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AGLC: Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899
Case: [1999] FCA 899
Decision Date: 5 JULY 1999

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1. Counsel be heard in relation to orders appropriate to provide relief to the second applicants in respect of the prejudicial alteration to their positions pursuant to s 298K of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth).

2. The application be otherwise dismissed.

3. The applicants’ motion dated 15 January 1999 paragraph 2 so far as it relates to documents 4 and 5 be refused.

4. Costs reserved.

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Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899

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Xu v The Servants of Jesus Community Pty Ltd [2025] FedCFamC2G 1369
Citation 1 (Para 4)

…on his position is substantially altered. The term is gone. [8] Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67, at 100-101 [229]. [9] Childs v Metropolitan Transport Trust [1981] FCA 200. “Has or has not exercised workplace right”…
Fahda v Bupa Hi Pty Ltd [2025] FedCFamC2G 1316
Citation 2

…923 Hudson v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2016] FCCA 917 Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67 Monash Health v Singh [2023] FCAFC 166 Ocampo v Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission [2025] FedCFamC2G 1038 Przybylowski v Australian Human Rights Commis…
Ocampo v Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission [2025] FedCFamC2G 1038
Citation 3 (Para 4)

…on his position is substantially altered. The term is gone. [33] Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67, at 100-101 [229]. [34] Childs v Metropolitan Transport Trust [1981] FCA 200.…
Tan v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Defence) [2025] FedCFamC2G 439
Citation 4

…2009) 180 IR 314 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 165 ALR 67; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 47 AILR 4-239 National Tertiary Education Industry Union v Commonwealth of Australia [2002] FCA 441; (2002) 117 FCR 114; (2002) 114 IR 20 National Tertiary Educatio…
Reiche v Neometals Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 125
Citation 5 (Para 12)

…ed Aircraft Engineers Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2011] FMCA 58; 201 IR 441 at [29]; Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; 93 FCR 34 at [244]; Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union v. R.J. Gilbertson (Queensland) Pty Ltd [1988] FCA 754 at [15]-[17]; The Community and Pu…
Pilbrow v University of Melbourne [2024] FCA 1140
Citation 6 (Para 31)

…anding the impact that the application of the award had on the cost-effectiveness of the Australian crew. 282Similar reasoning was adopted in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34, 83 [295] (R D Nicholson J). In Greater Dandenong City Council v Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (2001) 112 FCR 2…
Kelsey v Logan City Council (No. 5) [2024] ICQ 15
Citation 7

…alia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34 McEnearney v Simon Blackwood (Workers' Compensation Regulator) [2019] ICQ 7 Microsoft Corporation v CPL Notting Hill Pty Ltd [2024] FCAFC 20 Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30;…
Avard v Australian Capital Territory [2024] FCA 690
Citation 8

…d v New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 89; 95 NSWLR 70 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; 93 FCR 34 Monash Health v Singh [2023] FCAFC 166 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30; 195 CLR 1 Qantas Airways Ltd v Transport Workers’ Union o…
Toki v All Class Training Pty Ltd [2024] FedCFamC2G 566
Citation 9 (Para 4)

…on his position is substantially altered. The term is gone. [96] Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67, at 100-101 ([229]) [97] Childs v Metropolitan Transport Trust [1981] FCA 200 Workplace right -general…
Patchett v Nichols [2024] QDC 45
Citation 10 (Para 3)

…nal and professional reputations. Each would undoubtedly be viewed as guilty of grave moral delinquency. Such was the case when RD Nicholson J in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 found that a claim of unlawful conspiracy to cause injury on the part of government ministers executing their public duties was a serious matte…
Haley v Laing O'Rourke Australia Management Services Pty Ltd (No 5) [2024] FedCFamC2G 286
Citation 11

…95] HCA 68 Lazarus Estates Ltd v Beasley [1956] 1 QB 702 Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67 McIntyre v R [2009] NSWCCA 305 Meridian Global Funds Management Asia Ltd v Securities Commission [1995] 2 AC 500 Qantas Airways Limited v Transport Workers Union of Australia…
Dorsch v HEAD Oceania Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 162
Citation 12

…t v University of Queensland (No 2) [2020] FCA 720 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; 93 FCR 34 Melbourne Stadiums Ltd v Sautner [2015] FCAFC 20; 229 FCR 221 Milardovic v Vemco Services Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2016] FCA 19 Monash Health v Singh [2023] FCAFC 166 Nati…
Chambers v Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) [2024] FedCFamC2G 100
Citation 13

