a s an

a d d i t i o n a l

respondent .

The

respondents E .

Zaphlr

and J .

F o r r e s t e r were no t

p e r s o n a l l y

se rved .

N o r e l i e f

now

claimed

a g a l n s t

them

o r

t h e f i r s t respondent .

s h a l l use

t h e expression

" t h e

respondents" t o mean

t h e Queensland union,

t h e respondent

Adse t t and

t h e respondent Bonding.

The

respondent

Adse t t

i s

t h e P r e s i d e n t

o f

t h e

Queensland union and a shop s teward appointed unc?er Rule 2 2

o f

t h e Queensland u n i o n ' s

Rules.

a l s o C h a l r ~ a n

t h e

"Job Committee".

I s h a l l r e f e r tc t h i s Committee l a t e r i n

more d e t a l l ;

b u t it is sufficient t o s a y , a t t h e moment,

t h a t

i t i s a

committee

comprising

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of

t h e

t h r e e

unions most d i r e c t l y concerned wl th activities on

t h e wharves

when bans a r e imposed,

and i t s purpose i s t o ensu re t h a t goods

whlch

a r e banned a r e t hose consigned t o o r from t h e company

t h e

s u b ~ e c t

t::-

r2rkj.1-

tn2n

o t h c r

c o r p s r a t l o n s .

The

respondent

Bonding

i s t h e Branch

S e c r e t a r y

o f

t h e Queensland ~ r a n 6 h

o f A.A.E.S.D.A.

The

a p p l i c a n t s

c l a im t h a t t h e

respondents

A d s e t t

and Bonding

played

a c t l v e and m a t e r l a l role

i n b r i n g i n g

about

and

con t inu ing

the9 'b l ack ban".

The

a p p l i c a n t s

seek

i n t e r l o c u t o r y

i n j u n c t i o n s

a g a l n s t

t h e

respondents

t o r e s t r a l n them

from engagicg i n t h e

fo l lowing

conduct:-

"1.

(a )

Conduct

t h a t h i n d e r s

p r e v e n t s

t h e

supply o f

s e r v i c e s by

Jackson P t y .

L td .

( J a c k s o n s ) , Browns

Transpor t

Consol ida ted P ty .

Ltd .

(Browns Transpor t ) ,

Underwood

S to rage Company

( 1 9 7 1 )

P ty .

Ltd.

(Underwood

S t o r a g e ) , Finney

Bro the r s

T ranspor t

P ty .

L td .

(Finncy B r o t h e r s ) ,

McMillans

Customs

S e r v i c e s P ty .

Llmlted

(McMillans) , Yc>lll lan Nominees

P ty .

L td .

(Nomlnees) t o t h e Applicants o r any of

them

i n con t r aven t lon

S e c t i o n

4 5 D o f

"The

Trade

P r a c t i c e s Act ,

1974";

(b )

Conduct

t h a t h i n d e r s

o r p reven t s

t h e

conslgnment o f goods t o o r by

t h e Applicants

i n

c o n t r a v e n t l o n

o f

t h e

s a l d S e c t l o n ;

( C )

Conduct

t h a t h inde r s

o r p r e v e n t s

t h e

c o l l e c t i o n

and/or

t r a n s p o r t o f

goods

consigned t o o r by

t h e Ap?l lcan ts

i n

c o n t r a v e n t l o n

o f

t h e

s a i d S e c t l o n ;

(d )

Inducing o r a t t empt ing t o lnduce any

employee

Jacksons ,

Browns

T r a n s p o r t ,

Underwood

S t o r a g e ,

Finney

B r o t h e r s ,

McMillans or

Nomlnees

t o r e f u s e t o p rov ide

h l s

s e r v l c e s

i n

con t r aven t lon

o f

t h e

s a l d

S e c t i o n t o e l t h e r of

such

companies

i n

r e s p e c t o f

t h e conslgnment o f

goods

t o o r by

t h e

a p p l i c a n t s .

Aiding,

a b e t t i n g ,

counselling,

p rocu r ing ,

induc lng o r Btternptlng t o Induce any person

whatever

t o withhold,

i n c o n c e r t w l t h

any

person

whatever ,

h l s o r t h e l r l a b o u r

from

Jacksons ,

Browns

Transpor t ,

Underwood

S t o r a g e ,

Finney Bro the r s , McMillans and Nomlnees o r

any of

them when

and t o t h e e x t e n t t h a t such

l a b o u r

i s

accord ing

t o t h e

o r d i n a r y

cou r se

o f

p r a c t i c e

r e q u l r e d

f o r

t h e

purpose

o f

collecting,

load ing and/or unloading qoods consipned t o o r

t h e App l i can t s o r any o f

them where

such

conduct i s engaged i n f o r t h e purpose and would have o r be l l k e l y t o have t h e e f f e c t o f caus lng

s u b s t a n t i a l

l o s s o r damage

t o t h e

b u s i n e s s

o f

t h e Applicants o r any of them excep t where such

conduct i s w l t h l n t h e description

i n paragraph

( a ) o r paragraph	( b ) of	S e c t l o n 45D(	3;	of	t h e
s a i d Act. "

A s t o t h e companies mentioned i n " l ( a ) " : -

Jackson Pty . Ltd.

( "Jacksons") 1s t h e custo!ns and

c l e a r l n g agen t f o r Toowoorrba Foundry;

Drowns

Transpor t

Consol ida ted

Pty .

L td .

("Browns Transpor t " )

t r a n s p o r t s

goods

t o v a r i o u s

nominated

d e s t i n a t i o n s

f o r Toowoomba

Foundry;

Underwood S to rage Company

(1971) P ty . L td .

("Underwood

S to rage" )

i s t h e customs

and

c l e a r l n g agen t

f o r

Development;

Flnney

Bro the r s

T ranspor t

P ty .

L td .

("Finney B r o t h e r s " )

t r a n s p o r t s

goods

from

t h e wharves

t o t h e premlses

o f

Development

o r o t h e r nominated

p l a c e s ;

McMillan Customs S e r v i c e s P ty .

L td .

!"McMlllans")

i s t-he

customs

and c l e a r i n g agen t

f o r Machineryiand McXillan

Nominees

P ty .

Ltd.

( "Nomlnees" )

t r a n s p o r t s goods

from

t h e wharves	t o v a r l o u s	destinations	on	beha l f	of
Machinery.

The

g r a n t i n g

o f

i n t e r l o c u t o r y

i n l u n c t i v e

r e l i e f

depends

e s s e n t i a l l y on

whe'ther

a prima

f a c l e ca se h a s been

e s t a b l i s h e d

i n accordance wi th

t h e principles

expres sed by

t h e High Court i n Beecham Group Limited v.

B r i s t o l Laboratories

P t y . Ltd.

(1968) 118 C.L.R.

618 and by t h e F u l l Bencl >f t h l s

Court

i n World

S e r l e s C r i c k e t P ty .

Ltd.

v .

P a r i s h

(1977)

16 A.L.R.

181;

and whether t h e ba l ance o f convenience f avour s

such

course

o f A s t o whether

a c t l o n .

prlma

f a c l e

c a s e h a s been

e s t a b l i s h e ? ,

t h e i s s u e s t o which

t h e ev ldence and t h e argument have been

d i r e c t e d a r l s e malnly

from

t h e terms

o f

s . 4 5 D ( l ) ,

( l A ) ,

( 2 )

and

( 3 ) rrhlch

prov lde a s fo l lows: -

"45D(l)

S u b j e c t t o t h l s

s e c t i o n ,

person

s h a l l

n o t ,

i n c o n c e r t

w l th

ano the r

pe r son ,

engage

I n

conduct

t h a t h i n d e r s

o r p r e v e n t s

t h e supply o f

goods

o r s e r v l c e s by

t h l r d

person

t o

c o r p o r a t l o n

( n o t be lng

employer

o f

t h e

f i r s t -men t ioned

p e r s o n ) ,

o r

t h e

a c q u i s l t l o n

o f

goods

o r s e r v l c e s by

t h i r d person

from

c o r p o r a t l o n

( n o t be lng

employer

o f

t h e

f i r s t -men t loned

p e r s o n ) ,

where

t h e conduct i s engaged

i n f o r t n e

purpose,

and would have o r be l i k e l y t o have

t h e

e f f e c t ,

o f

caus lng -

( a )

s u b s t a n t i a l l o s s o r damage

t o t h e

b u s i n e s s

o f

t h e

c o r p o r a t i o n

o r o f

body

c o r p o r a t e

t h a t i s

r e l a t e d

t o t h e

c o r p o r a t i o n ;

o r

(b)

s u b s t a n t i a l

lessening

compet i t ion

i n any

market

i n which

t h e c o r p o r a t l o n

o r a

body

c o r p o r a t e

t h a t i s r e l a t e d

t o

t h e

c o r p o r a t i o n

s u p p l l e s

o r

a c q u l r e s

goods

o r s e r v l c c s .

( 1 A )

S u b j e c t

t o t h i s s e c t i o n ,

person

s h a l l

n o t ,

i n c o n c e r t w l th

ano the r

person ,

engage i r l conduct f o r t h c purpose,

and

having o r l l k e l y t o have

t h e e f f e c t ,

o f

preventing

s u b s t a n t l a l l y

hindering

a t h l r d person

( n o t bclng an employer o f

t h e f i r s t -men t ioned

person)

from

engaglng

i n t r a d e o r commerce

(a)

between

A u s t r a l i a

and

p l a c e s

o u t s l d e

Australia;

(b)

among t h e S t a t e s ;

o r

( C )

w i t h l n a Territory,

between

a S t a t e

and a

T e r r i t o r y o r between

two

Territories.

Paragraph 4F(b) does n o t

apply

i n r e l a t i o n

t o sub-sec t ion

(1) o r

( 1 A )

o f

t h l s s e c t l o n

b u t a person s h a l l be deemed t o engage i n

conduct

f o r a

purpose ~ e n t i o n e d

i n t h a t

sub-sec t ion

i f he encjages 111 t h a t conduct

f o r purposes

t h a t l n c l u d e t h a t purpose.

A person s h a l l n o t be taken t o contrax7ene,

o r t o be

lnvolved

i n a

c c n t r a v e n t l o n

o f ,

sub-sec t ion

(1) o r ( 1 A ) by

engaqlng i n

conduct where -

( a )

t h e dominant purpose f o r which t h e

conduct

i s engaged

i n

i s

s u b s t a n t l a l l y

r e l a t e d

t o -

(i) t h e remunerat ion,

conditions of

employment, hours of work o r workin?

c o n d i t i o n s

o f

t h a t pe r soc

o r of

ano the r person employed by an crslc:-

t h a t person;

o r

(ii)an employer o f t h a t person havlng

t e rmina t ed ,

o r t aken

a c t i o n

t o

t e r m i n a t e ,

t h e

employncnt

t h a t

person

o r o f

a n o t h e r

person

e n p l o y e i

by t h a t employer;

o r

( b )

i n t h e c a s e of

conduct engaged ' n by

t h e

fo l lowing

persons

i n c o n c e r t w l th

each

o t h e r

(and n o t

i n c o n c e r t wl th

any

o t h e r

p e r s o n ) ,

t h a t i s t o say

(i)

o r g a n i z a t i o n

o r organizations

o f

employees,

o r an o f f i c e r o r o f f i c e r :

of such an organization, o r bo th

such an

organization

o r o rgan iza t lo !

and such an o f f l c c r o r officers;

an<

an employee, or two or more employe<

(ii)

who a r e employed by t h e one employe.

t h e dominant purpose f o r whlch t h e conduc-

i s engaged

i n i s

s u b s t a n t i a l l y r e l a t e d

t o

(iii)

t h e

remuneration,

c o n d l t i o n s

o f

employment, hours of work o r workin<

c o n d l t i o n s of

t h e employee,

o r of

any o f

t h c employees,

r e f e r r e d t o l r

sub-paragraph

( i l l ;

o r

( 1 ~ )

t h e employer of

t h e employee,

o r o f

t h e employees,

r e f e r r e d

t o i n sub-

paragraph (ii)

havlng

te r rn lna ted ,

o r taken

a c t l o n

t o t e r m i n a t e ,

t h e

employment o f

any o f

h i s employees. '

The	i s s u e s a r e a s fol lows:-

ISSUES

As t o s.45D(1) and ( 2 )

( a )

Whether

persons ,

i n c o n c e r t w l th

each o t h e r ,

have engaged and a r e con t inu ing t o engage I n

conduct

t h a t

h i n d e r s

o r

p r e v e n t s

(1)

t h e

supply o f

goods

o r s e r v l c e s by

t h l r d person

t o a

c o r p o r a t l o n

o r

(ii)

t h e

a c q u l s l t l o n

o f

goods

o r s e r v l c e s

t h l r d person

from

c o r p o r a t i o n ;

(b)

Whether t h a t conduct

i s engaged i n f o r t h e

purpose

o r f o r purposes

t h a t l nc luded

t h e

purpose

o f

caus lng

s u b s t a n t i a l

l o s s o r damage

t h e

b u s i n e s s

o f

t h e

c o r p o r a t l o n ;

CL.\'

- 12 -

( C )

Whether

t h a t conduct would have o r be l i k e l y

t o have

t h 6 e f f e c t o f

caus ing substantial

l o s s

damage

t o

t h e

b u s i n e s s

t h e

c o r p o r a t i o n .

