Australian Mines and Metals Association Inc v The Maritime Union of Australia [2016] FCAFC 71

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Mines and Metals Association Inc v The Maritime Union of Australia [2016] FCAFC 71 Appeal from: Australian Mines and Metals Association Inc v The Maritime Union of Australia (2015) 251 IR 75; [2015] FCA 677

File number(s): WAD 377 of 2015

Judge(s): SIOPIS, buchanan and bromberg jJ

Date of judgment: 25 May 2016

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – common requirements for industrial action to be protected industrial action, Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 413 – provisions of s 413 state conditions to be satisfied at the time industrial action is organised or engaged in – whether respondent complied with s 413(5) – section 413(5) requires consideration of such orders as are relevantly prohibitory and operative at the time of organising and engaging in the particular industrial action

Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), s 25C Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 445G(3) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), ss 3, 3(f), 54, 54(1), 54(2), 58, 58(2)(d), 58(2)(e), 171, 176, 176(1)(a), 176(1)(b), 176(1)(c), 176(1)(d), 176(4), 182, 185, 186, 186(5), 228, 229, 230, 230(3), 235, 235(1), 235(2), 266, 269, 279, 408, 409, 409(2), 410, 411, 413, 413(1), 413(2), 413(3), 413(3)(a), 413(3)(b), 413(4), 413(5), 413(5)(a), 413(5)(b), 413(6), 413(7), 413(7)(a), 413(7)(b), 413(7)(c), 414, 414(6), 415, 415(1), 417, 418, 418(1), 420, 421, 421(1), 421(2), 422, 423-430, 431, 443, 443(1), 443(2) Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) Fair Work Bill 2008 (Cth), Explanatory Memorandum

Cases cited: Esso Australia Pty Ltd v The Australian Workers' Union [2015] FCA 758; (2015) 253 IR 304 Esso Australia Pty Ltd v The Australian Workers' Union [2016] FCAFC 72 Taylor v The Owners - Strata Plan No 11564 (2014) 253 CLR 531