Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Workers' Union v Registered Organisations Commissioner (No 4) [2019] FCA 187 File number: VID 1151 of 2017
Judge: BROMBERG J
Date of judgment: 11 February 2019
Catchwords: PRIVILEGE – Parliamentary Privilege – Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) ("Act") – whether questioning and reception of evidence is prohibited by s 16(3) of the Act – provisional reception of evidence for the purpose of determining objection – onus on party raising privilege to demonstrate interference with a privilege – objection overruled.
Legislation: Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) ss 3, 16(2) and (3)
Cases cited: Amann Aviation Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (1998) 19 FCR 223 Carrigan v Honourable Senator Michaelia Cash [2016] FCA 1466 Slipper v Magistrates Court of the ACT (2014) 285 FLR 78
Date of hearing: 11 February 2019
Registry: Victoria
Division: Fair Work Division
National Practice Area: Employment & Industrial Relations
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 10
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr H Borenstein QC with Ms C Van Proctor and Mr C Tran
Solicitor for the Applicant: Maurice Blackburn
Counsel for the First Respondent: Mr F Parry QC with Mr M Follett
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