A s t o s.45D(lA)

and

( 2 )

( d )

Whether

pe r sons ,

i n c o n c e r t w i t h

each

o t h e r ,

have engaged and a r e con t inu ing t o engage,

i n

conduct f o r t h e purpose o r f o r purposes

t h a t

i n c l u d e

t h e purpose

p reven t ing

o r

s u b s t a n t l a l l y

hindering

t h i r d person

f r o n

engaging i n t r a d e o r commerce between Australia

and

p l a c e s

o u t s i d e A u s t r a l i a

o r among

t h e

S t a t e s ;

(i,,,f

(e)

Whether

t h a t conduct has o r i s l i k e l y t o have

t h e

e f f e c t of

p reven t ing

o r

s u b s t a n t l a l l y

h i n d e r i n g a

t h l r d person

from

engaging i n such

t r a d e

o r commerce.

A s t o s.45D(3) (b )	i n i t s application	t o bo th	s . r t S D ( 1 )
and 45D(lA)

( f )

Whether

t h e r e l e v a n t conduct

i s "engaged i n by

t h e

following

persons

i n c o n c e r t w l th

each

o t h e r

...

(and n o t

i n c o n c e r t w l th

any

o t h e r

person)

t h a t i s t o say -

(i) an organization o r organizations o f

employees,

o r an

o f f l c e r o r o f f l c e r s of

such

an o r g a n l z a t l o n ,

o r bo th

such

o r g a n l z a t l o n

o r

o r g a n l z a t l o n s

and

such

i n

o f f i c e r o r o f f i c e r s ;

and

(ii)an employee, o r two o r more employees who a

employed by one employer,";

and

(g )

Whether t h e domlnant purpose f o r which such

conduct i s engaged i n i s substantially

r e l a t e d

t o t h e

c o n d i t i o n s o f

employment

t h e employee,

o r o f

any o f

t h e employees,

r e f e r r e d t o i n

sub-paragraph

(li) above.

A s

t h l s

i s

a p p l i c a t i o n

f o r i n t e r l o c u t o r y

i n j u n c t i v e

r e l i e f

i s n o t

a p p r o p r i a t e

t o make

f l n a l

de t e rmina t ion o f

f a c t s i n i s s u e .

However,

t h e

a r e a o f

d i s p u t e

q u e s t i o n s o f

f a c t i s n o t

l a r g e

and

r e l a t e s

e s s e n t i a l l y t o t h e q u e s t i o n o f

t h e

purpose

o r purposes

f o r which

t h e "b lack ban"

was

imposed.

Also,

t h e r e h a s

been

e x t e n s i v e

i n v e s t l g a t l o n

t h e

f a c t s o v e r

pe r iod

o f

f o u r days including cross-examination o f most of

t h e

deponents who

have

sworn

a f f i d a v i t s .

Before

t u r n l n g

t o t h e questions

o f

law

i n t h e

c a s e	I	s h a l l	s t a t e t h e m a t e r i a l	f a c t s .
FACTS

have

s t a t e d e a r l l e r t he

g e n e r a l

n a t u r e

t h e

b u s i n e s s o f

t h e

a p p l i c a n t s .

The

Southern Cross

group i s

&LGL>

l a r g e .

I t s principal manufacturing

a r e a t

Toowoomba

bu t

t h e

s a l e s o f

i t s prod?lc ts a r e made

o v e r s e a s

and

throughout A u s t r a l i a .

There

a r e no

p r e c i s e

f i g u r e s

i n ev idence

a s

t o

t h e

t r a d i n g

r e c e i p t s

and

e x p e n d i t u r e

o f t h e Southern Cross groub o r any o f

i t s members;

b u t

t h e ev idence ,

i n g e n e r a l

t e r m s ,

i s

t h a t d u r i n g

t h e y e a r

ended 30 June,

1978 s a l e s by Toowoomba Foundry w e r e i n

(J 1 , i. L

J i S -

t h e o r d e r o f

twn

-ddJa+m

and

s a l e s by Machinery

-t

i n t h e o r d e r o f

m i l l l o n s o f

d o l l a r s .

The

p a i d

u r

c a p i t a l

3 , 2 ,

(!CC

o f

I n d u s t r i a l E n t e r p r i s e s

i s

about

6 i C

and t h a t o f Toowoomba Foundry about £

Industrial

Enterprises

p a l d

d iv idend du r lng t h e yea r

ended

-\	30 June5 1978 o f about $750,000.

Toowoornba Foundry commenced t o lmpor t "Century"

submers ib le motors and "Aermotors" submers ib le pumps

from

t h e U.S.A.

i n March 1978.

The import purchase va lue s i n c e

t h e

commencement

o f

lmpor t a t l on

i s a s

fo l lows: -

May

June

J u l y

August

September

October

November

December

Toowoomba

Foundry

has

l a r g e number

o f

o u t s t a n d i n g

o r d e r s f o r "Aermotors" pump

u n l t s .

The

assembled pump

u n l t s

a r e s o l d t o companies

w i t h i n

t h e Southern Cross

group and

s o l d throughout

A u s t r a l i a

and ove r seas .

The

principal

purchase r o f

t h e pump

u n l t s t o be assembled from "Century"

s u b m e r s i b l e m o t o r s

and

"Aermotors"

submersible

pumps

c u r r e n t l y h e l d on

t h e w h a h e s and

s u b j e c t t o t h e ban

i s

S o u t h e r n C r o s s Machinery

(Mayland)

P t y .

L t d . ,

( "Maylands" ) ,

company

i n c o r p o r a t e d

i n Wes te rn

A u s t r a l i a ,

b e l n g

w h o l l y

owned

s u b s i d i a r y o f

I n d u s t r i a l

E n t e r p r i s e s

and

b e i n g

t h e

p u r c h a s e r

o f

some

60% o f

t h e pump

u n i t s .

The

remaining

assembled pump

u n i t s w i l l b e s o l d t o o t h e r members

o f

t h e

S o u t h e r n

C r o s s

group.

The

peak

p e r l o d

f o r t h e p u r c h a s e

o f

s u b m e r s i b l e

pump

u n i t s i n Western

A u s t r a l i a

i s December

a n d J a n u a r y .

The

p u r c h a s i n g

p e r i o d

i s a l m o s t

ended

t h e end

o f

F e b r u a r y .

The

components c u r r e n t l y on

t h e wharves when

as sembled would

b e

s u f f i c i e n t t o p roduce

3 4 5

pump

u n l t s .

Toowoomba

Foundry

c u r r e n t l y h a s o r d e r s

f o r 217

pump

u n l t s ,

m o s t o f whlch

a r e orders

from Maylands.

The b a l a n c e o f

128

pump

u n i t s w i l l b e

sufficient

t o s u p p l y

t h e m a l o r i t y o f

o r d e r s f o r pump

u n l t s whlch

t h e g r o u p

a n t i c i p a t e s

f o r t h e

month

o f

F e b r u a r y

1979.

A f t e r F e b r u a r y

1979

t h e m a r k e t

s a l e s f a l l o f f

substantially.

The

t o t a l Z a c t o r y s e l l i n :

p r i c e o f

t h e 345 pump

u n i t s i s $126,000

and t h e r e t a l l

s e l l i n g p r i c e i s

$179,000.

The

pump

u n i t s are

u s e d

f o r w a t e r i n g and

i r r i g a t i o n p u r p o s e s

v a r i e t y o f

p e r s o n s

l n c l u d l n g

h o u s e h o l d e r s

i n Western

A u s t r a l i a ,

where

t h e r e

are

s e v e r e

water

r e s t r i c t i o n s d u r i n g t h e summer

months,

who

r e l y

t h e pup?

u n l t s

p r o v i d e

s n p p l c - e n t a r y

wa tex

s u p o l y

t o wate r

t h e i r gardens .

Toowoomba

Foundry

c l o s e d

i t s

p l a n t on Fr iday 2 2 December

and

reopens

t h e p l a n t on

January* 1979.

This i s t h e normal p e r i o d o f s h u t down

o v e r

t h e Christmas

h o l i d a y s

f o r Toowoomba

Foundry.

s a t i s f i e d t h a t u n l e s s t h e ban

i s l l f t e d

t h e o r d e r s f o r assembled pump

u n i t s w i l l be

l o s t .

Whi l s t

the

ban

o p e r a t e s on

t h e

lmported

component

p a r t s c u r r e n t l y

on t h e wharves, i n t h e market p l a c e

Toowoomba

Foundry

s u f f e r i n g p r e - ~ u d i c e

and

l o s i n g s a l e s .

I t u s u a l l y t a k e s about a week

f o r goods

t o be

d e l i v e r e d

t o t h e

Toowoomba

p l a n t

a f t e r t h e i r a r r i 7 ? a l or

t h e wharves,

about two weeks

f o r t h e pump

u n l t s t o b e

assembled

from

t h e t ime

t h e component

p a r t s

a r e r e c e l v e d

i n Toowoomba

and about a

f u r t h e r f i v e t o seven days t o

t r a n s p o r t

t h e assembled

pump

u n i t s

from

t h e Toowoomba

p l a n t t o Western Australia.

I t i s n o t c l e a r from

t h e ev ldence when

t h e

"Century" motors

c u r r e n t l y on

t h e wharves

a r r l v e d i n

Br isbane

s h i p o r when

t h e y were

p laced

i n t h e r e l e v a n t

f r e i g h t

s t a t l o n on

t h e wharves.

M r .

Wal ter

H a l l

i s t h e

General Manager and a D i r e c t o r o f Toowoomba Foundry and a

D i r e c t o r

o f

o t h e r members

o f

t h e Southern Cross

g r o b ~ . qe

gave ev idence on evidence c o n f l i c t s .

t h i s q u c s t i o n

a s d l d Y r .

Adse t t .

T h e i r

I t i s n o t neces sa ry

t o ana lyse

t h l s

c o n f l l c t and

r e s o l v e

i t

a s

s a t i s f l e d t h a t each w l t n e s s

s t a t e d what

b e l i e v e d

t o be

t h e t r u t h . and

i s

immater ia l

whether

t heUcen tu ry"moto r s a r r i v e d

i n

t h e

p o r t o f Brisbane

a s e a r l y a s 7

December o r a s l a t e a s

18 December,

t h i s be ing t h e a r e a o f

c o n f l i c t .

The

f a c t

t h a t t hey

a r e he ld

p r e s e n t l y i n t h e

shed on

t h e

wharves

t o whlch

have

r e f e r r e d and cannot p a s s i n t o

t h e hands of

Toowoomba

Foundry w h i l s t t h e ban

con t inues .

M r .

Spender o f

counse l f o r t h e respondent Bondlng

submi t ted

that,on

t h e

assumption

t h a t t h e " ~ e n t u r ~ " m o t o r s

d i d

n o t

a r r i v e

i n t h e

r e l e v a n t

p a r t

t h e p o r t

Br l sbanc

u n t i l 1 6 or

18 December

( i . e .

M r .

A d s e t t ' s

ev idence) , they

would

n o t have

reached

t h e T00~00mba p l a n t u n t i l a f t e r i t

had

s h u t down

f o r t h e Chris tmas break

and,

a s t h e p l a n t

would n o t reopen u n t i l 4	January 1979, t h e assembled PUT?
u n i t s would n o t conunence	be ing assembled and would n o t

reach Western

A u s t r a l i a

u n t i l

l a t e January

1979.

I f

M r .

A d s e t t ' s

ev ldence

is c o r r e c t then

t h e

submission

i s well-founded;

b u t what

i s m a t e r l a l

t h a t

i f t h e ban

i s l l f t e d

Toowoomba Foundry w l l l be

a b l e

t o r e c e l v e endeavours

t h e " ~ e n t u r ~ " m o t o r s

soon

and use i t s b e s t

t o f u l f i l t h e

o r d e r s

lodged wl th

b e f o r e

t h e

end

February

1979,when

o r d e r s s u b s t a n t i a l l y

f a l l o f f .

The

longe r

t h e

ban

c o n t i n u e s

t h e

b l e a k e r

become

t h e

p rospec t s

Toowoomba

Foundry

being

a b l e t o f u l f i l t h e

o r d e r s f o r pump

u n i t s lodged wl th it and,

l f t h e end of

February

a r r i v e s w l thou t

t h e

o r d e r s bc lng m e t ,

i s c l e a r

thaL To=;sljcnlba

FG~:>.:I-:.

