Finance Sector Union v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2005] FCA 1847

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Finance Sector Union v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2005] FCA 1847

INDUSTRIAL LAW – application by union for injunctive relief and penalties in respect of contraventions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) – form of injunctive relief appropriate to remedy discrimination suffered by employees – whether union is entitled to apply for relief in respect of contraventions concerning employers who are not members of the union – principles applicable to assessment of penalty for serious breaches of industrial law – whether the penalty imposed should be paid to the union

Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 178(1), 298K(1)(c), 298F, 298T, 298U, 347 and 356

Park v Brothers [2005] HCA 73 - cited Maritime Union of Australia & Ors v Geraldton Port Authority & Ors (No 2) (2000) 94 IR 404 – cited Laing v Victoria (2005) 144 FCR 462 - applied Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 & Ors v Maritime Union of Australia & Ors (1998) 195 CLR 1 - applied Thomson Australia Holdings Proprietary Limited v The Trade Practices Commission & Ors (1981) 148 CLR 150 - cited Burwood Cinema Ltd v The Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association (1924) 35 CLR 528 - cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd (No 2) (1994) 94 IR 231 - cited Australian Workers Union v Johnson Matthey (Aust) Inc [2000] FCA 728 - cited Employment Advocate v National Union of Workers (2000) 99 IR 376 - cited Automotive, Food, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union v DMG Industries Pty Ltd (2000) 102 IR 175 – cited Australian Nursing Federation & Ors v Alcheringa Hostel Inc (2004) 136 FCR 530 - cited Alfred v Walter Construction Group Ltd [2005] FCA 497 - cited Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Leahy Petroleum Pty Ltd (No 2) (2005) 215 ALR 281 - cited Joyce & Ors v Christoffersen & Ors (1990) 26 FCR 261 - cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Australian Industrial Relations Commission & Ors (1999) 93 FCR 317 - cited Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v ABB Transmission and Distribution Ltd [2001] ATPR 41-815 - cited Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Finance Sector Union of Australia & Ors (2002) 125 FCR 9 - cited Finance Sector Union of Australia v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2004] FCA 257 - cited Amcor Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union & Ors (No M311/2003) (2005) 214 ALR 56 - cited Victoria University of Technology v Australian Education Union (1999) 91 IR 96- cited Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia v Snuggleright Industries Pty Ltd (1990) 34 IR 124 - cited CPSU, The Community and Public Sector Union v Telstra Corporation Ltd (2001) 108 IR 228 - cited Schanka & Ors v Employment National (Administration) Pty Ltd (No 2) (2001) 114 FCR 379 - cited Hawkesbury City Council v Foster & Anor (1997) 97 LGERA 12 – cited Finance Sector Union v Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2002] FCA 1035 - cited Electrical Trades Union of Australia v Sims Products Ltd (trading as Besco Batteries) (1988) 42 IR 250 - cited Australian Federation of Air Pilots v Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd (1996) 70 IR 284 - cited Seven Network (Operations) Pty Ltd v Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia & Ors (No 2) (2001) 110 IR 372 - cited Gibbs v The Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of the City of Altona (1992) 37 FCR 216 - cited FINANCE SECTOR UNION OF AUSTRALIA v COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA AND COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED VID 185 OF 2003 MERKEL J 16 DECEMBER 2005 MELBOURNE