Tredinnick -v- Wentworth Area Health Service [2000] NSWADT 172

CITATION: Tredinnick -v- Wentworth Area Health Service [2000] NSWADT 172 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANT Gregory Alan Tredinnick PARTIES: RESPONDENT Wentworth Area Health Service FILE NUMBER: 991069 HEARING DATES: 05/07/2000 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 07/05/2000 DATE OF DECISION: 11/23/2000

BEFORE: Goode P - Judicial Member; McDonald O - Member; Luger M - Member APPLICATION: Dismissal of complaint - frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance MATTER FOR DECISION: Preliminary matter LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Langley v Niland & Anor (1981) 2 NSWLR 104 Hill v University of New England (1990) EOC 92 – 291 Wensley v Technical and Further Education Commission [2000] NSWADT 142 Assal v Department of Health Housing and Community Services (1992) EOC 92-409 CASES CITED: State Electricity Commission of Victoria v Rabel & Ors (1998) 1VR 102 Reyes-Gonzalez v Sydney Institute of Technology (1998) NSWEOT (6 March 1998) Prakash v Bobb Borg Enterprises Pty Ltd [1999] NSWADT 73 Khan v Macquarie University and Webster [1999] NSW ADT 100 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) 1964 112 CLR 125 Tannock v State of New South Wales [1999] NSWADT 31 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: G Raffell, barrister RESPONDENT J Murphy, barrister ORDERS: The Respondent's application is dismissed.