;;.'l l c s c tl:c

orclerr,, ; > o s s ~ D ~ ! ~ ' ?:e

s u b j e c t t o c la ims

f o r damages

and

i n any

e v e n t damage

i t s b u s i n e s s reputation

a s it w l l l have

f a l l e d t o honour

i t s

c o n t r a c t u a l The c r a t e of screw pumps imported from t h e

o b l i g a t i o n s .

United Kingdom by Machinery

is a l s o c u r r e n t l y on

t h e

wharves

and s u b j e c t t o t h e ban.

The

screw pumps

a r e

r e q u i r e d

t o

f u l f i l

t h e

c o n t r a c t u a l

o b l i g a t i o n s

o f

Machinery to t h e Queensland Department of Works.

On 23 Marcht

1978 t h e Department o f IJorks

--l

accep ted a

t e n d e r from Machinery

i n t h e sum o f

$77,263

f o r t h e

i n s t a l l a t i o n o f

"sewerage

t r e a t m e n t works

augmentation"

a t t h e Wacol

P r i s o n .

The

c o n t r a c t t i m e

commenced on 23 Marchr

1978,

t h e t e r m of

t h e c o n t r a c t

i s s i x months d w i t h a maintenance p e r i o d of twelve

months. The screw pumps c u r r e n t l y on t h e wharves ar:d

s u b j e c t

t o t h e ban

a r e r e q u i r e d

f o r installation

i n

t h e

sewerage

t r e a t m e n t works.

The

screw pumps

a r e designed

to l i f t raw sewerage i n t o t h e commencement of

t h e seweraqe

t r e a t m e n t system.

than one extension

t i n e f o r

completron

t h e c o n t r a c t has been

g ran ted

t o Machinery

due t o d e l a y i n t h e despa tch o f

screw pumps

from

t h e

United Kingdom.

Temporary pumps have been installed by

Machinery u n t i l t h e proper screw pumps have been

i n s t a l l e d ;

b u t

t h e temporary

p m p s do

n o t

func t ion

a s

we l l

a s t h e screw pumps

and

t h e r e i s some

e l e c t r i c a l

difficulty

w i t h them.

7 November

1978 Machinery r e q u e s t e d a

5 ..

f u r t h e r ex t ens ion

o f

t lme

f o r completion

u n t l l

November

1978;

b u t no

r e p l y h a s been

r e c e i v e d t o

t h e

r e q u e s t .

U n t i l

t h e

impos l t l on o f

t h e

"b lack

ban"

t h e

d e l a y under

t h e c o n t r a c t w l th

t h e Department

Works

was

due

t o d e l a y s i n despa tch o f

t h e screw pumps

from t h e

United Kingdom

and had no th ing t o do w l t h t h e Queensland

union.

However,

t b e screw pumps have a r r l v e d and a r e on

t h e wharves.

Due

t o t h e impos i t i on o f

t h e ban Machinery

i s exposed

t o t h e p o s s l b l l l t y o f

t h e Department

enforcing

t h e

l i q u i d a t e d

damages

c l a u s e i n t h e

c o n t r a c t .,,,hlch

nominates

l i q u i d a t e d damages

o f

$400

f o r every week

o r p a r t t he reo f

o f

d e l a y .

Machinery

i s a b l e t o l n s t a l l t h e pumps

a s soon

a s they

a r e r e l e a s e d

from

t h e wharves.

t u r n now

t o t h e e v e n t s which

l e d t o t h e

imposition of

t h e ban by

t h e Queensland unlon.

I n 1 9 7 4

t h e r e was

d i s p u t e between

t h e Queensland unlon

and

Toowoornba Foundry.

The dls ,u te

was

s e t t l e d , and a t e r n of

t h e s e t t l e m e n t was

t h a t Toowoonba

Foundry would

recommend

t o a l l i t s employees w l t h i n

t h e

amblt

o f

t h e

l n d u s t r l a l

award

t o which t h e Queensland union was

p a r t y t h a t t hey

j o i n t h a t union? a l l f u t u r e employees w l t h i n

and t h a t Toowoomba Foundry would

r c q u l r e

t h e amblt o f

t h a t award,

a s a

c o n d l t l o n of	t h e l r belng	employed,	t o l o l n t h e Ouecnsland
union.

"Black bans" were lmposed by t h e Queensland unlon

and,

soon

a f t e r t h e i r impbs i t i on ,

Toowoomba

Foundry

e n t e r e d

i n t o d i s c u s s i o n s w i th

t h e Queensland union,

and

i n due

course

t h e

s e t t l e m e n t

emerged.

l a t e r d i s p u t e a r o s e between

Toowoomba

Foundry

and t h e Federa ted I r o n Workers'

Unlon.

Storemen and

packers be ing members o f t h e Queensland union who were

6 <-4t,LL&l

employed by Toowoomba Foundry,sald

t o t he lun ion t h a t t hey

( P - ~ J

were n o t satis-

t o work

a l o n g s i d e o M r people who

were

n o t members

o f

t h e Federa ted I r o n Workers'

Union.

Bans

were imposed by t h e Queensland union, b u t were removed once a l l persons who had n o t jo ined t h e Federa ted I r o n

Workers'

Union,

b u t were e l l g i b l e t o do s o , had

i n f a c t

jo ined .

The bans were imposed f o r less Chan 24 hours.

There was a

subsequent d l s p u t e between Toowoomba

Foundry and t h e Federa ted Clerks Unlon

o f Employees

( C e n t r a l and

Southern

Div is ion

Queens land) .

The

d i s p u t e

was

s e t t l e d aga in

a f t e r t h e

imposition

o f bans ,

t h e b a s l s

o f

t h e

s e t t l e m e n t be ing

s u b s t a n t i a l l y

i t was

i n 1974

i n

t h e

d i s p u t e w i th

t h e

Queensland unlon.

l a t e r d l s p u t e a r o s e between

technical

and

d r a f t l n g employees of

Toowoomba

Foundry and A.A.E.S .D.A.

Agaln

t h e d i s p u t e was

so lved i n much

t h e same way

a s t h e

f i r s t d i s p u t e w i th

t h e Queensland union

had been

so lved .

Since

t h e

r e s o l u t i o n

o f

t h e s e

d i s p u t e s

t h e

Southern Cross group has recommended t o a l l employees

whose c a l l i n g is covered by an industrial award and who

were

employed

a t t h e t i m e o f

t h e

r e s o l u t i o n

o f

t h e

p a r t i c u l a r

d l s p u t e ,

t h a t

t hey

j o i n

t h e

r e l e v a n t

union.

The

Southern

Cross group has

a l s o r e q u i r e d ,

a s a

condition

of employment o f i n d u s t r i a l

f u t u r e employees w i t h l n t h e ambit o f

award,

t h a t

they

j o i n

t h e

r e l e v a n t unlon.

Toovroomba Foundry employs a number of draughtsmen,

foremen and supervisors.

The working c o n d l t l o n s and

i n d u s t r i a l

a f f a i r s o f

draughtsmen

and

c e r t a l n

technical

o f f i c e r s a r e r e g u l a t e d by

P a r t

t h e award.

Toowoomba

Foundry employs

some

35 draughtsmen and

t e c h n i c a l o f f i c e r s

who a r e covered by P a r t I1 of t h e award and a l l o f whom

a r e

members o f A.A.E.S.D.A.

Toowoomba Foundry employs 2 3 forerncn

- .

t, U

I-:. .

and s u p e r v i s o r s who i t s i n t r o d u c t i o n on 4

a r e covered by

P a r t V

o f

t h e award,a*

August,

1978.

The Southern Cross

group has n o t recom?cndcd t o t h e s e employees

( fore-en

and

s u p e r v i s o r s )

t h a t t hey

j o i n

A.A.E.S.D.A.

M r .

Ha l l

s a l 2 i n

ev idence t h a t i n h l s view a recommendation

by Toowoonba

Foundry t o join

a union would be t r e a t e d by

t h e employee a s

b+nv- m-

instruction.

H e s a i d t h a t in

+h-

7 ;

-L-

IF - - . -

F e m d q = ,

foremen

and

s u p e r v i s o r s had

never

been

r e q u r r e d / t o

K ,-

j o i n

union

a n d y h e r e

never

was

any

q u e s t l o n

b e f o r e

August

1978 o f t h e i r be lng covered by an award. He s a l d t h a t he regarded such employees a s p a r t o f management and t h a t i n t hose c l rc? ; r . s~c~nc~!s , 2lt:1312;-1 t h f So~tFlel-n Crcss c;roc? !h;iZ

honoured

t h e

s e t t l e m e n t i n r e l a t i o n

t o o t h e r

employees,

d l d n o t r ega rd

l t s e l f a s be ing bound

t o apply t h e terms

o f

t h e e a r l l e r s e t t l e m e n t

i n r e l a t l o n

t o people

such

a s

foremen

and Represen ta t ions were made

s u p e r v i s o r s .

t o M r .

Bondlng a s

Branch

S e c r e t a r y o f

t h e Queensland Branch

o f

A.A.E.S.D.A.

by members of union membership and conditions o f employment a t t h e

o f

A.A.E.S.D.A.

concerning

t h e p o s s l b l e

e r o s i o n

p l a n t o f

Toowoomba

Foundry.

A s a

consequence o f

t h o s e

r e p r e s e n t a t l o n s

t h e r e

were

d i s c u s s i o n s

between

M r .

Ha l lL

as General Manager

o f

Toowoomba Foundry,

M r .

V l c t o r N a a ~ a n

4 c

t h e

I n d u s t r i a l Personne l

O f f i c e r o f

Toowoomba

Foundry,

and

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

the S t a t e Organizer o f

t h e Queensland

Branch o f A.A.E.S.D.A.

A t one p w u i G discussion on

30 MayC-1978

between

t h o s e gentlemen,

M r .

H a l l t o l d

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

t h a t ,

s o f a r a s Toowoomba

Foundry was

c o n c e r ~ e 5 ,

it remalned becoming members

n e u t r a l on

t h e q u e s t l o n o f

foremen

and

s u p e r v i s o r s

o f

A.A.E.S.D.A.

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

s a i d t h a t i f

t h e m a t t e r was

n o t

r e so lved

he would

have

t o n o t i f y

t h e

Queensland Trades

and

Labour

Councll

t h a t a

d l s p u t e e x l s t c d .

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

asked idr.

H a l l

i f he

( F o r r e s t e r )

cou ld

speak t o t h e men.

M r .

Ha l l t o l d him

t h a t t h e company

had

no o b j e c t i o n t o M r . d i s c u s s union

F o r r e s t e r ' s

add res s ing

t h e men

t o

membership.

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

d l d add res s

t h e

men

and, a t t h e meetlng wl th t h e men,

application forms

f o r membership of

t h e unlon were d i s t r i b u t e d and a nwnber

foremen and s u p e r v i s o r s took them.

such forms have

been r e t u r n e d t h e union under P a r t TT of	from any	of	t h o s e e l i g i b l e t o be members	o f
t h e award.

J u l y F 1978 M r .

F o r r e s t e r spoke t o M r .

H a l l

te lephone .

M r .

F o r r e s t e r s a i d t h l t he w i s r i n g i n g

about

t h e men

who

had n o t

jo ined

t h e union.

M r .

H a l l

r e p e a t e d

t o M r .

F o r r e s t e r t h a t Toowoomba

Foundry

"would

n o t l e a n on

people

t o j o i n

n o r would

t h e company

discourage

them

from

j o i n i n g

t h e union".

M r .

H a l l

s a i d t h a t it was

M r .

F o r r e s t e r ' s

job

t o e n r o l t h e members

n o t

t h a t of

Toowoomba

Foundry.

M r .

F o r r e s t e r s a i d t h a t h e looked

forward

t o r e c e i v i n g M r .

H a l l ' s

co-operat ion

i n ach iev ing

c l o s e d

shop

i n t h e o f f i c e w l th

c l e r l c a l s t a f f .

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

s a i d t h a t he

d i d n o t want

t o have

t o a s k

f o r a s s i s t a n c e

from

o t h e r unions

t o ach ieve

h l s membership.

M r .

H a l l asked M r .

F o r r e s t e r whether

h e was

t h r e a t e n i n g

him.

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

s a i d he

was

n o t

t h r e a t e n i n g

" t h a t i f

you

t h r e a t e n e d people

i n Toowoomba

you

ended up

i n c o u r t " .

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

concluded

t h e conve r sa t ion

say lng t h a t

people had t o l d him t h a t i f Toowoomba Foundry asked employees

to j o i n t h e union

they would do so .

29 August

1978 M r . Bonding wrote a l e t t e r t o

-4

M r .

