Sita v State of Queensland [1999] FCA 793

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sita Qld Pty Ltd v State of Queensland [1999] FCA 793

PLEADINGS – application to strike out parts of statement of claim CONTRACT – whether repudiation of an undertaking to call for tenders for a "commercial service contract" as defined in s 50(2) of the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 (Qld) MONOPOLIZATION – abuse of market power – relationship between Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), Competition Policy Reform (Queensland) Act 1996 (Qld) and Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 (Qld) – whether financial power infringes s 46 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) MISFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE – whether setting of rail fares contravenes the Government-Owned Corporations Act 1993 (Qld) – whether declarations required to be made under Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 (Qld) is conduct sufficient to maintain claim UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT – whether alleged violation of statutory obligations is conduct within s 51AA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) MISLEADING AND DECEPTIVE CONDUCT – whether failure to abide by alleged binding representation made in the course of negotiations – whether reliance giving rise to an estoppel – whether negligence INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE BY UNLAWFUL MEANS – whether "illegal compulsion" – whether tort extends to public office Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) State Transport Act 1960 (Qld) Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 (Qld) Competition Policy Reform (Queensland) Act 1996 (Qld) Government-Owned Corporations Act 1993 (Qld)

State of New South Wales v Bardolph (1934) 52 CLR 455 Cudgen Rutile (No 2) Ltd v Chalk [1975] AC 520 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1989-90) 170 CLR 1 Trade Practices Commission v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 164 Queensland Wire Industries Pty Ltd v Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (1988-89) 167 CLR 177 Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd & Ors v Trade Practices Commission (unreported – Matter No B 34/95 – 10 March 1995) Brennan J Re Queensland Co-operative Milling Association Ltd (1976) 8 ALR 481 Arnotts Limited v Trade Practices Commission (1990) 97 ALR 555 Trade Practices Commission v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1994) 50 FCR 160 R v McCann [1998] 2 Qd R 56 Sanders v Snell (1998) 157 ALR 491 Mogul Steamship Co v McGregor Gow & Co (1889) 23 QBD 598 SITA QLD PTY LTD and HARLINGDALE PTY LTD v STATE OF QUEENSLAND, QUEENSLAND RAIL, THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS FOR THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT (QUEENSLAND), SURFSIDE BUSLINES PTY LTD and RAYMOND GRAHAM CLARK AND YVONNE HAZEL CLARK TRADING AS CLARK'S LOGAN CITY BUS SERVICE QG 95 of 1998 DOWSETT J 15 JUNE 1999 BRISBANE