Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Deam v Starlight Children's Foundation Australia [2023] FCA 259 File number: VID 443 of 2022
Judgment of: MORTIMER J
Date of judgment: 24 March 2023
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – interlocutory application seeking summary dismissal of proceedings pursuant to s 31A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and r 26.01(1)(a) of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – whether s 734 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) precludes the applicant from making a general protections application to this Court in circumstances where the applicant's prior Australian Human Rights Commission complaint was terminated – whether conduct is substantially the same – interlocutory application granted – proceedings dismissed HUMAN RIGHTS – application for leave to bring proceedings pursuant to s 46PO of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) – whether claims have reasonable prospects of success – leave refused
Legislation: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) ss 46P(2)(a)(i), 46PH(1)(c), 46PO(1), 46PO(3A) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ss 4, 5(2), 6, 11, 15(2) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 340, 342, 351, 368(4), 539, 570, 725, 734 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 26.01(1)(a) Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) ss 103, 104
Cases cited: Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Delor Vue Apartments CTS 39788 [2021] FCAFC 121; 287 FCR 388 Budini v Sunnyfield [2019] FCA 2164 Chircop v Technical and Further Education Commission [2022] FCA 1015 Fair Work Ombudsman v Foot & Thai Massage Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (No 4) [2021] FCA 1242 Grigor-Scott v Jones [2008] FCAFC 14; 168 FCR 450 James v WorkPower Inc [2018] FCA 2083 Jones v Westpac Banking Corporation [2020] FCA 238 Knowles v Commonwealth [2022] FCA 741 Matthews v Markos [2019] FCA 1827 Owen v Serendipity (WA) Pty Ltd t/as Advanced Personnel Management [2020] FCA 1826 Pathmanathan v St John of God Healthcare Inc [2019] FCA 1460 Praljak v Commonwealth [2022] FCA 1438 Quirk v Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union [2021] FCA 1587; 398 ALR 39 Sayed v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2015] FCA 27; 327 ALR 460 Trotta v Northern Health [2021] FCA 668 Watts v Australian Postal Corporation [2014] FCA 370; 222 FCR 220 Webster v Lampard [1993] HCA 57; 177 CLR 598 Western Union Business Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd v Robinson [2019] FCAFC 181; 272 FCR 547 Wilson v Britten-Jones (No 2) [2020] FCA 1290
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