Nauman

i n which he

s a i d ,

amongst o t h e r t h ings : -

" I t i s t h e

i n t e n t i o n

o f

t h e

Assoc i a t i on

t o

send t h i s m a t t e r of

t h e breakdown

i n f u l l

membership a t your Cornpany t o t h e Trades and

Labor

Counci l o f

Queensland t o e l i c i t t h e i r

suppor t ? ?

c o r r s c t i n a t%.t situation.

However

b e f o r e

c a l l i n g

any

p o s i t i v e

s u p p o r t w e

t h i n k

it would

appkopr i a t e t o a g a i n v i s l t your

Company,

a s t h e new Metal

I n d u s t r y Foremen and

Supe rv i so r s Award

i s now

f a c t . "

15 Septemberf

1978 M r .

Bonding wro te a l e t t e r

t o t h e P r e s i d e n t o f

t h e Queensland Trades

and

Labour

Counci l

i n which

h e

s a i d ,

amongst

o t h e r

th ings : -

"On

t h e Toowoomba a s pre-arranged

1 3 t h September

1978 John

F o r r e s t e r v i s i t e d

t o speak t o t h e twenty-

t h r e e ( 2 3 ) non-members

employed by Toowoomba

Foundry.

Thls Inc luded t h e twenty

( 2 0 )

foremen

and

s u p e r v i s o r s who

now

come

w i t h l n

t h e scope o f

P a r t V

t h e Metal Trades Award.

The

meet ing was

t o t a l l y unsucces s fu l

and on ly s l x

( 6 ) o f

t h e foremen a t t e n d e d ;

none of whom

showed

any

i n c l i n a t i o n t o j o i n

t h e Assoc i a t i on .

Two

( 2 )

o f

t h e o t h e r

t h r e e

( 3 )

persons

a t t e n d e d

s e p a r a t e

discussion

b u t

n e i t h e r

jo ined.

John

F o r r e s t e r

exp la ined

t h e

s i t u a t i o n

aga in

t o

Vic Nauman,

t h e Company's

Personnel O f f i c e r , and

adv i sed

t h a t u n l e s s

t h l s m a t t e r was

s e t t l e d by

F r iday

15 September

1978 t h e m a t t e r would

r e f e r r e d

t o t h e Queensland Trades

and

Labor

Counci l .

such

s e t t l e m e n t

has

t aken

p l a c e .

W e would

appreciate

your

a s s i s t a n c e

i n t h l s n a t t e r .

f e e l it i s one o f

importance n o t on ly t o t h l s

Assoc i a t i on

b u t

t o t h e whole

q u e s t l o n

c l o s e e

shop unionism, c u r r e n t l y s o much i n t h e news. Without i n any way wishlng t o anticipate what

a c t i o n t h e Councll may

wlsh

t o t a k e I

now

would

s u g g e s t

t h a t

t h e

a s s i s t a n c e

o f

t h e

Comblned

Water f ron t

Unlons

i n t h i s m a t t e r

could be

va lue .

..."

A f t e r a

copy of

t h i s le t ter had been

adml t ted

wi thou t

o b j e c t i o n

l n t o ev ldence

a t t empt was

made

, , by

..-fAA-L t

counse l f o r M r .

Bondlng

t o establish

t h a t t h e -had

--- -

- -- . ---

id b - c -

been w

wi thou t

t h e

a u t h o r i t y o f

A.A.E.S.D.A.

from a copy he ld by A.A.C.S.D.A.

l n i t s premlses i n Ann

S t r e e t Brisbane.

The

a t t e m p t

f a i l e d ,

a s t h e

ev idence

adduced

f e l l f a r s h o r t o f what would be

r e q u l r c d

t o reach

p o s i t i v e

f i n d l n g t h a t t h e

copy

l e t t e r a c h l t t e d i n t o

ev idence was

i n some

way

o b t a i n e d o r cop ied w l t h o u t

- di

a u t h o r i t y o f

A.A.E.S.D.A.

19 0c toberc1978

M r .

H a l l

r e c e i v e d

t e lephone

c a l l from M r .

Zaphi r ,

an o r g a n i z e r o f

t h e Queensland union.

M r .

Zaphir

s a l d t h a t t h e d i s p u t e ove r membership

w l t h

A.A.E.S.D.A.

had been

r e f e r r e d t o t h e Trades and Labour

Counci l ,

t h a t t h e Queensland union

had

t o c o n s i d e r what

should do

i n r e l a t l o n

t o t h e d i s p u t e ,

t h a t he

hoped

Toowoomba

Foundry and M r .

Zaphlr

could s o r t t h e m a t t e r o u t

b e f o r e it

"blew up".

M r .

H a l l t o l d M r

Zaphir

t h a t

4 Toowoomba Foundry could do no more than it had b u t t h a t he

( M r .

H a l l )

would

t h i n k

about what M r .

Zaphir

s a i d .

24 October

1978 M r .

Zaphir r a ~ l c

!4r.

H a l l .

M r .

Zaphir asked what d e c l s l o n Toowoomba Foundry had come

to.

M r .

H a l l s a l d

t h a t Toowoomba Foundry thought lt

i n a p p r o p r i a t e t o be

t a l k i n g

t o M r .

Zaphlr .

M r .

H a l l

s a l d

t h a t i f t h e r e was any d l s p u t e it was

between

Toowoomba

Foundry

and

A.A .E .S .D .A . ,

n o t

t h e Queensland unlon.

M r .

Zaphir

s a i d t h a t h e was

on t h e Disputes Committee

o f t h e

Trades

and

Labour Councl l and

t h e m a t t e r had been

r e f e r r e d

t o t h a t Comrnlttee.

dc s a i d t h a t he was

hoping t o r e s o l v e

t h e m a t t e r .

M r .

H a l l

r epea t ed

t h a t he

would

n o t

t a l k

t o

him.

Soon

a f t e r t h e te lephone

c a l l and on t h e same

day,

M r . Ha l l r cce lved a te1e:)hone c211 from Mr.

Bozslng :iho

t o l d hlm t h a t M r .

Zaphlr had confirmed

t h e terms of

t h e

e a r l i e r conve r sa t ion

t h a t day between

Y r .

Zaphlr

and

M r .

H a l l .

M r .

Bonding asked what

cou ld be done t o r e s o l v e

t h e matter.

M r .

H a l l t o l d hlm

t h a t he and Toowoomba

Foundry

could

no th ing

f u r t h e r .

M r .

H a l l

s a l d t h a t

eve ry o p p o r t u n i t y had

been

g iven

t o speak

t o employees

o f

Toowoomba

Foundry and

t h e company would n e l t h e r r e s t r a i n

n o r coe rce i t s employees

t o ]o ln

t h e unlon.

Y r .

Bondlng

s a i d t h a t :ie

was

n o t a sk ing M r .

H a l l t o coe rce anyone b u t

r a t h e r

t o s u g g e s t t o employees

t h a t it would

i n t h e l r

i n t e r e s t t o j o i n

t h e union.

M r .

H a l l ended

t h e conversation

by say ing "we can do no th lng more".

some

d a t e ,

undef ined

i n t h e ev ldence b u t

probably i n October 1978, t h e r e was a meet lng of

t h e Trades

and

Labour

Counci l

I n

Br l sbane

c a l l e d

t o d i s c u s s

t h e

d i s p u t e

ove r

t h e q u e s t i o n o f

union membership

a t t h e

Toowoonba

Foundry.

M r .

Bonding

a t t e n d e d t h e meet ing;

b u t Y r .

Adse t t

and M r .

N ico l ,

t h e Sec re t a ry /Treasu re r

o f

t h e Queensland

union,

d l d n o t a t t e n d .

I f

t h e r e a r e any minutes o f

t h e

meet lng

they

a r e n o t

i n evldence.

The

on ly d i r e c t ev ldence

o f what transpired

1s t h e ev ldence glven by M r .

Sondlng.

M r .

Nicol

gave

ev ldence a s t o c e r t a l n o f

t h e m a t t e r s whlch

he unders tood were w a s based on what he had been t o l d by o t h e r s .

dec lded a t t h e meet ing b u t h i s ev ldence

I p r e f e r t o

a c c e p t t h e ev idence of

M r .

Bonding

because he was

p r e s e n t

a t t h e meet ing and M r .

Nlcol

was

n o t .

M r .

Bonding

s a i d

t h a t assistance was

sought by h i s unlon from t h e Trades and

Labour Councl l , =IIJ t h a t 111 h l s v1e.n. t h a t a s s i s t ~ n c - : cr;,.:l:l have been provided i n a number o f ways, one way be lng t h a t

members o f a r e l e v a n t union could have o b l e c t e d t o working

w i t h non-members;

a n o t h e r way

was

t h e imposition

bans.

H e s a i d t h a t when

h e asked

f o r a s s i s t a n c e

d i d n o t

necessarily have i n mind t h a t a ban might r e s u l t ;

b u t

it was

one o f

t h e p r o b a b i l i t i e s

t h a t i n h i s mind

cou ld

e v e n t u a t e .

F ive

t o t e n

people w e r e p r e s e n t

a t t h e meet ing

r e p r e s e n t i n g

A . A . E . S . D . A . ,

t h e

Waters ide

Workers'

Federation

o f

A u s t r a l i a ,

t h e

Seamen's

Union

o f

A u s t r a l l a ,

t h e Analganated

Metal Workers

and Sh lpwr lgh t s '

Unlon

A u s t r a l l a ,

t h e

Federa ted C l e r k s '

Union,

and

t h e Queensland union.

M r .

Bonding

s a l d i n ev idence

t h a t t h e

a s s l s t a n c c

he wanted

and needed was

t h e a s s i s t a n c e t h a t cou ld have

s o r e

e f f e c t on

t h e b u s l n e s s

o f

Toowoomba

Foundry.

M r .

Bondlng

s a i d t h a t he

d l d n o t remember who

sugges ted

t h e

impos i t i on o f

t h e

"b lack

ban" ,

b u t

t h a t t h e

o n l y m a t t e r he

r e c a l l s havlng been

mentioned

a s t h e a s s l s t a ~ c r

t h a t might be

provlded was

t h e impos l t l on o f

"b l ack ban".

H e s a i d t h a t t hose

p r e s e n t

thought

it was

p o s s i b l e

s o l u t ~ o c

t o t h e problem

t o lmpose

"b lack ban".

H e s a i d t h a t t h e

r e s o l u t i o n of

a l l persons

p r e s e n t

a t t h e meetlng was

t h a t a

"b lack ban" be imposed by t h e Queensland unlon,

t h a t t h e

resolution

d i d n o t c a l l on

any o t h e r union t o lmpose a

"b l ack ban" on t h e movement of goods o f Toowoomba Foundry;

b u t

t h e

r e s o l u t i o n

" b a s i c a l l y meant

t h a t

t h e r e would

bans

imposed

t h e movement

o f

p roduc t s

down

t h e w a t e r f r o n t "

by	t h e Queensland union on ly .

1 December,,

1978 M r .

F o r r e s t e r wrote a

l e t t e r

-L

t o M r .

H.A.

G r i f f l t h , Managing

D l r e c t o r o f

Toowoomba

Foundry

and

t h e Managing

D i r e c t o r

o f

I n d u s t r i a l

E n t e r p r i s e s ,

rev iewing p a r t o f

t h e

h i s t o r ~ r

o f

t h e d i s p u t e

and

a sk lng

f o r

t h e p e r s o n a l

i n t e r v e n t i o n

o f

M r .

G r i f f l t h

i n t h e m a t t e r .

The

le t te r

says: -

"We are happy as s t a t e d previously,

t o work wl th

your company t o e s t a b l i s h 100% membership

over

p e r l o d o f

s e v e r a l months

amongst

eligible

persons

p r o g r e s s i v e

b a s i s

d e a l l n g wl th

t h e

more difficult c a s e s l a s t , and i n

isolation."

The	l e t t e r says: -

"Without i n any way wlshlng t o make admlss lons

because o f

t h e p r e s e n t l e g a l s l t u a t l o n I

~ u s t

inform you

t h a t a s ~ t u a t l o n

IS developing

r a p i d l y where

t h e r e

could

s e r l o u s

c o n f l l c t

n o t on ly Queensland t r a d e union movement."

w i th

A.A .E .S .D .A .

b u t

wl th

t h e

The "b lack ban" was imposed on 7 Decembere 1978

and

i s con t inu ing

t o o p e r a t e .

