Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Police Federation of Australia v Nixon [2011] FCAFC 161 Citation: Police Federation of Australia v Nixon [2011] FCAFC 161
Appeal from: Police Federation of Australia v Nixon [2010] FCA 315
Parties: POLICE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA and THE POLICE ASSOCIATION v CHRISTINE NIXON and STATE OF VICTORIA
File numbers: VID 252 of 2010 VID 583 of 2011 VID 584 of 2011
Judges: LANDER, GILMOUR & GORDON JJ
Date of judgment: 12 December 2011
Catchwords: DISCOVERY – complaint about serious misconduct under the Police Regulation Act 1958 (Vic) – protected disclosure under the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 (Vic) – public interest immunity – inadequate reasons for decision
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Police Regulation Act 1958 (Vic) Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 (Vic) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)
Cases cited: Alister v R (1983) 154 CLR 404 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v P Dawson Nominees (2008) 169 FCR 227 Barclay v Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education (2011) 191 FCR 212 Betfair Pty Ltd v Racing New South Wales (No 7) (2009) 181 FCR 66 Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Amcor Ltd (2008) 246 ALR 137 Carlisle Homes Pty Ltd v Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 31 Carlson v King (1947) 64 WN (NSW) 65 Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1993) 176 CLR 604 Hunter v Transport Accident Commission (2005) 43 MVR 130 Jackson v Wells (1985) 5 FCR 296 Lansen v Minister for Environment and Heritage (2008) 174 FCR 14 Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 Palmer v Clarke (1989) 19 NSWLR I58 Pettitt v Dunkley [1971] 1 NSWLR 376 Queanbeyan City Council v ACTEW Corporation Ltd (2008) 253 ALR 121 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 State of Victoria v Brazel (2008) 19 VR 553 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd v Massoud [1989] VR 8 University of Western Australia v Gray (No 8) [2007] FCA 89 Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon (2005) 221 ALR 402 Second Reading Speech to the Whistleblowers Protection Bill (Vic) (1 May 2001) Heydon JD, Cross on Evidence (8th ed, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2010)
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