…710 Jasmine Chambers v Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) [2021] FWC 4622 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899 Murrihy v Betezy.com.au Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 908 Mohazab v Dick Smith Electronics Pty Ltd [No 2] [1995] IRCA 625 Morley v Australian Securities and Investmen…
Ward v Owners of Strata Plan 53158 Observatory Tower [2023] FedCFamC2G 1087
Citation 14

…101 CLR 298 Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd [1957] AC 555 Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67 Mohazab v Dick Smith Electronics Pty Ltd (No 2) (1995) 62 IR 200 Przybylowski v Australian Human Rights Commission (No 2) [2018] FCA 473 Sayabath v Willowdale No…
Spears v South Australian Wine Group Pty Ltd [2023] FedCFamC2G 1031
Citation 15 (Para 3)

…12) 248 CLR 500; (2012) 86 ALJR 1044; (2012) 220 IR 445; (2012) 290 ALR 647 (“ Barclay ”); Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 at [221] per RD Nicholson J (“ Geraldton Port Authority ”).…
RPS AAP Consulting Pty Ltd v Lamb [2023] FCA 1310
Citation 16 (Para 14)

…sociation [2012] FCAFC 63; 202 FCR 244 at 250 [32] per Gray, North and Besanko JJ; Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; 93 FCR 34 at [225]–[233] per Nicholson J.…
Serpanos v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCA 1226
Citation 17 (Para 25)

…Similar reasoning was adopted in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34, 83 [295] (R D Nicholson J). In Greater Dandenong City Council v Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (2001) 112 FCR 232, Finkelstein J (dissenting in the result but with whom, on this point, Merkel J agreed) noted (at 286 [199…
Haiye Developments Pty Ltd v The Commercial Business Centre Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 937
Citation 18

…e Saravinovski (No 6) [2016] NSWSC 964 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34; [1999] FCA 899 Marrinan v Vibart [1963] 1 QB 234 McKellar v Container Terminal Management Services Limited [1999] FCA 1101; (1999) 165 ALR 409 McKernan v Fraser (1931) 46 CLR 343; [1931] HCA 54 Miller &…
Wildman v Imcd Australia Limited [2021] FCCA 1161
Citation 19 (Para 40)

…ations of determination of the alleged contraventions of ss 340, 343 and 352 of the Act: see Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; 94 IR 244. Normally sworn evidence from the employer denying the prohibited reason is necessary, and in most cases, an explanation o…
Sabapathy v Jetstar Airways [2021] FCAFC 25
Citation 20 (Para 25)

…109]–[114] (Allsop CJ, Collier and Rangiah JJ); Squires v Flight Stewards Association of Australia (1982) 2 IR 155 at 164 (Ellicott J); and Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at [225]–[233] (RD Nicholson J). Mr Sabapathy claims that Schwarz’s conduct was actuated by his complaints about Terrill and Schwarz himself and also…
Australia Pacific Investments (Qld) Pty Ltd v Najibi General Trading Company LLC [2020] QSC 173
Citation 21 (Para 10)

…of the conspiracy that caused loss to the plaintiff.” [30] Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 102; [1999] FCA 899 at [421] per R D Nicholson J; Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2011] NSWSC 433 at [612] per Ward J. [31]Cf Council for the City of the Gold Coast v Pi…
Dina v J-Corp Pty Ltd [2019] FCCA 2861
Citation 22 (Para 1)

…12) 248 CLR 500; (2012) 86 ALJR 1044; (2012) 220 IR 445; (2012) 290 ALR 647 (“ Barclay ”); Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 (“ Geraldton Port Authority ”) at [221] per RD Nicholson J.…
Motufoua v Diamond Communications Pty Ltd [2019] FCCA 2818
Citation 23 (Para 3)

…12) 248 CLR 500; (2012) 86 ALJR 1044; (2012) 220 IR 445; (2012) 290 ALR 647 (“ Barclay ”); Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 (“ Geraldton Port Authority ”) at [221] per RD Nicholson J.…
Broumos v Henry Simon Automotive Pty Ltd [2019] FCCA 1825
Citation 24 (Para 2)