Wlthout

i n t e r v e n t i o n of

t h e

Cour t it

i s c l e a r t h a t t h e ban

w l l l con t lnue u n l e s s

and

u n t i l

t h e group a g r e e s

t o l end

i t s a l d t o t h e principle

o f

100% membership of

unlons

i n r e s p e c t of

a l l employees

covered by awards and employed by t h e Southern Cross group,

a t l e a s t s o

f a r a s t h a t p r l n c l p l e

a p p l l e s

t o t h e

2 3 employees

t h e

s u b j e c t

o f On 7 December51978 a representative of Jacksons

t h e

p r e s e n t

d i s p u t e .

rang Toowoomba Foundry and s a l d t h a t a "b lack ban" had Seen

-7

imposed by " t h e Storemen and Packers ' Unlon" on movenent

qoods

f o r o r on S c h a l i o f Toow30mSa

Tounclry.

~t 9.00

a . m .

1 2 December

1 9 7 8 M r .

H a l l

te lephoned M r .

Zaphlr .

s a i d t o M r .

Zaphir t h a t he was

r i n g i n g t o ask about t h e

"b lack ban"

Imposed by

t h e union

t h e hand l ing o f goods on beha l f

o f t h e members

o f

t h e

Southern Cross group.

M r .

Zaphlr

s a i d t h a t he should speak

t o M r .

Nicol who was now

i n charge of

t h e m a t t e r .

The c a l l

was

t r a n s f e r r e d t o M r .

Nicol .

M r .

H a l l explained

t o

M r .

Nicol

t h a t he was

r i n g i n g on b e h a l f

o f

t h e Southern Cross

group about

t h e

"b lack ban".

M r .

Nicol

s a i d he

would

n o t t a l k

t o M r .

H a l l ove r t h e phone.

M r .

H a l l

s a i d he wanted

t o

d i s c u s s t h e m a t t e r

and

asked him

i f it was

t r u e t h a t t h e

"Federa ted Storemen

and

P a c ~ e r s ' Unlon

o f

A u s t r a l l a "

had

p laced a "b lack ban" on t h e movement of a l l goods on beha l f

o f

t h e Southern Cross group.

M r .

Nicol

s a i d t h a t a

"b lack

ban" had been imposed.

M r . H a l l asked him why l t had been

imposed+as

t h e companies

were n o t i n d i s p u t e w l t h

t h e

"Federa ted Storernen

and

Packers '

Unlon

A u s t r a l l a " .

M r .

Nicol s a l d t h a t he

( H a l l ) knew what it was about .

asked M r .

N ico l how

long t h e "b lack ban" would l a s t t o

which t h e r e p l y was

t h a t it was

n o t up t o "The Federated

Storemen and Packe r s '

Union

A u s t r a l i a . " M r .

H a l l asked

M r .

N ico l who had Imposed t h e ban and was to ld : -

"It was

imposed by f l v e un lons , Waterside Workers'

Fede ra t ion

o f

A u s t r a l l a ,

Seamen's

Union

o f

A u s t r a l l a ,

Amalgamated Metal Workers'

and

Sh ipwr igh t s '

Unlon

o f

A u s t r a l i a ,

some

C l e r k s '

Union

( M r .

H a l l

d l d n o t

c a t c h

t h e

name

c l e a r l y )

and "The Storemen and Packers ' Union". "

M r .

H a l l asked M r .

Nicol when

t h e "b l ack ban" was

imposed.

M r .

H a l l s a i d t h a t t h e

f i r s t "we"

hea rd o f

it was

when

o u r

c l e a r i n g a g e n t s rang

Thursday and

t o l d us

o f

t h e

"b lack

ban".

M r .

N ico l

s a i d t h a t he

thought

it was

imposed

b e f o r e

Thursday.

M r .

H a l l asked M r .

N lco l i f h i s members

had been

i n s t r u c t e d n o t

t o move

any

goods

and was

t o l d "yes" .

M r .

H a l l

asked who t h e ban w a s imposed on and was t o l d "lt was Imposed

on Toowoomba a s s o c i a t e d company - Machinery - a l s o

Foundry

P ty .

L td ." .

M r .

I I a l l

s a i d t h a t an

\..q,. (-h,

c -

-L#. .

k-W

a s

t h e

--l

company

could n o t g e t some

o f

i t s goods o f f

t h e wharf .

asked M r .

Nicol

whether

t h e ban

a p p l i e d t o e x p o r t s

a s w e l l

a s impor t s .

was

t o l d it was

n o t on e x p o r t s ,

"Mr.

Nlcol

thought" ,

a s t h e m a t t e r was

n o t

s e r i o u s enough

a t t h a t s t a g e

t o war ran t

a ban

expor t s .

M r .

N ico l

s a i d he

thought

t h e

ban was conf ined t o Toowoomba Foundry and t h a t h i s unlon was

n o t

i n d l s p u t e w i t h

and

acco rd ing ly would

n o t wish

t o t a k e

such

s e r l o u s

s t e p i n r e l a t l o n

t o e x p o r t s .

M r .

H a l l

asked

him

i f he

r e a l i s e d t h a t t h e ban

was

c o s t l n g Toowoomba

Foundry

and o t h e r companies

i n t h e Southern Cross group a

1-ot o f

money.

Th l s was n o t answered,

b u t Y r .

Nlcol

asked how many

people a t Toowoomba

Foundry were

lnvolved i n t h e d l s p u t e .

M r .

H a l l s a l d about 2 4

o r 25 .

M r .

Nlcol

asked

i f Y r .

H a l l

had spoken t o them.

M r .

H a l l s a i d "I had

n o t and

t h a t i t

would be

improper

f o r me

t o t a l k t o employees

about m a t t e r s

which we

regarded

a s pe r sona l

t o them".

M r .

H a l l asked

M r .

Nicol

i f he was

S t a t e S e c r e t a r y and he

s a l d "yes" .

!{c askL+ :!r. ? :~c- . -

:.??t!lrr h e h?:;

s ~ o k e n

t o Yr.

:crrcs:cr

o r M r .

Rondlng about t h e m a t t e r and was

t o l d t h a t he had

no t .

H e asked M r .

N ico l whether M r .

Zaphlr had spoken t o them.

M r .

H a l l

s a i d t h a t he

cou id h e a r M r .

Nlcol

a s k i n g M r .

Zaphir ,

and M r .

Nicol

then s a l d t o him t h a t M r .

Zaphlr had spoken t o

them about t h e m a t t e r about f o u r weeks ago.

asked

M r .

Nicol

"wha t ' s

t h e s c o r e now?"

M r .

Nlcol

s a l d " l t was

n o t up t o t h e Federa ted Storemen and Packers '

Unlon o f

A u s t r a l i a " .

M r .

N ico l

s a i d

"we

should

r l n g

F o r r e s t e r

a s

he was

t h e man

t o t a l k t o " .

Y r .

H a l l s a l d he would

d e f i n i t e l y have

t o t a l k t o M r .

F o r r e s t e r and

M r .

Bondlng

and asked M r .

Nicol was

it t h e p o s i t l o n

a t t h i s s t a g e t h a t

t h e b a r s were on and were go lng t o s t a y on

and M r .

Nlcol

s a i d

"yes

they

a r e " .

L a t e r

t h a t mornlng

Y r .

H a l l

had

c o . ~ v e r s a t l o n

w i t h M r .

Adse t t .

Amongst

o t h e r t h l n g s

d i s c u s s e d ,

M r .

Adse t t

s a i d t h a t s o f a r a s he was

concerned he

had been

i n s t r u c t e d

" t o p u t a ban on t h e movement o f a l l goods on beha l f o f Toowoornba Foundry, Southern Cross and any o t h e r company

t h a t i s a

s u b s i d i a r y t o yours .

A s

f a r a s I

concerned

what t h e ban and a p p l i e s a t any o t h e r p o r t . "

a p p l i e s t o i s eve ry th ing ,

impor t s

and

e x p o r t s

Yr.

H a l l s a l d " s o f a r a s

y o u ' r e

concerned w e

c a n ' t

g e t any th lng

through".

M r .

Adse t t

s a i d " t h a t ' s

r l g h t mate".

M r .

H a l l

s a i d "we l l how

long

is it

going t o l a s t " .

M r .

Adse t t

s a l d "wel l

t h a t depends on how

long it i s going t o t a k e you

t o t a l k t o my

union about t h e

membership up a t Toowoomba Foundry.

I ' l l p u t it t o you from

p o l n t of

n e w ,

I am

a d e l e g a t e on t h e job,

I pay $80 a

yea r i n unlon fec-S.

I d o n ' t bccruclye ~ t .

Unlons lnlrJr-o:74>

c o n d i t i o n s

f o r members

and why

should people be

bloody

p a r a s i t e s on my

back

and o t h e r members."

M r .

H a l l

s a i d

" w e l l a c t u a l l y what long h a s it been on.

r i n g l n g abou t i s t h e ban.

How

W e hea rd about it on Thursday

( i . e .

7 December)."

M r . Adse t t "I d o n ' t know,

it was on when I

came back

from h o l i d a y s and t h a t was t h e middle of November".

M r .

H a l l

s a l d

"I see,

w e l l y o u ' r e

t h e d e l e g a t e of

t h e

Federa ted

Storemen

and Packers '

Unlon

o f A u s t r a l l a employed

by t h e Br l sbane Wharves and Wool

Dumping Pty.

Ltd ."

Y r .

Adse t t

s a i d

"yes" .

M r .

H a l l

s a l d "anyway

a s

f a r a s y o u ' r e

concerned i t i s a t o t a l ban

u s ,

Foundry and

a s s o c i a t e d

Southern Cross companies

and t h a t a p p l i e s t o Imports

and

a l s o t o e x p o r t s " .

M r .

A d s e t t

s a i d

"yes" .

M r .

H a l l

s a l d

"we l l it i s c o s t i n g us

l o t o f

money

d o n ' t you

know".

M r .

Adse t t s a l d "we l l why

d o n ' t you

and

t a l k t o t h e unlon

mate".

M r .

H a l l

s a l d

"which

unlon?"

X r .

Adse t t

s a l d

" t h e

Storemen and Packers '

Union,

t h a t ' s

t h e on ly one

I ' m l n t c r e s t e d

i n " .

M r .

H a l l

s a l d

"what

about

t h e Association

o f

A r c h l t c c t s

Engineers Surveyors Draughtsmen o f Australia,

h a v e n ' t

you

heard

about

t h a t " .

M r .

Adse t t

s a l d

"no

h a v e n ' t

heard

anyth ing

about

t h a t " .

The account o f t h e conversation between !Jr.

H a l l and

M r .

Nicol which I have s e t o u t above i s t h e account glven i n

ev idence by

H r .

Ha l l .

M r .

Nicol

s a l d t h a t t o t h e b e s t of

h l s

recollection

t h a t account was

c o r r e c t ;

b u t t h a t he

s a l d ,

t o

t h e b e s t

h i s r e c o l l e c t i o n ,

i n a d d i t l o n

" t h a t t h e

bans

were

~mpossii ?.t the rt,,:?r,t ot' tn:? TrLld?s

1,dbocr Co:lrc:l,

through Trades and Labonr Counci l , and &-i--t

1s t h e on ly way

t h a t we

came

i n t o t h e s i t u a t i o n where bans had been

imposed."

M r .

Adse t t

d l d n o t deny

t h e accuracy o f

t h e

conve r sa t ion wi th hlm

r e l a t e d by

M r .

H a l l .

A l s o on t h e morning o f 12 Decembe+l978

M r .

H a l l

had

conve r sa t ion

ove r

t h e

te lephone

w i t h

M r .

Bondlng.

s a i d t o M r .

Bonding amongst o t h e r

t h i n g s t h a t he had been

t o l d by M r .

Nicol

and M r .

Adse t t

t h a t a "black ban"had been imposed "by t h e Storemen and Packers ' Union". M r . Bondlng s a d "yes t h a t ' s r i g h t " .

M r .

H a l l s a i d "we l l it happened

t o Toowoomba Foundry and

a l s o t o o u r

a s s o c i a t e d

company

i n Br l sbane ,

Southern

Cross Machinery

(Br l sbane) P ty .

L td . ,

and Southern Cross

Development Pty .

Ltd.

and

it a p p l i e d t o bo th

impor t s and

e x p o r t s " .

N r .

Bonding

s a i d

" t h a t ' s

r i g h t " .

M r .

Ha l l

s a i d t o M r .

Bondlng

"Mr.

Nlcol

adv ised me

t h a t t h e Trades

and	Labour Counci l have r eques t ed a number of un lons .

including t h e Federa ted Storemen and Packers '

Unlon of

Australia,

t o apply t h e ban and t h a t I should t a l k t o

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

about

t h e ban.

You're

t h e S t a t e S e c r e t a r y

o f

t h e Assoc i a t i on

A r c h i t e c t s

Engineers

Surveyors

and

Draughtsmen

A u s t r a l i a " .

M r .

Bonding

s a i d

"yes t h a t ' s

r i g h t " .

M r .

H a l l s a i d "we l l as

unders tand

it t h l s ban

has been

p u t on

a t your

r e q u e s t . "

M r .

