Transport Workers' Union of Australia v Registered Organisations Commissioner [No 2] [2018] FCAFC 203

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Transport Workers' Union of Australia v Registered Organisations Commissioner [No 2] [2018] FCAFC 203 Appeal from: Registered Organisations Commissioner v Transport Workers' Union of Australia [2018] FCA 32

File number: NSD 232 of 2018

Judges: ALLSOP CJ, COLLIER AND RANGIAH JJ

Date of judgment: 21 November 2018

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – admitted contraventions by appellant of certain provisions of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth) – departure by primary judge from the parties' common position that a single penalty should be imposed for the contraventions of s 172(1) and a single penalty should be imposed for the contraventions of s 231(1) – failure to disclose proposed departure from that common position – cannot be said that giving the appellant the opportunity to respond to proposed departure could not have changed outcome – procedural fairness – refixing of penalties Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth), ss 5, 172(1), 231(1), 235(2), 306, 315(2) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), s 557(1) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 28(1)(b)

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