McCann v Mt Isa Mines Limited [2003] FCA 1031

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

McCann v Mt Isa Mines Limited [2003] FCA 1031 INDUSTRIAL LAW – Industrial relations – whether for a prohibited reason – employee a delegate of an industrial association – dismissal following unauthorised absence from work and attendance at union meeting – application for interlocutory injunction – whether serious question to be tried – balance of convenience – whether an application had already been made for a remedy in respect of the dismissal under a law of the State – whether application competent Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) Part XA,ss 298K, 298L, 298T, 298U, 298V Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39A(1) Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 (Cth) Schedule 1, Items 1 and 15 Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld) ss 710, 727 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Acts Interpretation Act (Qld) s 7 Patrick Stevedores Operations No. 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (1998) 195 CLR 1 followed Davids Distribution v NUW (1999) 1 FCR 463 followed Australian Meat Industry Employees Union v G. and K. O'Connor Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 627 cited National Union of Workers v Davids Distribution Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 130 cited Wheeler v Phillip Morris Limited (19 ) 97 ALR 282 cited MUA v CSL Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 113 IR 620 326 cited HSUA v Tasmania (1996) 73 IR 140 cited AMACSU v Ansett (2000) 175 ALR 173 mentioned GMH v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605 referred to Lewis v Qantas Airways Ltd (1981) 54 FLR 101 referred to FSU v ANZ Banking Group (2002) 114 IR 352 referred to BRIAN EDWARD McCANN and AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION and AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, EGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIAL UNION OF EMPLOYEES, QUEENSLAND v MT ISA MINES LIMITED ACN 009 661 447 No Q 129 of 2003 SPENDER J BRISBANE 19 SEPTEMBER 2003