Johnston v Cameron [2002] FCA 634

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Johnston v Cameron [2002] FCA 634

INDUSTRIAL LAW – rule to show cause calling upon the first and second respondents to show cause why the Court should not order that resolution of National Council appointing delegates to the State Conference of the Australian Labor Party is null and void – whether National Council of organisation has power to appoint delegates to the State Conference under its general power to manage the organisation in a situation where State Council has not appointed its full complement of delegates – rule to show cause calling upon a number of the respondents to show cause why the Court should not order that they perform and observe the rules of the organisation by not attending the State Conference. Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) s 209 Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30, cited

Imlach v Daley (1985) 7 FCR 457, cited

Bacon v O'Dea (1989) 25 FCR 495, cited

Short v Camillo [2000] FCA 504, referred to

Murphy v Eagleton (1987) 21 IR 419, cited

CRAIG JOHNSTON v DOUG CAMERON and OTHERS V 279 OF 2000 MARSHALL J MELBOURNE 16 MAY 2002

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V 279 OF 2002

BETWEEN: CRAIG JOHNSTON

APPLICANT

AND: DOUG CAMERON, JOHN SPEIGHT, PETER SPYKER, HELEN DAVIS, ZELJKO CURAK, JUDITH KLEPNER, JULIUS ROE, MAURICE ADDISON, STEVE DODD, EDDIE MICALLEF, TERRY HANCOCK, DURSUN GUNEY, DAVE OLIVER, BRIEN SMIDDY, KEVIN DAVIS, SUE SCHLESINGER, NEIL ROBERTSON, JIM DOWSETT, MIKE NICOLAIDES, ANNE DONNELLAN, TANYA SOKOLOWSKI, FRANK ARMENIO, FRANK ARGONDIZZO, MUSTAFA GUNEY, JEFF MADDERN, FRANK EDMONDS, ALF FERNANDEZ, ANTONIOS LONTOS, HARRY BARTZ, JOHN KRANZ, MEHMET ALTUN, TONY ANDERSON, TONY ROSSI, PETER HEAPHY, J DOWELL, I JONES, S WALSH, P JOHNSTON, D SMITH, D HARRISON, P LEES, P BASTIAN, G HINGLE, J PARKIN, A PERKINS, J WATSON, D SARGENT, J CAMILLO and J FERGUSON