…In Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 165 ALR 67; (1999) 94 IR 244; [1999] FCA 899, the Federal Court said that: (4) Concepts of "injury in employment" and of "position" 225The word "injury" includes the meanings "wrongful actions or treatment; violation or infringemen…
Tahi v Oxican Pty Ltd [2018] FCCA 3722
Citation 25 (Para 2)

…se views were also adopted by Evatt J in Blair v Australian Motor Industries and referred to by RD Nicholson J in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 69–70 [229]. [137] In order to determine whether Endeavour altered Mr McDermott’s position to his detriment, it is necessary to identify and compare his “position” before a…
Westlawn Finance Limited v Tagg [2018] NSWSC 1491
Citation 26 (Para 123)

…001] NSWCA 237 at [12]-[13] per Mason P (with whom Handley and Hodgson JJA agreed). “Unlawful” in this context includes the commission of a tort: Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 104 per Nicholson J; Fatimi Pty Ltd v Bryant [2002] NSWSC 750 at [192] per Campbell J, affirmed in Fatimi Pty Ltd v Bryant (2004) 59 NSWLR 6…
Keenan v Cummins South Pacific Pty Ltd [2018] FCCA 2600
Citation 27

…& S Lake City Freighters Pty Ltd v Gordon & Gotch Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 309 Klein v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (2012) 208 FCR 178 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 Metropolitan Gas Company v Federated Gas Employees’ Industrial Union (1925) 35 CLR 449 Minister for Lands (NSW) v Jeremias (1917) 23 CLR 322…
Buurabalayji Thalanyji Aboriginal Corporation v Onslow Salt Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 978
Citation 28 (Para 8)

…ty Council on which reliance is based. The State argues that in relation to the second form of the tort, the position was set out by Nicholson J in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 (at [421]), citing various authorities as follows: To establish the tortious conspiracy pleaded by the applicants, it is for the applicants t…
Zehnder v Sell Lease Property Pty Ltd T/As Sell Lease Property and Ors (No.2) [2018] FCCA 815
Citation 29

…v Commonwealth [2011] FMCA 171; (2011) 207 IR 129; (2011) 248 FLR 409; (2011) 63 AILR 101-328 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 Maslen v Core Drilling Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2013] FCCA 460 National Tertiary Education Uni…
Eaton v Sell Lease Property Pty Ltd and Ors (No.2) [2018] FCCA 558
Citation 30

…174 FCR 526; (2009) 180 IR 314 Luck v Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink [2015] FCAFC 75 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 Maslen v Core Drilling Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2013] FCCA 460 Qantas Airways Limited v Transpor…
Rothnie v St John of God Hospital (No.2) [2017] FCCA 3129
Citation 31 (Para 3)

…12) 248 CLR 500; (2012) 86 ALJR 1044; (2012) 220 IR 445; (2012) 290 ALR 647 (“ Barclay ”); Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 at [221] per RD Nicholson J (“ Geraldton Port Authority ”).…
Fair Work Ombudsman v Siner Enterprises Pty Ltd [2017] FCCA 2583
Citation 32

…001) 50 AILR 4-476 London City Equities Ltd v Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd (No. 3) [2012] FCA 361 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67 Maslen v Core Drilling Services Pty Ltd & Anor [2013] FCCA 460 McShane v Image Bollards Pty Lt…
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v De Martin & Gasparini Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCA 1046
Citation 33

…[2002] FCA 513 Maritime Union of Australia v Fair Work Ombudsman (2016) 339 ALR 286 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 National Tertiary Education Industry Union v Commonwealth (2002) 117 FCR 114 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union…
Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union v Australian Western Railroad Pty Ltd [2017] FCCA 1954
Citation 34 (Para 2)

…motivated by an impermissible reason: FW Act , s.361(1); Barclay as set out at [98] hereunder; Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34; (1999) 94 IR 244; (1999) 165 ALR 67; FCR at [221] per RD Nicholson J (“ Geraldton Port Authority ”).…
Tallott v City of Stirling [2017] WASCA 126
Citation 35 (Para 3)

…of the agreed unlawful acts; and (d)those unlawful acts caused damage to the plaintiff. [204] Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34 [421]; Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2011] NSWSC 433 [612].…
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 50
Citation 36 (Para 18)

…Third, her Honour adopted Nicholson J’s ruling in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at [244] that an offer of voluntary redundancy is not a threat to injure an employee in his or her employment. Subparagraph F of the particulars to paragraph 30 of the ASOC stated that BMA had decided that BHP Coal would “dismiss” 43 emplo…
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 987
Citation 37 (Para 15)

