Bonella & ors -v- Wollongong City Council [2001] NSWADT 194

CITATION: Bonella & ors -v- Wollongong City Council [2001] NSWADT 194 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANTS Irene Bonella Rhonda Boxall Jan Keith Joan De Wet PARTIES: Shivani Tambyah RESPONDENT Wollongong City Council JOINED PARTIES Environmental Health and Building Surveyors Association of NSW Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union of Australia, NSW Division FILE NUMBER: 991026 HEARING DATES: 11/12/2000, 12/12/2000, 13/12/2000, 14/12/2000, 05/03/2001 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 03/05/2001 DATE OF DECISION: 11/29/2001

BEFORE: Rees N - Judicial Member; Antonios Z - Member; Strickland J - Member APPLICATION: Sex Discrimination - In work MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act 1997 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination (Amendment) Act 1994 Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) Interpretation Act 1987 Australian Doctors Trained Overseas Association Inc v Director-General, NSW Department of Health [2000] NSWADT 115 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 at 395 Concut Pty Ltd v Worrell (2001) 75 ALJR 312 at 315) Allders International Pty Limited v Anstee [1986] 5 NSWLR 47 Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited (1995) 185 CLR 410 Leonard v Youth Hostels Association of Australia (1995) EOC 92-763 Shaikh v Commissioner, NSW Fire Brigades (1996) EOC 92-808 and Sivananthan v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 44 Commissioner of Police v Orr [2001] NSWADTAP 16 Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd v Banovic (1987) 168 CLR 165 Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 CASES CITED: Commissioner of Corrective Services v Aldridge [2000] NSWADTAP 5 Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 Bropho v State of Western Australia (1989) 171 CLR 1 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 72 ALJR 841 Australian Medical Council v Wilson (1996) 68 FCR 46 Griggs v Duke Power Co (1971) 401 US 424 McMonalge v Westminster City Council [1990] 2 AC 716 Kidd v D. R. G. (UK) Ltd [1985] ICR 405 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service v Estate of Russell [2001] NSWSC 745 Hall v A & A Sheiban Pty Ltd (1989) 20 FCR 217 Haines v Bendall (1991) 172 CLR 60 Alexander v Home Office [1998] 1 WLR 968 at 975 APPLICANTS K Eastman, barrister RESPONDENT C Ronalds, barrister REPRESENTATION: JOINED PARTIES Environmental Health and Building Surveyors Association of NSW L McManus, barrister Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union of Australia, NSW Division B Kruse, solicitor ORDERS: 1. Within 28 days of the date of this order the Respondent is to pay to each of the Applicants damages in the sum of $7,500; 2. The Applicants are granted leave to approach the Tribunal for an order pursuant to section 113 (1) (b) (iii) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 no later than 16 weeks after the date of this order.