Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Collinsville Coal Operations Pty Limited [2014] FWCFB 7940

(#P78_7309) [2014] FWC 4276

(#P81_7532) [2014] FWC 5628

(#P84_7860) [2014] FWCA 5705

(#P103_9496) Appellant's Outline of Submissions at [11(b)]

(#P108_9655) Section 604(1)

(#P109_9919) O'Sullivan v Farrer [1989] HCA 61; (1989) 168 CLR 210; Coal & Allied v Lawler [2011] FCAFC 54 at [44]- [46]

(#P110_10131) GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd v Makin [2010] FWAFB 5343 at [26]- [27]; Lawrence v Coal & Allied Mining Services Pty Ltd t/as Mt Thorley Operations/Warkworth [2010] FWAFB 10089 at [28], affirmed on judicial review; Coal & Allied Mining Services Pty Ltd v Lawler [2011] FCAFC 54; Ferrymen Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [2013] FWCFB 8025; and NSW Bar Association v Brett McAuliffe; Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Taxation Office [2014] FWCFB 1663

(#P113_11231) [2010] FWAFB 5343 at [27]

(#P116_11614) Also see CFMEU v AIRC [1998] FCA 1404; (1998) 89 FCR 200; and Wan v AIRC [2001] FCA 1803; (2001) 116 FCR 481. Also see the Explanatory Memorandum to what is now s.604, at para 2328.

(#P119_12172) Transcript PN 675 - PN 678

(#P124_12467) We note that in CEPU and AMWU v Main People Pty Ltd [2014] FWCFB 8429 a Full Bench of the Commission determined that a right to represent employees under the terms of the agreement and the likelihood that members of the appellant unions would in the future be employed under the agreement resulted in the appellants having standing to institute the appeal as those factors gave the appellants an interest beyond that of an ordinary member of the public. We would observe that in the context of the statutory scheme established for agreement making and approval, the question whether a person should be heard during an application to approve an agreement is a different question whether a person is aggrieved by a decision for the purposes of bringing an appeal. For the reasons set out at [70] of our decision, we do not regard the possibility or even likelihood that members of an employee organisation might in the future be employed under the agreement as grounding a right to be heard. Nor does that fact that employees covered by an agreement might choose to be represented by the employee organisation under particular terms of the agreement give rise to a right to be heard. The right of representation under the terms of an agreement resides with the employee, not the organisation or person selected by the employee to provide representation.

(#P125_15067) Transcript PN68 - PN71

(#P132_15625) Section 228

(#P135_15699) Section 236

(#P138_15854) Section 229

(#P141_15908) Section 238

(#P144_15974) Section 242

(#P147_16054) Section 185

(#P150_16238) Section 183

(#P153_16485) [2014] FWC 5628 at [43] - [47]

(#P158_17298) AB75 at [70]; AB172 at PN384;

(#P165_17842) AB156 at PN238 - PN 241

(#P166_18331) AB74 at [69]

(#P177_20631) [2014] FWC 5628 at [50]-[52]

(#P180_20741) Appellant's Outline of Submissions at [21]

(#P181_21112) CFMEU's Further Submission 9 October 2014 at [14]-[19]

(#P186_22689) Section 176(1)(b), (c) and (4)

(#P200_24656) See CFMEU's further submissions dated 9 October 2014

(#P201_24815) See Further Submissions of Australian Council of Trade Unions dated 9 October 2014

(#P204_25992) See Respondent's Outline of Submissions dated 9 October 2014

(#P205_26192) See Further Submissions of the Australian Industry Group dated 9 October 2014

(#P214_27912) See section 185(1)

(#P215_28158) The section 190(4)

(#P218_28984) See section 172(3)(a)

(#P221_29917) Section 210

(#P222_29954) Sections 222 and 225

(#P223_30058) Sections 50 and 539(2) item 4

(#P230_32001) See section 201(2)

(#P235_32737) AB258 at [3] and AB162 at PN 296

(#P236_33198) AB258 at [2]

(#P237_33496) Ibid at [3]

