Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited (ACN 008 667 285) v Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union [2001] FCA 281

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Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited (ACN 008 667 285) v The Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union [2001] FCA 281

INDUSTRIAL LAW – "bargaining period" – application for interlocutory relief – industrial action – whether industrial action was "protected action". Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 170NF, 170NG, 170NC, 170MI, 170MJ, 170ML(1), 170ML(2), 170MO(1), 170MP(1), 170MR, 170MT(2), 170MV, 170NC Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA) Part II Western Australian Coal Industry Tribunal Act 1992 (WA) Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992 (WA) Victoria v The Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 416 considered The Queen v Aird; Ex parte The Australian Workers' Union (1973) 129 CLR 654 referred to Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v The Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2001] HCA 16 (15 March 2001) considered Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 applied Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Woodhams (2000) 169 ALR 503 referred to Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWR 404 considered Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union v Curragh Queensland Mining (Wilcox J, 30 September 1998, unreported)considered National Workforce v Manufacturing Workers Union (1997) 141 FLR 95 referred to Davids Distribution Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers (1999) 165 ALR 550 referred to Australian Workers Union v Yallourn Energy Pty Ltd (2000) 95 IR 207 referred to Creighton & Stewart Labour Law: an Introduction, 3rd Ed, The Federation Press (pp 42-46) GRIFFIN COAL MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITED (ACN 008 667 285) v the CONSTRUCTION FORESTRY MINING AND ENERGY UNION, THE COAL MINERS INDUSTRIAL UNION OF WORKERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA and GARY WOOD W 69 OF 2001 LEE J 20 MARCH 2001 PERTH

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