Bonding

s a l d "wel l

we went t o t h e Trades and Labour Counci l and we

wrote t o

t h e Trades

and Labour

Counci l

i n d i c a t i n g t o them

t h a t we

were

havlng some

d i f f i c u l t y i n r e c r u l t l n g members

o r

recruiting

p o t e n t i a l members

o f

t h e Toowoomba

Foundry.

A meetlnr; .$as c:

: led

=.n 5;'

t bc Tr?~?r-c, ar.6 L 2 b c ~ r

C $ c n 2 1

and a t t h a t meetlng we discussed what we had been d.07-113.

M r .

F o r r e s t e r adv l sed t h e meet ing

t h a t he had

been

t h e r e and

conducted

s/me

d i s c u s s i o n s .

The

meet lng

then

discussed ways

and means

o f

a s s i s t i n g o u r Assoc l a t i on

l	and it was	r e s o l v e d t h a t t h e Storemen and Packers would
1

implement bans a s a means o f t r y i n g t o a s s l s t us i n

e n r o l l i n g t h e s e

people ."

M r .

H a l l

s a l d "yes ,

w e l l

you

s a i d t h a t t hey

a r e n o t

a t your

r e q u e s t b u t now

you

have

j u s t

i n f a c t s a i d t h a t t h e y

a r e on

a t your

r e q u e s t . "

M r . Bonding "and t h e y ' r e on

s a i d "we l l t h a t ' s t o a s s l s t you

r l g h t " .

M r .

H a l l

s a l d

t o e n r o l members

i n your

1 Association.

How

long a r e t h e bans go ing t o l a s t ? "

M r .

Bonding s a l d "we l l probably u n t l l we

can

ach levc

what we

s e t o u t t o do,

and t h a t was

t o e n r o l t h e people

t h e r e and

un ion i se

t h e a r e a ,

t h a t now

c o ~ c s

under

t h e

\	coverage o f t h e award.	We	a r e s eek lng t o have f u l l
\

decisions on m a t t e r s a s they a r i s e .

This i s a

situation

which

w e

would- l i k e t o con t inue

and

t h e r e f o r e

urge t h o s e who

have n o t taken o u t membership

t o do

s o a s soon

a s p o s s i b l e . "

M r . Sloane gave

no :o ra l

evidence.

The

p a r t o f

t h e

c i r c u l a r whlch

have

e x t r a c t e d

s u g g e s t s t o me

t h a t M r . Sloane probably was

aware o f

t h e

d e c i s i o n o f

t h e Trades

Labor Councll authorising

t h e

imposition

o f t h e

"b lack ban";

b u t t h a t he

d i d n o t

d e s l r e o r suppor t

it.

Fa r

from

l n d l c a t i n g t h a t he

a c t e d

i n c o n c e r t w i t h

t h e

Queensland union

o r any

o f

i t s o f f i c e r s

r e l a t l n g

t o

t h e

impos i t i on

o f

t h e ban,

t h l s

ev idence

s u g g e s t s

t h e

c o n t r a r y .

A s

t o t h e contention

t h a t o t h e r employees

o f

Toowoomba Foundry,belng wembers o f A.A.E.S.D.A.,actcd

I n

c o n c e r t w l t h

t h e Queensland unlon

o r any

o f

i t s officers,

t h e evldence

t h a t they

suppor ted Mr.Sloane

i n h i s a t t i t u d e

towards t h e Trades & Labor council:

See t h e e x t r a c t from t h e

c i r c u l a r .

There a r e some 35 employees a t Toowoomba Foundry

who

a r e members o f A.A.E.S.D.A.

Some o r a l l ( t h e cv i2ence

t hose employees approached g'

LL.L,r

i s unc lea r a s t o whlch)

o f

Bondlng concerning

t h e p o s s l b l e eroslor i o f

unlon vembershlp

conditions o f employment a t t h e Toowoomba Foundry.

I n

t h e

L\,

- *d.'-

consequence, W.! Bondlng

he ld /d l scuss rons

w l th

M r .

F o r r e s t e r ,

t h e branch

o r g a n i s e r of

A.A.E.S.D.A.,

M r .

Ha l l

and M r .

Naumar?,

the industrial

pe r sonne l o f f i c e r o f

Toowoomba

Foucdry which

E, "+"Lr

I have r e f e r r e d t o e a r l i e r .

Also Hr. i ~ o c d l n ~

s a l d i n

paragraph

1 4 o f

h l s a f f l d a v l t sworn on

1 9 DecemberL1978:-

-f

" I n response

t o r e q u e s t s

made

f o r t h e

Unlon's

assistance

t o m a l c t a l n

t he

p rev lous ly

e x l s t l n g

rcqulrernent

3 5

Unlnn

mcrnbcrsh l~ , ~ e c o t : 3 t l o n s

t.?re ->,2~-:7

2. G: - 7 :

> : : 71- .i? <: , :lL!'.

1 C.,?

Brancri

s?r:'c.EAry

- I - <

cff ' lci; , l :

;~t

> '00 ;~~00rL2

Foundry

P ty .

Ltd.

and subsequent ly t h e a s s i s t ~ ? c ~ >

of	t h e Qufcnsland Trzdes and i a b o r Councll was

sought by me

on beha l f o f t h e members of my

unlon.

The

concern

o f

Union

a t t h e e r o s l o n o f

p r e v l o u s l y

e x i s t i n g

r e q u i r e m ~ ~ l t

o f l?nion membershlp was

sha red by

t h e Trades and Labor Councl l .

The

Federa ted Storeman and Packers Unlon o f

Ehployees of Australia (Queensland Branch) j o lned

wi th t h e members oE my

unlon a t Toowoomba

concerned

a t t h i s S ros lon

and wl th

M r .

F o r r e s t e r

and myself

on beha l f

t h e Union

i n seek i n g t o

t a k e

s t e p s

f o r t h e

purpose

o f

f u r t h e r i n g

and

indeed

preserving

t h e w e l l established

c o n d i t l o n s

o f employment a t Toowoomba Foundry P ty .

Ltd.

o f

employees covered by industrial awards. "

None

o f

t h i s ev idence enab le s m e t o f l n d t h a t

employees o f Toowoomba Foundry,being members o f A.A.E.S.D.A.,

a c t e d i n c o n c e r t w i t h

t h e Queensland union

o r any

o f

i t s

o f f i c e r s

t o b r i n g abou t

t h e

"black ban".

Even

i f t h i s con ten t ion o f

t h e respondents was

c o r r e c t ,

i t would

s t l l l be

neces sa ry

f o r t h e

Court

t o be

satisfied t h a t t h e dominant purpose

f o r which

t h e conduct

i s engaged

i n is

s u b s t a n t l a l l y

r e l a t e d t o t h e

c o n d i t l o n s

o f employment o f an employee

( M r .

S loane) o r any o f t h e

employees	(be lng members of A.A.E.S.D.A.)	o f Toowoomba
Foundry.

have

ana lysed e a r l l e r t h e purposes o f

t h e

respondents

i n engaging i n t h e

r e l e v a n t

conduct .

Thc

evidence

e s t a b l i s h e s

t h a t what

t h e

respondents

seek by

imposlng t h e ban

i s t h a t Toowcomba

Foundry r a k e s a

recommendation

t o i t s employees,

who

a r c e l l g l b l e f o r

membershlp

o f

A.A.E.S.D.A.

b u t

t h u s

f a r have

n o t

l o l n e d

t h a t union,

t h a t t hey

j o i n

it.

L .-

I n my

o p i n l o n ,

even

i f t h a t w

t h e

dominant

purpose f o r whlch t h e ban is imposed,

t h a t purpose would

n o t be

s u b s t a n t l a l l y

r e l a t e d

t o t h e

"cond l t l ons

o f

employment" o f M r .

S loane o r t h e ernployces o f Toowocmba

Foundry ,bc lng

~ s m b c r s

>..A. b . S . D .A .

The

ph ra se

" c o n d i t l o n s o f

employment"

i n

s e c t l o n

4 5 D

( 3 )

(b )

(lii) connotes

n o t merely

"cond i t i ons

o f

employment"

o f

t h e employees

i n t h e l r c u r r e n t c ~ p l o y m e n t

(as t o thls s e e t h e d e c i s i o n of

Smlthers J.

i n Ascot

Car tage

Con t r ac to r s P ty .

Limlted &

Anor.

Transpor t Workers'

Union o f

A u s t r a l i a &

O r s .

(1978) A . T . P . R .

17,657 a t page

1 7 , 6 8 1 ) ;

b u t

n e c e s s a r i l y

r e l a t e s

t o t h e

terms

o f

c o n t r a c t of

engagement

between

employer

and

employee.

I n

t h e p r e s e n t

c a s e a

recommendatlon by

Toowoomba Foundry t o such of

i t s p r e s e n t

employees

as a r e e l l g l b l e f o r membership

o f A.A.E.S.D.A.

t h a t

t h e y

j o l n

A.A.E.S.D.A.

(even i f t h a t recommendatlon

has

t h e

f o r c e

a t t r i b u t e d t o it by

M r .

Ha l l of

d l r e c t l o n ) has no th ing t o do

w i t h t h e terms of engagement between Toowoomba Foundry and

t h o s e

employees.

The

respondents

f a l l i n t h c l r a t t e m p t t o lnvoke

s. 45D ( 3 ) (b).

For

t h e s e

r ea sons ,

i n my

opln lon

t h e

a p p l i c a n t s

have established

a prlma

f a c l e c a s e t o injunctive

r e l l r f .

Aidlng,

a b e t t l n g e t c .

Before

c o n s l d e r l n g t h e ba l ance o f

convenience,

s h a l l d e a l w l t h one

remalnlng m a t t e r ,

namely

t h e

app l l cak lon

o f

s .

80 (1) ( f ) whlch

p rov ldes

t h a t t h e

Court may

g r a n t an

i n j u n c t i o n restraining

a person

from engaglng I n conduct t h a ~

constitutes

o r would

constitute

a l d i n g ,

a b e t t l n g ,

c o u n s e l l l x q ,

procuring,

induc ing o r attempting

t o induce any person t o c o n t r z -

vene a provision

df P a r t I7 o r V o f t h e Act.

0.4 L:(,J,&~)

have

concluded

t h a t W . , Bonding

and

Adse t t a r e

contravening S . 45D

(1) and

( 1 A ) ;

b u t i f t h l s conclusion 1s

e r roneous ,

i n my

op ln lon each o f

t h e s e

gentlcmcn

i s a l d l n g ,

a b e t t i n - ,

'ocn=ci- L,,:,

:)rr:~;:-lnc:,

1::Lu::ny

o r ; ~ t t e ~ n ~ t ~ r . . -

? -

induce t h c Queensland unlon

t o contravene thosc sub - sec t lons

have

s e t o u t a l r e a d y

t h e

f a c t s a s t o

t h e l r r o l e

i n

r e l e v a n t

. .

. /6

e v e n t s which

l e a d m e

t o form

t h i s op in ion .

I proceed t o look a t t h e ba lance o f convenience.

Balance of Convenience

Toowoomba Foundry and Machinery have goods

consigned t o them from abroad which

a r e be ing h e l d i n a shed

on t h e wharves.

Toowoonba Foundry needs t h e "Century" motors

and t h e

"Aermotors" pumps

t o f u l f i l o r d e r s i n Western Australia.

Machinery

needs

t h e

screw pumps

t o c a r r y o u t i t s c o n t r a c t w l t h

t h e Queensland Department

Works.

The

c o n t r a c t va lue of

t h e

c u r r e n t o r d e r s

i n r e s p e c t of

t h e

goods

i s measured

i n many

thousands

d o l l a r s .

The continuance of t h e "black ban" w l l l p r even t and

h l n d e r

t h e

a p p l l c a n t s

from

importing

and

e x p o r t i n g any

goods

through

t h e wharves.

The

b u s i n e s s o f

t h e group

is l a r g e .

Unlt>ss

i n t e r i m

i n j u n c t l v c

r e l l e f

g ran ted

t h e

a p p l l c a n t s w l l l s u f f e r

s u b s t a n t i a l

damage.

A s t o t h e respondents ,

t hey have

n o t been

a b l e t o

p o i n t t o any

de t r imen t whlch

may

b e s u f f e r e d by

them

i f

i n t e r l o c u t o r y

i n ~ u n c t l o n s

a r e g ran ted .

Nor can I s e e zny.

is n o t r e a l l y a c a s e o f

t h e ba lance o f

convenlenze

There

is no th ing t o welgh

i n t h e s c a l e s a g a l n s t t h e damage

whlch

t h e a p p l l c a n t s w i l l s u f f e r i f

injunctions

a r e n o t

g ran t ed .

F l n a l l y

t u r n

t o two

m a t t e r s which

t h e respondents

contend

ought

t o

l e a d ,

i n t h e e x e r c l s e of

t h e

C o u r t ' s

d i s c r e a o n ,

t o t h e r e f u s a l o f

interlocutory

injunctions.

