Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance v Australian Broadcasting Corporation T/A ABC

[2023] FWC 326

[2023] FWC 326

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.437—Protected action

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
v

Australian Broadcasting Corporation T/A ABC

(B2023/80)

VICE PRESIDENT CATANZARITI SYDNEY, 7 FEBRUARY 2023

Proposed protected action ballot of employees of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

1. This is an application by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Applicant) made under s.437 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act) for a protected action ballot order in relation to certain employees of Australian Broadcasting Corporation T/A ABC (Respondent).

1. On 7 February 2023, the Fair Work Commission was advised that the Respondent neither opposed nor consented to the application.

1. In the circumstances, I have decided to determine the matter on the papers without holding a hearing.

1. On the basis of the material before me, including the statutory declaration of Casandra Carmel Derrick of the Applicant declared on 2 February 2023, setting out the steps taken by it in bargaining with the Respondent and that it has been, and is, genuinely trying to reach agreement with the Respondent, I am satisfied that there is a notification time in relation to the proposed agreement and that the requirements in s.443(1) of the Act have been met.

1. An Order has been separately issued in PR750293.

VICE PRESIDENT

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