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[2015] FWCFB 478
Fair Work Commission (Full Bench)
2015-01-30
Ross J
Original judgment source is linked above.
(#P37_898) [2014] FWC 6568
(#P38_1595) PR555664
(#P45_3199) Appellant's Outline of Submissions, paragraph 5
(#P46_3397) Appellant's Outline of Submissions, paragraph 8
(#P47_3864) Appellant's Outline of Submissions, paragraph 7
(#P74_8325) Decision at [28]-[32]
(#P76_8589) Decision at [34]
(#P78_8704) Decision at [35]
(#P80_8841) Decision at [36]
(#P82_9436) Decision at [39]-[41]
(#P84_9802) Decision at [46]
(#P86_10015) Decision at [46]
(#P88_10194) Decision at [47]
(#P90_10462) Decision at [48]-[49]
(#P92_10698) Decision at [51]
(#P105_12795) Decision at [64]
(#P107_12918) Decision at [65]
(#P109_13058) Decision at [65]
(#P111_13339) Decision at [66]-[68]
(#P113_13559) Decision at [69]-[71]
(#P115_13831) Decision at [72]-[73]
(#P117_14028) Decision at [74]
(#P119_14112) Decision at [75]
(#P121_14213) Decision at [75]
(#P123_14329) Decision at [75]
(#P132_16145) (1995) 185 CLR 410 at 465-8
(#P133_16455) Decision at [13] and footnote 9
(#P196_26633) [2014] FWCFB 7198
(#P209_29339) Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2000] HCA 47; 203 CLR 194 at [19] per Gleeson CJ, Gaudron and Hayne JJ
(#P210_29694) Ibid at [21]
(#P211_29792) [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 at 504-505 per Dixon, Evatt and McTiernan JJ.
(#P216_30602) See the definition of "vilify" in the Macquarie Concise Dictionary, 5th edition.
(#P219_31494) [2011] FCA 1103
(#P228_34389) Section 124A of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) provides:
124A Vilification on grounds of race, religion, sexuality or gender identity unlawful
(1) A person must not, by a public act, incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons on the ground of the race, religion, sexuality or gender identity of the person or members of the group.
(2) Subsection (1) does not make unlawful -
(a) the publication of a fair report of a public act mentioned in subsection (1); or
(b) the publication of material in circumstances in which the publication would be subject to a defence of absolute privilege in proceedings for defamation; or
(c) a public act, done reasonably and in good faith, for academic, artistic, scientific or research purposes or for other purposes in the public interest, including public discussion or debate about, and expositions of, any act or matter.
(#P229_35513) West & ors v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2007] NSWADT 240 at [27]- [32]
(#P232_36345) Wake v Queensland Rail [2006] AIRC 663, PR974391 at [2]-[3] and [21]-[22]; B, C and D v Australian Postal Corporation T/A Australia Post [2013] FWCFB 6191 at [36]- [39]
(#P233_36699) Jalea v Sunstate Airlines (Queensland) Pty Ltd T/A Qantas Link [2012] FWAFB 7267 at [11]- [20]; Slater v Patrick Port Logistics Pty Ltd [2012] FWA 7204 [137]-[138]; Dean Leadbetter v Qantas Airways Limited [2009] AIRC 131 At [74]- [78]; Stephen Viney v M & V Brown Pty Ltd [1998] AIRC 569, Print P9930
(#P250_41180) Transcript U2013/11148, 25 June 2014, PN258-PN263
(#P277_43241) Transcript U2013/11148, 25 June 2014, PN745-PN756
(#P288_44956) Ellawala v Australian Postal Corporation [2000] AIRC 1151, Print S5109 at [34]
(#P289_45107) Sprigg v Paul's Licensed Festival Supermarket [1998] AIRC 989, Print R0235 at [37]
(#P290_45266) Ellawala at [33]
(#P291_45671) Ellawala at [36]
(#P292_45814) Slifka v JW Sanders Pty Limited (1995) 67 IR 316 at 328
(#P293_46387) Bowden v Ottrey Homes Cobram and District Retirement Villages Inc. T/A Ottrey Lodge [2013] FWCFB 431 at [52]
(#P298_48534) See Decision at [54]
(#P299_48613) See Decision at [88]
(#P300_49033) See Decision at [88]
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Thiess Pty Ltd [2015] FWCFB 478
(2006) 227 CLR 57
(1995) 185 CLR 410
(1997) 189 CLR 579
(1994) 182 CLR 272
(1996) 186 CLR 302
(1936) 55 CLR 499
(1994) 182 CLR 104
(1994) 182 CLR 211
(1995) 67 IR 316