Other

Mat te rs

The

f l r s t m a t t e r

i s t h a t n o t l f l c a t i o n has

been

glven

under S.

35 of

t h e C . ?cl

l l d t ~ ? ; 2112 ZLrhltr?.tlor! .'icLL,

:S04

(-3:

t h e e x i s t e n c e of

d l s p u t e .

have

s e t o u t c a r l l e r t h e

f a c t s

r e l a t l n g

t o

t h i s

n o t l f l c a t i o n .

Many

situations

may

g lve r l s e bo th t o an

l n d u s t r l a l

I r -

d l s p u t e

f o r whlch

p r o v i s i o n

i s made

t h e

C o n c i l l a t i o n

and

,Arbitration Act ,

1904 and t o a con t r aven t ion of

S .

45D of

t h e Act.

This may

one such c a s e ,

a l though

t h e ev idence is n o t c l e a r

a s t o a

number

o f m a t t e r s including

t h e definition

t h e d i s p u t e

and a l l t h e p a r t l e s

t o it.

I t cannot

b e

answer

t o an

a p p l l c a n t

f o r i n j u n c t i v e

r e l i e f

under

t h e Act,

who

i s otherwise

e n t i t l e d t o r e l i e f , t o

s a y

t h a t , b e c a u s e

l n d u s t r l a l d i spu te ,wh ich

may

concern

substantially t h e same f a c t s , i s t o be heard by a Commissloner

under

t h e

C o n c i l i a ~ i o r ~

and

A r b i t r a t i o n

Act ,

1904,

t h e

a p p l l c a n t

t o be

r e f u s e d

r e l i e f .

r e j e c t t h l s n o t l o n

complete ly .

One

does n o t

know

whether

t h e

f a c t s b e f o r e

t h l s Court which

may

come

b e f o r e

t h e

Commissioner

a r e thesame

o r s u b s t a n t i a l l y

t h e same,

whether

t h e

i s s u e s have

any th ing i n common,

whether

t h e p a r t l c s a r e

o r w i l l be

t h e same, when

t h e Comn~ss ione r

w r l l h e a r

t h e n a t t e r

or what

t h e r e s u l t of

t h e h e a r i n g w i l l be?

These

a r e b u t s0r.e

o f

t h e m a t t e r s which

must

l e a d

t o t h e

rejection

t h e

c o n t e n t i c ?

t h e

respondents .

But

t h e r e a r e more

s u b s t a n t i a l reasons

t han

t h e s e ,

one

be lng

t h a t t h c A c t s ~ e c l f i c a l l y

p r o h l b l t s

conzl>xr

such a s t h a t mentioned i n S . 45D

and provides i t s own

remedies

f o r d e a l i n g w;th

i t , l n c l u d l n g

t h e power

t o g r a n t

l n j u n c t l o n s

under

S .

80.

Thls

i s n o t

t o say

t h a t t h e r c may

n o t be

c i r c u n s t a n c e s

where

i t would be

p rope r

f o r t h i s Cour t ,

i n t h e e x e r c l s e of

i t s d l s c r e t l o n ,

t o awa l t

t h e r e s u l t

p roceedings

under

t h e

C o n c i l l a t i o n

and Arbitration

Act ,

1904 b e f o r e embarking

thc.

h e a r i n g o f

procecdln@s under

the

> c t ;

b u t i t i s a

fundamental

d l s p u t e

t o bc

hedrd

t h c

C o n c l l l a t l o n

and

A r b l t r a t l o n

Commission

whlch may

(and f o r t h a t m a t t e r , may

n o t )

l nvo lve

s u b s t a n t i a l l y t h e

same

f a c t s ,

t h l s Court

would

n o t e x e r c l s e

i t s powers under t h e Act.

I n

t h e p r e s e n t

c a s e ,

n o t

t o h e a r

t h e

a p p l i c a t i o n

f o r

i n t e r l o c u t o r y

i n ~ u n c t l o n s

o r , having heard

i t , n o t

t o g r a n t

r e l i e f merely because a d l s p u t e 1s soon

t o be hea rd by

ano the r

t r i b u n a l under

ano the r Act

o f

Parliament,

which may

invo lve

s u b s t a n t i a l l y t h e

same

f a c t s , would

s e r l o u s

f a l l u r e by

t h l s

Court

t o e x e r c i s e l t s

j u r ~ s d i c t i o n

and would

cause

g rave

i n l u s t i c e

t o t h e applicants.

was

r e f e r r e d

i n s u p p o r t of

t h l s

con ten t ion

t h c

respondents

t o t h e d e c l s i o n o f

S t r e e t J .

( a s HIS

Honour

t hen

was)

i n Harry M.

Mlller v.

Actors Equlty

(1970) 1 S . S . W . R .

6 1 4

w&?e%;

Honour

r e f u s e d

t o g r a n t

i n t e r l o c u t o r y

r e l i e f

t o

plaintiffs

where

t h e r e was

d l s p u t e pending b e f o r e

t h e

Conciliation

and Arbitration

Com.ission.

That c a s e t u r ~ l r d

or.

i t s own

s p e c i a l

f a c t s and

has

l l t t l e b e a r l n g

t h e

ca se S e f o r c

m e ,

n o t

on ly

because

t h e

f a c t s a r e very

d 1 f f c r e n t ; b u t

t h i s

under S . 80

is	an	a p p l i c a t l o n / f o r	a l l e g e d	con t r aven t ion	o f	S .	45D	of	t h e
A c t .

I t has

been

s a i d more

than

once

t h a t s p e c l a l cons lde r -

a t i o n s a r l s e under

t h e

A c t and

t h a t t h e Court w l l l n o t

n e c e s s a r i l y

apply

a l l of

t h e principles

whlch

a r e a p p l l e d by

Court

o f

e q u l t y

c o n c e r n e d e s s e n t l a l l y w l th

competing

p r l v a t e

r i g h t s and

d u t l e s .

I n proceedings

under

t h e A c t t h e p u b l i c

i n t e r e s t may

involved.

See

World

S e r l e s C r l c k c t Pry.

Ltd .

P a r l s h

( s u p r a ) ;

Hornsby

Bul ld lng

Information

Cfn t r e

P ty .

Ltd .

Anor.

v .

Sydney

Bul ld lng

I n f o r n a t l o n

Cent re Pty .

Ltd.

( s u p r a ) ;

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Ltd.

( a s y e t un repor t ed ,

judqccn"

d e l i v e r e d

15 Decembert

1 9 7 8 ) .

This

con ten t lon

o f

t h e respondents

f a i l s .

The

second

c o n t e n t i o n of

t h e respondents

i s t h a t

i f t h i s Court

g r a n t s

in te r l 'pcu tory

r e l i e f

a g a l n s t

t h e

respondents it w i l l be a hollow o r d e r a s t h e

"black ban"

i s

imposed

t h e

Waters ide

Workers

F e d e r a t i o n of

A u s t r a l i a

and by	t h e Federa ted Clerks Urion a s w e l l a s by	t h e Queensland
unlon '	(L?

4 \

Ae t h e

o r d e r s

t h l s

c o u r t b ind

on ly

t h e

p a r t l c s

a g a i n s t whom

they a r e made,

t h e ban w l l l remain because t h e

o t h e r two unions

(1.e.

o t h e r t h a n t h e Queensland unlon)

will

p reven t

t h e

a p p l i c a n t s

o b t a i n i n g

d e l l v e r y

o f

goods

t h e

wharves

The

c o n t e n t l o n i s based on

some

ambiguous

ev idence

given

M r .

Nlcol ,

t h e s e c r e t a r y / t r e a s u r e r

t h e Queensland

union which,

s o t h e respondents contend,

was

t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t

t h e Waters ide Workers

Fede ra t ion

and

t h e Federa ted

C l c r k s '

Unmn

a l s o were imposlng a "b lack ban" on goods consigned t o o r by

t he

Southern Cross group.

This evidence probably was based on ~ 5 3 :

M r .

Nicol

had been

t o l d by

a n o t h e r o f f i c e r of

t h e Queensland uxlc

a s t o t h e d e c i s i o n s made

t h e Queensland Wades

and

Labor

Counci l a t t h e October meet lng,

M r . Nlcol then be lng away on

annual

l e a v e .

\I, C;q.iC,l%i./

I a c c e p t t h e evidence of

P4r.kBonding

who was

p r e s c n t a:

t h e October meet ing and who

s a i d unequivocally

t h a t ibtrers on ly

t h e Queensland unlon @was

r eques t ed t o lmpose t h e

"black bein".

There

is no th lng

i n

theev idence

t o r e l l a b l y

sugges t

t h a t t h e

o t h e r two

unlons

a r e lmposlng o r contemplating t h e impos l t lon cf

t h e l r own

bans .

The

c o n t e n t l o n o f

t he re spozden t s

f a l l s

f o r th1.c

and

ano thc r

r ea son ,

r - y e l : ~ t h . l t

t h i ~

c o u r t w l l l n o t

.xii:hhcl~?

I n j u n c t i v e

r c l l e f

t o prcvcn:

t h e

cont lnuancc

" b l a c k

ban" ,

c .

t h u s r e s t r a i n a

con t r aven t lon

o f

4 5 D , on

t h e ground

t h a t scmc:

organisation,

not a p a r t y t o t h e proceedings,

may

i t s e l f lmpose

. . . /70

..	C,	- *10-*
-

i t s own

"b lack ban" on t h e same

o r o t h e r goods of

t h e a p p l l c a n t s

For

t h e s e

r ea sons

s a t i s f i e d t h a t t h e a p p l l c a n t s

a r e e n t i t l e d

t o t h e

b e n e f l t

interlocutory

i n l u n c t l o n s t o

r e s t r a i n

c o n t r a v e n t i o n s o f

45D

t h e

r e sponden t s ,

t h e

Queensland union, g.

Bonding and g.

Adse t t .

Upon t h e a p p l i c a n t s by

t h e l r Counsel

undertaking

t o t h e

Court

t o pay

t o any

p a r t y

a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t c d by

t h e

i n t e r l o c u t o r y

i n l u n c t l o n s

such

compensation

( i f any)

a s t h e

Court

t h i n k s

j u s t ,

i n such manner

a s t h e Court d l r e c t s ,

make

t h e

fo l lowing o rde r s : -

THAT

t h e r e sponden t s ,

The Federa ted Storemen and Packers

Unlon o f Empioyees o f Australia

(Queensland Branch) , James

Edward Graham Bondlng and Ernes t Edward Adse t t be restrained

u n t l l

t h e

de t e rmlna t lon

t h e

proceedings

o r f u r t h e r o r d e r

from engaglng i n t h e following conduct , namely :-

( a ) conduct

+ h a t h l n z e r s

o r p reven t s

t h e

supply

o f

s e r v l c e s by

R .

Jackson

P ty .

Ltd.

( J a c k s o n s ) ,

Browns Transpor t Consolidated Pty. Ltd .

(Browns

Transpor t ) , Underwood S torage Company

(1971)

Pty .

Ltd.

(Underwood S t o r a g e ) , Flnney

Bro the r s

Transpor t

Pty.

Ltd.

(Flnney B r o t h e r s ) , McI.llll?r,s

Customs

S e r v l c e s Pty .

Llmited

(McMlllans) ,

McMillan Nomlnces P ty .

Ltd.

(Nonlnees) t o t h e

a p p l l c a n t s o r any of

them

i n contravention

o f

s e c t i o n 45D o f

t h e Trade

Practices

Act ,

1974;

(b ) conduct

t h a t

h inde r s

o r p r c v e n t s

t h e

conslgriment

goods

t o o r by

t h e a p p l l c a n t s o r any of

them

I n

con t r avcn t lon

t h e

s a l d s e c t ~ o n :

( C )

conduct

t h a t h l n d e r s

o r p r c v e n t s

t h c

collection

or t r a n s p o r t of

goods

consigned

t o o r by

t h e

-71-

a p p l i c a n t s or

any

o f

them

i n c o n t r a v e n t l o n

t h e

s a i d s e c t l o n ;

(a)

conduct

t h a t p r e v e n t s

o r substantially

h i n d e r s

t h e a p p l i c a n t s

o r any

them

from

engaging i n t r a d e o r commerce

between

Australia

and

p l a c e s

o u t s i d e

A u s t r a l i a

i n c o n t r a v e n t l o n

o f

t h e

s a i d

s e c t l o n :

( e )

a i d i n g ,

a b e t t i n g ,

counselling,

p r o c u r i n g ,

induc lng o r attempting t o induce any person

whatever

t o withhold,

i n c o n c e r t w i t h

any

person whatever ,

h i s o r t h e i r

l a b o u r

from

J a c k s o n ~ Browns

Transpor t ,

Underwood

S t o r a q e ,

Finney

B r o t h e r s ,

McMlllans

and Somlnees o r any

o f

them when

and t o t h e e x t e n t t h a t such

l a b o u r

i s ,

accord ing

t o t h e

o r d ~ n a r y

course

o f

practice,

r e q u l r e d

f o r t h e purpcse of

collecting,

load lng o r unloadlnc; ~ o o d s

COLS LY-..

to o r by

t h e a p p l l c a n t s o r any

them,

wnerc

such conduct i s engaged i n f o r t h e purposc cnd

would have o r be

l l k e l y t o have

t h e e f f ccC of

c a u s i n g substantial

l o s s o r damage

t o t h e

b u s i n e s s

o f

t h e

a p p l l c a n t s

o r any

o f

t h e n

excep t where

sucn

conduct

i s w l t h l n

t h e

description

i n paragraph 4 5 D

( 3 )

( a ) o r ( b )

o f

t h e s a ~ d

Act.