…threat to refuse to, make use of the services of BHP. This is particularly confusing in light of the following comments of RD Nicholson J in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at [244]: (1)An offer of voluntary redundancy is not a threat to injure an employee in his or her employment. It is an offer the employee may accep…
Lee v Abedian [2016] QSC 92
Citation 38 (Para 3)

…acts; and (d)those unlawful acts caused damage to the plaintiff. [11] Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 102; [1999] FCA 899 at [421] per R D Nicholson J; Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2011] NSWSC 433 at [612] per Ward J.…
R v Massey [2016] ACTSC 108
Citation 39 (Para 1)

…v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998) 55 ALD 140 at 145; Woodroffe v National Crime Authority (1999) 168 ALR 585 at 588; [11]; Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 88 IR 351 at 354; [12]; Chapman v Laminis Pty Ltd (No 2) (2000) 100 FCR 229 at 246; [54]; New South Wales v Public Transport Ticketing Corporation [2…
Director of The Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate v Baulderstone Pty Ltd & Ors [2014] FCCA 721
Citation 40

…ervices Group & Ors [2008] FMCA 455 General Motors Holden Pty Ltd v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605 Given v CV Holland (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1977) 29 FLR 212 Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67 Pacific Publications Pty Ltd v Cantlon (1983) 4 IR 415 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Limited v Maritime Union of Australia (No.3)…
CFMEU v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd [2014] FCCA 594
Citation 41 (Para 3)

…The circumstances here have a close analogy with the facts in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34. In that case the Geraldton Port Authority had been subject to a significant organisational restructure. This process included the redundancy of many of its employees. Although the legislative scheme then extant was not as expa…
Ashby v Slipper [2014] FCAFC 15
Citation 42 (Para 3)

…nal and professional reputations. Each would undoubtedly be viewed as guilty of grave moral delinquency. Such was the case when RD Nicholson J in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 found that a claim of unlawful conspiracy to cause injury on the part of government ministers executing their public duties was a serious matte…
Sibert v Tiwi Islands Shire Council [2013] FCCA 745
Citation 43 (Para 29)

…n of which an employer may take action against an employee are, of necessity, peculiarly with the knowledge of the employer. (References omitted) [8] [1999] FCA 899; (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 68…
Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union v Endeavour Coal Pty Ltd [2013] FCCA 473
Citation 44

…es Ltd (1982) 61 FLR 283 Childs v Metropolitan Transport Trust (1981) IAS Current Review 946 Linehan v Northwest Exports Pty Ltd (1981) 57 FLR 49 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 Greater Dandenong City Council v Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical & Services Union (2001) 112 FCR 232 Barclay v Board of Bendigo…
Naroth v Innovative Hair Loss Solutions Pty Ltd and Ors (No.3) [2013] FMCA 209
Citation 45 (Para 6)

…ant circumstances, lawful conduct. See Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67 at 125 per Nicholson J; [1999] FCA 899 at para.367 per Nicholson J; Balding v Ten Talents Pty Ltd (2007) 162 IR 17 at 27 per Lucev FM; [2007] FMCA 145 at paras.33-34 per Lucev FM; NC Seddon…
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 563
Citation 46 (Para 27)

…a prohibited reason under those sections. The prohibited reason need not be the substantial or dominant reason: MUA v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] 93 FCR 34; McIlwain v Ramsey Food Packaging Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 828 at [344] (having regard to the like provisions in the earlier legislation). The prohibited r…
Cicciarelli v Qantas Airways Ltd [2012] FCA 56
Citation 47

…Cathay Hotel Pty Ltd (1987) 21 IR 410 Seymour v Saint-Gobain Abrasives Pty Ltd (2006) 161 IR 9 Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay (2011) 191 FCR 212 Barclay v Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education (2010) 193 I…
Helal v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2011] FCA 1344
Citation 48 (Para 33)

…t acted: see General Motors Holden Pty Ltd v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605 at 616; Wood v City of Melbourne Corporation (1979) 26 ALR 430 at 434; Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 68-9.…
Hodkinson v Commonwealth [2011] FMCA 171
Citation 49 (Para 3)

…ployment. (at 947) These views were also adopted by Evatt J in Blair v Australian Motor Industries and referred to by RD Nicholson J in Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 93 FCR 34 at 70 [229].…
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2011] FMCA 58
Citation 50 (Para 2)

