Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Flanagan v Murdoch Community Services Inc [2010] FCA 647 Citation: Flanagan v Murdoch Community Services Inc [2010] FCA 647
Parties: LORRAINE FLANAGAN v MURDOCH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC and NANCY McCOLL BOWEN
File number: VID 778 of 2009
Judge: GORDON J
Date of judgment: 23 June 2010
Catchwords: DISCRIMINATION – direct discrimination – discrimination in employment – whether conditions imposed constituted less than favourable treatment – relevance of amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
Legislation: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009 (Cth) Disability Services Act 1986 (Cth) Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) Disability Services Standards (DEWR) 2007 (Cth)
Cases cited: Allina Pty Limited v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1991) 28 FCR 203 Carrigan v Darwin City Council [1997] IRCA 101 Downey v Trans Waste Pty Limited (1991) 172 CLR 167 Fetherston v Peninsula Health (2004) 137 FCR 262 Grain Elevators Board (Victoria) v President, Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Dunmunkle (1946) 73 CLR 70 Interlego AG v Croner Trading Pty Limited (1992) 39 FCR 348 Jerzy Slezak v Pilkington (Aust) Operations Ltd [1995] IRCA 638 McNeill v Commonwealth of Australia (1995) EOC ¶92-714 Laz v Downer Group (2000) 108 IR 244 Purvis v New South Wales (Department of Education and Training) (2003) 217 CLR 92 Tate v Rafin [2000] FCA 1582 Triggs v GAB Robins (UK) Ltd [2007] 3 All ER 590 Van Thu Nguyen v Nissan Casting Australia Pty Ltd [1995] IRCA 657 Ware v OAMPS Insurance Brokers Ltd [2005] FMCA 664 Watkins v Fryer & Anor (1995) EOC ¶92-667 Zhang v University of Tasmania (2009) 174 FCR 366 D C Pearce and R S Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (6th ed, 2006) Commonwealth, Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, Explanatory Memorandum (2008) Commonwealth, Disability Services Standards (DEWR) 2007, Explanatory Statement (2007) Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 3 December 2008, 12292 (Robert McClelland, Attorney-General)
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