Federal Court of Australia
DECISION NO:78/97 CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - dye machine operator - alleged failure to obey a reasonable and lawful instruction - meaning of "VALID" REASON - effect of Textile Industry Award provisions and Accident Compensation Act (Victoria) - alleged termination on the basis of PHYSICAL DISABILITY Workplace Relations Act 1996 (C'th) (formerly Industrial Relations Act 1988) Ss 170DE(1), 170DF(1)(f), 170EA AWU - FIME Amalgamated Union & Farrell v Canagra Wool Pty Ltd (1995) AILR 3-015 Adami v Mason De Luxe Ltd (1924) 35 CLR 143 Australian Telecommunications Commission v Hart (1982) 65 FLR 41 at 47 Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR 569 Bouzourou v Ottoman Bank (1930) AC 27 1 Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited (1995) 131 ALR 422 Chew v The Queen (1991-92) 173 CLR 626 Connolly v Wells (1994) 55 IR 73 Fargie v Freedom Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd, unreported, IRCA 498/96 Parkinson JR, 14 October 1996 Fernandez v Comgroup Supplies Pty Ltd, unreported, IRCA 38/96, Ritter JR, 9 February 1996 Garbutt v Stothers, unreported, IRCA 416/96 Ritter JR, 27 August 1996 Hacksall's Ltd v McDowell [1930] AR (NSW) 620 ex parte Halliday & Sullivan (1938) 60 CLR 601 Hospital Products Limited v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41
Huang v Ford Motor Company of Australia, unreported, IRCA 95/488 Murphy JR, 8 September 1995 Izdes v L G Bennett & Co Pty Ltd (1995) 61 IR 439 Johns v Gunns Limited (1995) 60 IR 258 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 The King v Darling Island Stevedoring and Lighterage Co. Limited Lane v Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd (1990) 27 FCR 427. Lista v Romford Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd [1957] AC 555 Lupoi v Philips Fox, unreported, IRCA 485/96, Ritter JR, 3 October 1996 GJ McCarry (1984) 50 ALJ 327 Nettlefold v Kym Smoker Pty Ltd, Unreported, IRCA 469/96 Lee J, 4 October 1996 Nguyen v Nissan Casting Australia Pty Ltd, unreported, IRCA 95/657 Millane JR, 15 December 1995 Ottoman Bank v Chakarian (1930) AC 277 Pastry Cooks Employees v Gatral White (No. 3) (1990) 35 IR 70 Protean Holdings v American Home Assurance (1985) VR 187 R v Darling Island Stevedoring & Lighterage Co. Ltd Senathirajah Selvachandran v Peteron Plastics Pty Ltd (1995) 62 IR 371 Suttling v Director General of Education (1985) 3 NSWLR 427; 17 IR 447 Textile Industry Award 1994 Turner v Mason 14 M&W 112 Weissensteiner v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 217 Westen v Union Des Assurances De Paris, unreported, IRCA 419/96, Madgwick J, 28 August 1996 Winter v Australia National Hotels, Unreported, IRCA 574/95, Lee J, 25 October 1995
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