Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Country Fire Authority [2022] FCA 727 File number(s): VID 332 of 2022
Judgment of: HESPE J
Date of judgment: 23 June 2022
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for interlocutory injunction – where interlocutory application sought to enjoin respondent from completing a ballot in relation to a proposed enterprise agreement – whether prima facie case has sufficient likelihood of success – whether balance of convenience favours a grant of injunctive relief
Legislation: Constitution s 76(ii) Country Fire Authority Act 1958 (Vic) ss 6F, 20, 20AAA Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 52, 54, 172, 181, 182, 185, 186, 188, 562, 564 Firefighters' Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2019 (Vic) ss 1, 4, 23, 27, 28, 50, 75 Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958 (Vic) ss 25B, 25C
Cases cited: Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Fair Work Australia (No 2) (2012) 203 FCR 430 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 63; (2001) 208 CLR 199 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46; (2006) 227 CLR 57 Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v ALS Industrial Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 166; (2015) 235 FCR 366 Bullock v Federated Furnishing Trades Society of Australia (1985) 5 FCR 464 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 CGU Insurance Ltd v Blakeley [2016] HCA 2; (2016) 259 CLR 339 Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal and Allied Services Union of Australia v Dee Vee [2012] FCA 988 Duggan v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (2017) 251 FCR 1 Felton v Mulligan (1971) 124 CLR 367 Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd v Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd [2013] FCAFC 102; (2013) 103 IPR 487 Gully, State Tax Collector for Mississippi v First National Bank in Meridian (1936) 299 US 109 Hobart International Airport v Clarence City Council [2022] HCA 5; (2022) 399 ALR 214 LNC Industries Ltd v BMW (Australia) Ltd (1983) 151 CLR 575 Melbourne Stadiums Limited v Sautner [2015] FCAFC 20; (2015) 229 FCR 221 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30; (1998) 195 CLR 1 Quinn v Overland [2010] FCA 799; (2010) 199 IR 40 R v Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; Ex parte Barrett (1945) 70 CLR 141 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v Apple Inc [2011] FCAFC 156; (2011) 217 FCR 238 Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wyeth [2009] FCA 595; (2009) 81 IPR 339 Tait v The Queen (1962) 108 CLR 620 Teys Australia Beenleigh Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (No 2) [2016] FCA 2; (2016) 259 IR 164
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