ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores v Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association [2019] FCAFC 35

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores v Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association [2019] FCAFC 35 File number: NSD 1097 of 2018

Judges: FLICK, RANGIAH AND BROMWICH JJ

Date of judgment: 1 March 2019

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – approval sought of enterprise agreement – whether notice given to employees failed to comply with form prescribed by Regulations – whether notice invalid INDUSTRIAL LAW – review sought of Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission – need for satisfaction – whether decision vitiated by jurisdictional error PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – power of Court to grant declaratory relief

Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) ss 2, 25C Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 172, 173, 174, 174(1A), 174(6) (repealed), 181, 185, 186, 188, 188(2), 562, 563, 604, Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) s 45 (repealed) Fair Work Amendment (Notice of Employee Representational Rights) Regulations 2017 (Cth) Sch 1, item 1 Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) reg 2.05, 2.06A, Sch 2.1

Cases cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 ALDI Foods Pty Ltd as General Partner of ALDI Stores (a Limited Partnership) [2017] FWC 6956 ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores (a Limited Partnership) [2017] FWC 6958 ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores (a Limited Partnership) v Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association; National Union of Workers; Transport Workers' Union of Australia; ALDI Foods Pty Limited v Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association; National Union of Workers; Transport Workers' Union of Australia [2018] FWCFB 2485 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Attorney-General (NSW) v XY [2014] NSWCA 466 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation v Kaizen Hospitals (Essendon) Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 23; 228 FCR 225 Australian Maritime Officers' Union v Harbour City Ferries Pty Ltd [2015] FWCFB 3337; 250 IR 1 Chevron USA Inc v Natural Resources Defense Council 467 US 837 (1984) Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2000] HCA 47, 203 CLR 194 Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission [2000] HCA 5; 199 CLR 135 Cruise Whitsundays Pty Ltd [2016] FWCA 377 Director of Public Prosecutions (Nauru) v Fowler (1984) 154 CLR 627 Dome Resources NL v Silver [2008] NSWCA 322; 72 NSWLR 693 Hall v Jones (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 203 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34; 92 ALJR 780 KCL Industries Pty Ltd [2016] FWCFB 3048; 257 IR 266 Marbury v Madison (1803) I Cranch 137 at 177; 5 US 87 Maritime Union of Australia v MMA Offshore Logistics Pty Ltd [2017] FWCFB 660 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA; CQZ15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; BEG15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 3 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS, [2010] HCA 16; 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Yucesan [2008] FCAFC 110; 169 FCR 202 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 MZIAC v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 25; 237 FCR 156 Peabody Moorvale Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2014] FWCFB 2042, 242 IR 210 Prosegur Australia Ltd [2016] FWCA 1327 ResMed Limited v Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (No 2) [2015] FCA 537; 243 FCR 366 Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association v ALDI Foods Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 161, 245 FCR 155 Waterford v The Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54 Wei v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 51; 257 CLR 22