Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Comcare v Reardon [2015] FCA 1166 Citation: Comcare v Reardon [2015] FCA 1166
Appeal from: Reardon v Comcare [2015] AATA 360
Parties: COMCARE v SUSAN REARDON
File number: TAD 17 of 2015
Judge: MORTIMER J
Date of judgment: 4 November 2015
Catchwords: WORKERS' COMPENSATION – legal test for aggravation – whether Tribunal erred in finding work-related aggravation of respondent's hyperacusis in circumstances where it also found neither hyperacusis nor underlying hearing loss and tinnitus was work-caused – whether Tribunal failed to grapple with the applicant's submission there was merely a temporary worsening of hyperacusis symptoms in the workplace not amounting to compensable aggravation – Australian Postal Corporation v Bessey [2001] FCA 266; 32 AAR 508 considered – no error of law – appeal dismissed
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) ss 43(2), 43(2B), 44 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) ss 5A, 5B, 14
Cases cited: Abebe v Commonwealth [1999] HCA 14; 197 CLR 510 Australian Postal Corporation v Bessey [2001] FCA 266; 32 AAR 508 Australian Postal Corporation v Hughes [2009] FCA 1057; 50 AAR 267 Civil Aviation Safety Authority v Central Aviation Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 137; 179 FCR 554 Coal and Allied Operations Pty Limited v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [2000] HCA 47; 203 CLR 194 Commonwealth v Beattie [1981] FCA 88; 35 ALR 369 Dennis Willcox Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1988] FCA 123; 79 ALR 267 Kennedy Cleaning Services Pty Ltd v Petkoska [2000] HCA 45; 200 CLR 286 Lees v Comcare [1999] FCA 753; 56 ALD 84 May v Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission [2015] FCAFC 93; 322 ALR 330 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v MZYTS [2013] FCAFC 114; 230 FCR 431 Mulligan v National Disability Insurance Agency [2015] FCA 544; 146 ALD 418 Ogden Industries Pty Ltd v Lucas [1967] HCA 30; 116 CLR 537 Plaintiff S156/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 22; 309 ALR 29 R v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; Ex parte 2HD Pty Ltd [1979] HCA 62; 144 CLR 45 Repatriation Commission v Holden [2014] FCA 605; 142 ALD 267 Repatriation Commission v O'Brien [1985] HCA 10; 155 CLR 422 Tippett v Australian Postal Corporation [1998] FCA 335; 27 AAR 40 Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (NSW) v Browning [1947] HCA 21; 74 CLR 492
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