Carr -V- Opera Australia [1998] NSWEOD

Equal Opportunity Division of New South Wales

CITATION: Carr -V- Opera Australia [1998] NSWEOD

COMPLAINANT: Gregory Carr

RESPONDENT: Opera Australia

NUMBER: 39 of 1997

G Ireland ( Judicial Member ) TRIBUNAL: J Strickland L Taksa

GROUNDS OF COMPLAINT:

DATES OF HEARING: 12/07/1998 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/09/1998

Complainant: S Winters of Counsel LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Respondent: G Watson of Counsel instructed by McCulloch & Buggy Solicitors

JUDGMENT IN FAVOUR OF: Complainant

21 CHAIRPERSON: The Tribunal has reached a decision in the matter. By necessity I am going to read its decision from notes so I will ask your indulgence in that process. The judgment will be recorded and the transcript of it will be available as soon as that process can be completed. In that process the transcript will be presented to me first for editorial changes and there may be a further day or so delay while that is completed. I would not like to anticipate when the written form of the decision will be available, possibly say about ten days time.

This complaint has been presented to the Tribunal for inquiry by the President of the Anti-Discrimination Board and the inquiry has proceeded with the following background which the Tribunal has taken from the material which has been supplied to it.

The complainant was employed by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust orchestra in Melbourne as the first trumpet player in 1979. He transferred to Sydney to the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1980 as the associate principal trumpet player. It is noted that in 1989 that orchestra changed its name to Opera Australia.