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CATCHWORDS

EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION - Appeai from Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Incapacity for work - Relevance of personality or

worker in considering capacity to work - Employment of a kind not

commonly availabie - The "odd lot" doctrine - Necessity for

Tribunal to consider vossible occupations outside employees

previous experience - Inference to be drawn from failure of employer to offer or suggest suitable employment - Whether

employee suffering incapacity occasioned by medical treatment.

Compensaticn (Commonweaith Government Emplovees) Act 1971, 38.25,

27, 39, 47, 50.

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1977 5.44

Andersen v Australian Postal Commmission (1981) 39 ALR 94,

Bavcevic v Commonwealth (1957) $8 CLR 296 applied. G:zbson v

Commonwealth (AAT No. N84/203, 8 March 1985) discussed.

AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v FRANK FINNAN XING

G.274 of 1984

WILCOX J 29 MARCH 1985

SYDNEY

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IN THE FEDFRAD COURT OF AUSTRADIA ) 4 ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT PEGISTRY ) No. G.274 of 1984 ) GENERAL DIVISTON ) - ~ . \ 1 - - 7 BETWEEN = AUSTRAT TAN TELECOMMUNICATICNE COMMISS=ZCN Appellant AND: FRANK FINNAN KING . RPesrondenz - ORDERS CORAM: AILCOX JT DATS: 29 MARCH 2985 PLACE: SYDNEY THE COURT ORDERS THAT: i, The apreal ne dismissed. * 2. The apcellant say to the responcent his costs of cne 4 appeal, 4 :

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