(#P238_34022) Ibid

(#P239_34237) [2014] FWCFB 2042

(#P242_34689) Ibid at [45]

(#P245_35698) See section 173(4)

(#P248_36074) The ground of appeal 12 and the particulars thereto at AB30 and the affidavit of Dave Olive at AB285

(#P251_37174) AB258

(#P254_37537) AB228

(#P255_37859) Section 173(2)

(#P262_39265) AB393

(#P265_39996) Section 590(1) and (2)(b)

(#P270_40614) [1985] HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550

(#P275_42070) Ibid at 584

(#P278_42353) Transcript PN115

(#P281_42395) [1990] HCA 57; (1990) 170 CLR 596

(#P286_45061) Transcript PN132 - PN133

(#P289_45420) Transcript PN134 - PN139

(#P298_47762) See section 481

(#P299_47924) See section 484

(#P304_48707) Transcript PN155 - PN157

(#P307_49280) Vol 2 AB1 at 4 - 6

(#P308_50030) Ibid

(#P311_50319) (2003) 214 CLR 1

(#P314_50610) Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550 at 563, 583

(#P315_50931) [1985] AC 374 at 408-409

(#P318_51481) Stern v McArthur [1988] HCA 51; (1988) 165 CLR 489 at 529

(#P319_51819) Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board [2001] HCA 19; (2001) 206 CLR 1 at 16-17 [47]

(#P320_51988) Giumelli v Giumelli [1999] HCA 10; (1999) 196 CLR 101 at 120-125 [34]- [48]. See also Finn and Smith, "The Citizen, the Government and 'Reasonable Expectations'", (1992) 66 Australian Law Journal 139 at 140-144.

(#P323_52490) Ibid at 20 [61]-[63]

(#P329_52837) [1995] HCA 20; (1995) 183 CLR 273 at 311-312. See also Allars, "One Small Step for Legal Doctrine, One Giant Leap Towards Integrity in Government", [1995] SydLawRw 16; (1995) 17 Sydney Law Review 204 at 222-224.

(#P332_53572) Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81; (1985) 159 CLR 550 at 587.

(#P335_53847) [1990] HCA 21; (1990) 170 CLR 1 at 39.

(#P338_54192) Macrae v Attorney-General (NSW) (1987) 9 NSWLR 268 at 285 per Mahoney JA

(#P341_55118) Ibid at 27 - 28 [81] - [83]

(#P356_58024) Enterprise Flexibility Agreements Test Case May 1995 (1995) 59 IR 430 at 451

(#P359_58856) See CFMEU v Hamberger and Anor [2011] FCA 719; (2011) 195 FCR 74 in which Katzmann J discusses the meaning of "will be covered" in s.172 of the Act and concludes at [69]-[79] that persons not yet employed but who might in the future be covered by an agreement are not within the class of persons "who will be covered"; See also Mermaid Marine Vessel Operations Pty Ltd v MUA [2014] FWCFB 1317 at [73]- [74] and CBI Contractors Pty Ltd v CFMEU [2011] FWAFB 7642 at [22]- [23]

(#P370_61752) [1999] FCA 847; (1999) 93 FCR 317

(#P371_61832) (2003) 127 IR 13

(#P372_62065) See for example section 43 Workplace Relations Act 1996

(#P375_62596) Section 590

(#P396_65287) [2010] FWAFB 3307; (2010) 194 IR 259

(#P399_66193) Ibid at 262 - 263

(#P402_66431) See appellant's outline of submissions [11 (c)], [24] and [33]

(#P413_68669) AB112

(#P418_69287) [2014] FWC 5628 at [94]

(#P419_69595) AB285 - AB287

(#P426_71496) See section 188(c)

(#P427_71977) Transcript PN398 - PN463

(#P436_74659) Vol 3 AB527

(#P437_75072) AB288 - AB302

(#P452_76823) AB391

(#P453_76998) Ibid

(#P454_77135) AB393

(#P455_77204) Ibid

(#P456_77294) AB392

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