Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern Section)

[2016] FWCA 1106

[2016] FWCA 1106

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern Section)

(AG2016/2037)

ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA (SOUTH

EASTERN SECTION) COOPER BASIN NURSES AGREEMENT 2015

Health and welfare services

COMMISSIONER JOHNS SYDNEY, 18 FEBRUARY 2016

Application for approval of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern

Section) Cooper Basin Nurses Agreement 2015.

[1]        On 7 January 2016 the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern

Section) (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of

Australia (South Eastern Section) Cooper Basin Nurses Agreement 2015 (Agreement). The

application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The

Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2]        The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3]        The Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 of

the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, has been met.

[4]        The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, being a bargaining representative

for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to

cover it. In accordance with s 201(2), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this

organisation.
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[5]        The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will

operate from 25 February 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2019.

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