…ts of employment; Childs v Metropolitan Transport Trust (1981) IAS Current Review 946; Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 165 ALR 67. This view is supported by a consideration of the circumstances which have given rise to a finding of injury in employment. These include the forced removal…

Cases Cited

Statutory Material Cited

Squires v Flight Stewards Association of Australia [2019] QIRC 132
Citation 1

…ssed Blair v Australian Motor Industries Ltd (1982) 61 FLR 283, cited Squires v Flight Stewards Assn of Australia (1982) IR 155, cited Kimpton v Minister for Education of Victoria (1996) 65 IR 317, discussed Health Services Union of Australia v Tasmania (1996) 73 IR 140, discussed Independent Education of Union of Australia v Canonical Administrato…
Australian Consulting and Training Pty Ltd v Tiltform Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1072
Citation 2

…r the City of the Gold Coast v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1998) 157 ALR 135, referred to Coomera Resort Pty Ltd v Kolback Securities Ltd [1998] QSC 20 (unreported, Supreme Court of Queensland, McKenzie J, 20 February 1998), referred to Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87, applied Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 C…
Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27
Citation 3

…town Pty Ltd (1995) 2 VR 44, cited Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27, applied R and Attorney-General (Cth) v Associated Northern Collieries (1911) 14 CLR 387, referred to Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30, discussed Coal Miners Industrial Union of Western Australia, Collie v True (1959) 33 ALJR 224, cit…
Coomera Resort Pty Ltd v Kolback Securities Ltd [1998] QSC 20
Citation 4

…, referred to Coomera Resort Pty Ltd v Kolback Securities Ltd [1998] QSC 20 (unreported, Supreme Court of Queensland, McKenzie J, 20 February 1998), referred to Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87, applied Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1, considered Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 416, considered Que…
IW v City of Perth [1997] HCA 30
Citation 5

…Verrault v A-D QUE [1977] 1 SCR 41, referred to IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1, followed Wood v City of Melbourne (1979) 26 ALR 430 referred to Australian Builders Labourers Federated Union of Workers – Western Australian Branch –v- J-Corp Pty Ltd (1993) 114 ALR 551, cited Tillmanns Butcheries Pty Ltd v Austr…
Victoria v The Commonwealth [1996] HCA 56
Citation 6 (Para 21)

…imitation on the legislative power of the Commonwealth. The relevant principle is that which was set out by the High Court in Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 416 at 498 in the following terms: “The prohibition was most recently considered in Re Australian Education Union; Ex parte Victoria (1995) 184 CLR 188.…
Kimpton v Minister for Education of Victoria [1996] IRCA 104
Citation 7

…ited Squires v Flight Stewards Assn of Australia (1982) IR 155, cited Kimpton v Minister for Education of Victoria (1996) 65 IR 317, discussed Health Services Union of Australia v Tasmania (1996) 73 IR 140, discussed Independent Education of Union of Australia v Canonical Administrators (1998) 157 ALR 531, discussed Maritime Union of Australia v Pat…
Northern Territory v Mengel [1995] HCA 65
Citation 8

…urt, 25 August 1995), referred to Northern Territory v Mengel (1996) 185 CLR 307, considered Quinn v Leathem [1901] AC 495, cited Council for the City of the Gold Coast v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1998) 157 ALR 135, referred to Coomera Resort Pty Ltd v Kolback Securities Ltd [1998] QSC 20 (unreported, Supreme C…
Re Australian Education Union; Ex parte Victoria [1995] HCA 71
Citation 9 (Para 21)

…(1996) 187 CLR 416 at 498 in the following terms: “The prohibition was most recently considered in Re Australian Education Union; Ex parte Victoria (1995) 184 CLR 188. The majority in that case identified the scope and content of the prohibition as follows: “The limitation consists of two elements: (1) the prohibitio…
Ahern v The Queen [1988] HCA 39
Citation 10

…McKenzie J, 20 February 1998), referred to Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87, applied Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1, considered Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 416, considered Queensland Electricity Commission v Commonwealth (1985) 159 CLR 192 Re Australian Education Union; Ex parte Victoria (1995)…
Queensland Electricity Commission v The Commonwealth [1985] HCA 56
Citation 11 (Para 22)