TIiA'i'

t h c c o s t s of

a l l p i r t l e s bc

r c sc rvcd .

3 .

THAT

l l b e r t y be

r e s e r v e d

t o any

p a r t y

t o apply on

two

. .

days '

n o t i c e .

, ,

;

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r,rc:?c

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L1 ;-*.S : :qc:r

AND REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

AMENDMENTS TO ORDER/MADE BY MR. JUSTICE LOCKHART ON 5 JANUARY,-

1979.

JIJ@Cl"C"'T P'"

I N THE MATTER OF THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

I N THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY	Q NO. 8 OF 1978
GENERAL DIVISION
BETWEEN:

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES PTY. LTD.,

TOOWOOMBA

kOUNDRY PTY. LTD.,

SOUTHERN CROSS MACHINERY

'(BRISBANE)

PTY. LTD. and SOUTHERN CROSS

DEVELOPMENT PTY . LTD.

Applicants

AND :

ORDER

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r n M E N T

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a f t e r "Trade Pract ices Act"

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Line 4, page 3 - de le t e comma

a f t e r I1Arbitration Acttt

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Line 5, page 4 - begin new paragraph before the words "The

Southern Cross"

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" to New

Zealand"

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Commence new

sentence wlth the word

"TheM a f t e r "African.

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5 - de le t e comma

a f t e r the word

"AugustM.

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a f t e r the word

"Decemberu.

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Line 11 page

12 - add the word "and1I a f t e r "S ta tes ; "

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13 - de le te the word

and subs t i t u t e

t h e

word

" a c t l v i t i e s n .

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14 - de le t e comma

a f t e r I1Juneu

Line

5 page

14 - subs t i t u t e "two

mil l ion d o l k s " with the

f igures

n$2,000,000M

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7 page

14 -

s u b s t i t u t e

" ten mi l l ion

do l l a r sn with

the

f lgures

~$10 ,000 ,000~

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8 page

14 -

subs t i t u t e

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d o l l a r s M with

the

f igures

n@5,000,000n.

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a f t e r the word "Juneu

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Third l a s t l i n e , page

16 - i n s e r t comma

a f t e r the word

llquestiot

Line

9 page

17 -

i n s e r t comma

a f t e r " t ha t f1

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a f t e r "1979"

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Line 1 page

19 - de le t e comma

a f t e r "November*

Line 7 page 20 - i n s e r t comma

a f t e r "packers1I

Line 8 page 20

- i n s e r t comma

a f t e r "Foundryw and

In se r t the

word

llQueenslandu before t h e word

"union".

Line

9 page

de le te

v s a t i s f i e d n and

s u b s t i t u t e with

the

word

"preparedt1 and de l e t e the word

"other"

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- i n s e r t comma

a f t e r

and de le te the

word

"a f t e r "

and

s u b s t i t u t e with

u fo l l owlng~

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I l h ~ r m n n < m n m h g

W m . r n . 4 - ~ r l l

~ f f o r . fhn

7.m-4

I l r P f l U l T F

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- i n s e r t the word

" tha tn a f t e r "and"

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Line 11 page 22 - de le t e comma a f t e r "Naumantt

Line 13 page 22 - de le t e comma

a f t e r ItForrestertt

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14 page

de le t e

t tpa r t i cu la r l t

Line 15 page 22 - de le t e comma a f t e r ItMay" Line 4 page 23 - de le t e comma a f t e r ItJulyu

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a f t e r " threatenlngU

Llne 22 page 23 - de le t e comma a f t e r "AugustIt

Line 5 page 24 - de le t e comma

a f t e r I1Septemberu

Last paragraph page 24 l i n e 3 - de le te t h e word "copyn and

s u b s t i t u t e

the

word

t t exh ib i tu

Last paragraph page

24 l i n e 4 - de le t e t h e word

"photostat tedn

and

s u b s t i t u t e the word

"copiestu

Line 4 page

25 - i n s e r t "the a f t e r Itwithout"

Line 6 page 25 - de le t e comma

a f t e r "Octobern

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a f t e r "Octobern.

Line 26 page 25 - commence new paragraph with the word "Soonm.

Line 1 page

28 - de le t e comma

a f t e r "De~ember~~ .

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a f t e r "Decemberv

Line 20

page

28 - i n s e r t " theN a f t e r "withoutn

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a f t e r "Decemberu1

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28 - i n s e r t " then a f t e r "ontt

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Line 16 page 29 - de le t e comma	a f t e r "imposedu

Line 9 page 30 - de le t e the words Ithad a ban on itn and

s u b s t i t u t e t h e words

"was

sub jec t t o a banu.

Line 9 page

31 - i n s e r t comma

a f t e r "Bonding"

Line11 page

- i n s e r t semi colon a f t e r the words

t l s tay onn

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Line 5 page	33 - i n s e r t comma	a f t e r "Bondingtt
Line 6 page	33 - i n s e r t comma	a f t e r "things"

...

Pages 33 and 34 - where conversation appears - this should

be set out in single spaclng

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Line 12 page 35 - delete comma after ltDecemberll

Line 6 page 36 - conversation beginning with the words "with

thls companyttand

ending with "Job Committee."

should be in single spacing

Line 6 to 14

conversation commencing with the words !Ithe

Page 37

purpose would have been ....( and ending wlth

the words) There was no other dispute what-

soever.I1 should be in single spaclng

Line 4 to 11

conversation "a huge notlce board ... subject

Page 38

to being banned." should be in single spacing.

Line 32 page 40

insert the words Itof itg1

before "is in evidence'

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and substitute ttsaidtt

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Line 17 page 41 - insert after "(~upra)~~

"at ~ p .

185-186"

Line 7 page 45 - insert comma after Itpurposett Last line page 45 - insert Itthet1 after ttandll Line 11 page 46 - insert the words Itthe respondentt1

after

ttopinionlt

and delete the word tlMr.tt

Line 19 page 46 - delete the word "Mr." and substitute the

words

Itthe respondentI1

Line 26 page 46 - delete the word ttMr.tt

before the words

ttBondinglt

and tlAdsetttt

and insert the words

"the respondentsN after the word "thatM

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and substitute ltnott

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and substitute ttpp.lt

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and substitute ttp.ll

and

insert ItJ.

l1 after ttDixontt.

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and substitute ltpp.tt

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and substitute "pp."

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and substitute "safertt.

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and substitute "p."

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Line16 page 52 - delete the word ttMr.lt	and substitute Itand thett
Line 17 page 52 - insert "respondentstt	before "Bonding" and

delete the word ttMr.ll

before "AdsettIt

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and substitute

"pp.	11 and "p. respectively.

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Line 25 page 56 - delete Itpagesn

and insert "pp."

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and insert "communings"

Line 32 page 58 - delete the word " M r . "

prior to "Bonding"

and "Adsett"

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llbe1l

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and

ltAdsettv

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insert "the respondentn after the word "andv and delete the word "Mr." prior to "Adsett".

Line 8 Page 60 - insert "the respotdent" after the word Itand"

and delete the word "Mr." prior to "Bonding"

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Line 20 page 63 - delete the word "Mr." and substitute Itthe

respondentn.

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H prior to the word

"Bondingn and substitute after the word

"consequencen the words "the respondentn.

Line 26 page 63 - delete the word "Mr." and substitute prior

to the word "Bondingn the words Itthe

respondent.

Line 27 page 63 - delete comma after "Decembern.

Line 30 page 64 - delete "wereM and substitute "wast1.

Line 25 page 65 - delete the word "Mr." prior to I1Bondingn

and

"Adsett" and substitute the words "the

respondents after Itthatlt

Line 13 page 67 - delete "whichu after "Courtn and substitute

the words "and those which" after the word

"Courtn (should read "whether the facts before

this Court and those which may come before thet

Line 13 page 68 - delete "wheren and substitute "in which"

before the word "His"

Line 1 7 page 68 - insert semi colon after the word "different"

. 16

Last Line page 68 - de le te comma a f t e r ItDecembert1.

Line 7 page 69 - i n s e r t semi colon a f t e r "union" and

commence paragraph beginning with the

word

l t A s t t immediately

a f t e r the word

I ' u n l ~ n ~ ~

(i. e.

I'union;

a s the orders . . .

Line 22 page

Line 23 page 69 - de le te the words I t i t wastt

Line 24 page 69 - de le te the word "whott

69 -

de le te the word

l t M r . t t

and subs t i t u t e

Itthe respondent" p r l o r t o ttBondingll.

Line 5 page 70 - de le te the word

" M r . "

p r i o r t o the words

"Bondingttand

ttAdsetttt.

AMENDMENTS TO REASONS FOR JUlXMENT GIVEN BY MR. JUSTICE LOCKHART

ON 5 JANUARY, 1979

I N THE MATTER OF THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

I N THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY	Q NO. 8 of 1978
GENERAL DIVISION
BETWEEN :

Applicants

AND:

THE FEDERATED STORGMEN AND PACKERS UNION OF

AUSTRALIA. E. ZAPHIR, J. FORRESTER, ADSETT

BONDING and THE FEDERATED STOREMEN AND PACKERS

BRAmm

OF WLOYhj3S OF AUSTRALIA ( QUEENSLAND

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Page

13 - Line

22 -

de le t e t h e word

" indus t r i esn and

subs t i tu te

t h e

word

" a c t i v i t i e s u .

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"and" a f t e r "monthsn

Page 20 - Line 8

- i n s e r t t h e word "Queenslandn before the word

"uniontt

Page

- Line

de le t e

I t sa t i s f i edu and

s u b s t i t u t e with the

word

Itprepared" and de l e t e t h e word

Itother"

Page

- Line

16 - de le t e the word

" a f t e r n and

subs t i t u t e w i t h

I t f ollowingIt .

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Itin t h e h i s to ry of ToowoombaM

Page 21 - Line 23 - de le t e t h e word "Foundry" and i n s e r t the

words

"by Toowoomba Foundryl1 a f t e r the word

"required".

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Page 22 - Line 14 - delete "particularn -

Last paragraph page 24 line 3 - delete the word "copyI1 and

substitute the word "e~hibit~~.

Last paragraph page 24 line 4 - delete the word "photostatted"

and substltute the word "copiedn

Page 25 Line 4 - insert "thew after uwithoutn

Page 25 Line 26 - Commence new paragraph wlth the word "soonn.

Page 28 Line 20 - insert "thew after I1wlthoutfl

Page 28 Line 29 - insert "theM after "onn

Page 30 Line 9 - delete the words "had a ban on itn and

substitute the words %as

subject to a ban".

Page 40 Line 32 - insert the words "of itv before "is in evidencet'

Page 40 - Line 33 - delete the word "saysm and substitute "said".

Page 41 Line 17 - insert after "(supra)" "at pp. 185-186"

Last line page 45 - insert "theu1

after Itand"

Page 46 Line 29 - delete the word "notn and substitute "no.

Page 47 Line 20 - insert "J." after "Dixonn.

Page 47 Line 31 - delete Itsafter" and substitute "safer"

Page 57 Line 43 - delete "comminingsw and insert vcommuningsw

Page 59 Llne 14 - delete the word I1relt

after Itmaytt

and insert I1beu

Page 61 Line 26 - delete the words "the evidence is thatM

Page 64 Line 30 - delete "weren and substitute "wasn

Page 67 Line 13 - delete "whichIt after lfCourtll

and substltute

"and those which" after "Courtn (should read

"whether the facts before this Court and those

which may come before theH

Page 68Line 13 -

delete "whereIt and substitute Itin whichu

before the word "Hisu

Page 69 Line 7 - insert semi colon after "unionn and commence

paragraph beginning with the word llAsll

immediately after "union" (i.e. "union; as the

orders..."

Page 69 Line 23 - delete the words "it wastt

Page 69 Line 24 - delete the word "who.

[1979] FCA 1

5 Jan 1979