Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Airservices Australia v United Firefighters' Union of Australia [2011] FCA 476 Citation: Airservices Australia v United Firefighters' Union of Australia [2011] FCA 476
Parties: AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA v UNITED FIREFIGHTERS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA, JAMES PARKER, LAURIE MCMAHON, ANDREW MORGAN, PETER SPARKES, RODNEY FLEMING, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, TYSON CONHEADY, SEAN CONQUIT, GEOFF DAVIES, ANTHONY DICELLO, BRENDAN FITZGERALD, MARC JANSEN, TEREAPII KORONUI, JAMES LINDSAY, STUART MACKIE, JOHN MERVIN, PAUL MILLER, DANIEL MORGAN, CHRISTOPHER PRYZGODA, STEVEN RIGBY, LEIGH SCHEPISI, ANDREW TONKIN, NATHAN PANKHURST, STEVEN ALDERSLEY and DAVID DENT
File number: VID 354 of 2011
Judge: JESSUP J
Date of judgment: 9 May 2011
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Conduct by respondents arguably in contravention of statutory prohibition – Whether conduct should be restrained by interlocutory injunction – Strength of arguable case – Balance of convenience INDUSTRIAL LAW – Introduction of new roster by employer – Whether consistent with provision of enterprise agreement requiring consultation – Refusal by employees to work in accordance with new roster – Whether "industrial action" as defined in legislation – Strength of case for interlocutory injunction – Whether balance of convenience favoured restraint on refusal to work new roster
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 19, 417, 418 and 421 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)
Date of hearing: 9 May 2011
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
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