…ed limitation extends to agents of the Crown and State statutory bodies as well as the State itself: Queensland Electricity Commission v Commonwealth (1985) 159 CLR 192 at 207, 218, 225 and 248; Re AEU; Ex parte Victoria (1995) 184 CLR 188 at 233. In the Queensland Electricity Commission case at 218 Mason J said: “It…
Tripodi v the Queen [1961] HCA 22
Citation 12

…rn v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87, applied Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1, considered Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 416, considered Queensland Electricity Commission v Commonwealth (1985) 159 CLR 192 Re Australian Education Union; Ex parte Victoria (1995) 184 CLR 188, referred to Australasian Meat Ind…
Williams v Hursey [1959] HCA 51
Citation 13

…n Collieries (1911) 14 CLR 387, referred to Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30, discussed Coal Miners Industrial Union of Western Australia, Collie v True (1959) 33 ALJR 224, cited McKernan v Fraser (1931) 46 CLR 343, referred to Sorrell v Smith [1925] AC 700, referred to Cox v Journeaux (No 2) (1935) 52 CLR 712, d…
Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 9
Citation 14

…egulations 1994 Leontiades v FT Manfield Pty Ltd (1980) 43 FLR 193, cited Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298, discussed Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191, cited Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336, discussed and applied Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449, cited Beach Petroleum NL v…
Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8
Citation 15

…Leontiades v FT Manfield Pty Ltd (1980) 43 FLR 193, cited Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298, discussed Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191, cited Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336, discussed and applied Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449, cited Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (199…
Grayndler v Cunich [1939] HCA 32
Citation 16

…evedores No 1 Pty Ltd (1998) 77 FCR 456, discussed Grayndler v Cunich (1939) 62 CLR 573, cited Walplan Pty Ltd v Wallace (1985) 8 FCR 27, considered Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners v Ryan (1911) 13 CLR 358, referred to Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153, referred to Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Ltd…
Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 36
Citation 17

…el (1959) 101 CLR 298, discussed Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191, cited Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336, discussed and applied Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449, cited Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1993) 43 FCR 1; (1993) 115 ALR 411, discussed Heidt v Chrysler Australia Ltd (1976) 26…
Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34
Citation 18

…iscussed Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191, cited Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336, discussed and applied Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449, cited Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1993) 43 FCR 1; (1993) 115 ALR 411, discussed Heidt v Chrysler Australia Ltd (1976) 26 FLR 257, c…
Cox v Journeaux (No 2) [1935] HCA 48
Citation 19

…ell v Smith [1925] AC 700, referred to Cox v Journeaux (No 2) (1935) 52 CLR 712, discussed Latham v Singleton [1981] 2 NSWLR 843, discussed Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Australian Federation of Air Pilots [1991] 1 VR 637, considered Lonrho PLC v Fayed [1992] 1 AC 448, discussed Goodchild Fuel D…
McKernan v Fraser [1931] HCA 54
Citation 20

…ia, Collie v True (1959) 33 ALJR 224, cited McKernan v Fraser (1931) 46 CLR 343, referred to Sorrell v Smith [1925] AC 700, referred to Cox v Journeaux (No 2) (1935) 52 CLR 712, discussed Latham v Singleton [1981] 2 NSWLR 843, discussed Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Australian Federation of Air…
Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v Producers and Citizens Co-Operative Assurance Co of Australia Ltd [1931] HCA 53
Citation 21

…Producers and Citizens Co‑operative Assurance Company of Australia (1931) 46 CLR 41, referred to New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Ltd v Brooks [1995] 1 WLR 96, referred to Verrault v A-D QUE [1977] 1 SCR 41, referred to IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1, followed Wood v City of Melbourne (1979) 26 ALR 430 refe…
Pearce v WD Peacock & Co Ltd [1917] HCA 28
Citation 22

…Chrysler Australia Ltd (1976) 26 FLR 257, cited General Motors-Holden’s Pty Ltd v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605, distinguished Kelly v CFMEU (No.3) (1995) 63 IR 119, distinguished Roberts -v- General Motors Holden Employees’ Canteen Society Inc . (1976) 25 FLR 415, cited Linehan v North West Exports Pty Ltd (1981) 57 FLR 49, c…
R v Associated Northern Collieries [1911] HCA 73
Citation 23

…R and Attorney-General (Cth) v Associated Northern Collieries (1911) 14 CLR 387, referred to Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30, discussed Coal Miners Industrial Union of Western Australia, Collie v True (1959) 33 ALJR 224, cited McKernan v Fraser (1931) 46 CLR 343, referred to Sorrell v Smith [1925] AC 700, referr…
Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners v Ryan [1911] HCA 64
Citation 24

