Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Peerless Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1047

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Peerless Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1047

INDUSTRIAL LAW - Australian workplace agreements ("AWAs") - whether employer can give notice of intention to lock out employees (s 170WD of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ("the Act")) for purpose of compelling or inducing entry into AWAs before taking all steps necessary to make an AWA that can be approved under the Act - whether giving notice of intended AWA industrial action during period of certified agreement protected action (s 170MT of the Act) negates purpose required for such protected action - duress. Workplace Relations Act 1966 (Cth), s 3, s 3(b), s 3(c), s 3(e), s 127, s 127(1), s 170MI, s 170MJ, s 170MK, s 170ML, s 170ML(5), s 170MO, s 170MT, s 170MT(1), s 170MT(2), s 170MT(3), s 170MT(4), s 170MT(5), s 170MV, s 170VA, s 170VB(1), s 170VF(1), s 170VG, s 170VH, s 170VJ, s 170VK, s 170VN, s 170VN(3), s 170VO, s 170VO(1)(a), s 170VO(1)(b)(ii), s 170VPA, s 170VPA(1)(a), s 170VPA(1)(b), s 170VPA(1)(c), s 170VPB, s 170VPFA, s 170WB, s 170WB(1), s 170WC, s 170WC(3), s 170WC(1), s 170WD, s 170WG. Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth), s 148, s 170MC, s 170MI. Schanka v Employment National (Administration) Pty Ltd (1999) 166 ALR 663 referred Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v G & K O'Connor Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1217 referred Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 referred Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 referred FH Transport Pty Ltd v Transport Workers' Union of Australia (1997) 74 IR 236 referred Transport Workers Union of Australia v Lee (1998) 80 IR 106 referred Schanka v Employment National (Administration) Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 202 referred Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v G & K O'Connor Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 794 referred Westpac Banking Corporation v Cockerill (1998) 152 ALR 267 referred Crescendo Management Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1988) 19 NSWLR 40 referred Equiticorp Finance Ltd (In Liq) v Bank of New Zealand (1993) 32 NSWLR 50 referred AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES' UNION & ANOR v PEERLESS HOLDINGS PTY LTD (ACN 004 280 979) V 275 of 2000 FINN J 18 AUGUST 2000 CANBERRA (HEARD IN MELBOURNE)