…(1985) 8 FCR 27, considered Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners v Ryan (1911) 13 CLR 358, referred to Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153, referred to Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Ltd v The Producers and Citizens Co‑operative Assurance Company of Australia (1931) 46 CLR 41, referred to New Zealand Guard…
Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992] HCATrans 297
Citation 25

…6, discussed and applied Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449, cited Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1993) 43 FCR 1; (1993) 115 ALR 411, discussed Heidt v Chrysler Australia Ltd (1976) 26 FLR 257, cited General Motors-Holden’s Pty Ltd v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605, distinguished Kelly v CFM…
Lunoe v Westpac Banking Corp [1999] FCA 1001
Citation 26

…9 September 1998, unreported), considered Westpac v Cockerill (1998) 152 ALR 267, cited Australian Services Union v Electrix Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 211, referred to Pao On v Lau Yiu Long [1980] AC 614, considered Deemcope Pty Ltd v Cantown Pty Ltd (1995) 2 VR 44, cited Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27, applied R…
Australian Services Union v Electrix Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 211
Citation 27

…2 ALR 267, cited Australian Services Union v Electrix Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 211, referred to Pao On v Lau Yiu Long [1980] AC 614, considered Deemcope Pty Ltd v Cantown Pty Ltd (1995) 2 VR 44, cited Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27, applied R and Attorney-General (Cth) v Associated Northern Collieries (1911)…
Independent Education Union of Australia v Canonical Administrators [1998] FCA 1127
Citation 28

…ndependent Education of Union of Australia v Canonical Administrators (1998) 157 ALR 531, discussed Maritime Union of Australia v Patrick Stevedores No 1 Pty Ltd (1998) 77 FCR 456, discussed Grayndler v Cunich (1939) 62 CLR 573, cited Walplan Pty Ltd v Wallace (1985) 8 FCR 27, considered Sydney Harbour Trust Commissi…
Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson [1993] FCA 392
Citation 29

…n Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449, cited Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1993) 43 FCR 1; (1993) 115 ALR 411, discussed Heidt v Chrysler Australia Ltd (1976) 26 FLR 257, cited General Motors-Holden’s Pty Ltd v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605, distinguished Kelly v CFMEU (No.3) (1995) 63 IR 119, distinguished Roberts -v…
The Australian Builders Labourers Federated Union of Workers Western Australian Branch v J-Corp P/L [1993] FCA 360
Citation 30

…Union of Workers – Western Australian Branch –v- J-Corp Pty Ltd (1993) 114 ALR 551, cited Tillmanns Butcheries Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees’ Union (1979) 27 ALR 367, applied Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch [1942] AC 435, applied Sorrell v Smith [1925] AC 712, referred to Crescendo Ma…
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia v State Bank of New South Wales [1985] FCA 479
Citation 31

…Grayndler v Cunich (1939) 62 CLR 573, cited Walplan Pty Ltd v Wallace (1985) 8 FCR 27, considered Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners v Ryan (1911) 13 CLR 358, referred to Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153, referred to Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Ltd v The Producers and Citizens Co‑operative Assura…
Blair v Australian Motor Industries Ltd [1982] FCA 145
Citation 32

…Current Review 946, discussed Blair v Australian Motor Industries Ltd (1982) 61 FLR 283, cited Squires v Flight Stewards Assn of Australia (1982) IR 155, cited Kimpton v Minister for Education of Victoria (1996) 65 IR 317, discussed Health Services Union of Australia v Tasmania (1996) 73 IR 140, discussed Independen…
Leontiades, Lee v F.T. Manfield Pty Ltd [1980] FCA 65
Citation 33

…loyment and Redundancy) Regulations 1994 Leontiades v FT Manfield Pty Ltd (1980) 43 FLR 193, cited Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298, discussed Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191, cited Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336, discussed and applied Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449…
Wood v City of Melbourne Corporation [1979] FCA 42
Citation 34

…v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1, followed Wood v City of Melbourne (1979) 26 ALR 430 referred to Australian Builders Labourers Federated Union of Workers – Western Australian Branch –v- J-Corp Pty Ltd (1993) 114 ALR 551, cited Tillmanns Butcheries Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees’ Union (1979) 27 ALR…

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