Ahearn v State of New South Wales Department of Gaming and Racing [2004] NSWIRComm 40

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Ahearn v State of New South Wales Department of Gaming and Racing [2004] NSWIRComm 40 CATHERINE MERLE AHEARN Applicant PARTIES : STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES DEPARTMENT OF GAMING AND RACING Respondent FILE NUMBER: IRC 4980 of 2003 CORAM: Schmidt J CATCHWORDS : Unfair contract - notice of motion to strike out summons - jurisdiction - statutory construction - public sector employee - probationary employment - motion dismissed Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1940 Public Sector Management Act 1988 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 Director-General of Education v Suttling (1987) 162 CLR 427 Grant v State of New South Wales (No 2) (1991) 48 IR 314 CASES CITED : Nagle (t/as WD and JL Nagle & Sons) v Tilburg (1993) 51 IR 8 Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 William v Byron [1995] NSWIRC 114 (29 June 1995) HEARING DATES: 03/03/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/08/2004

APPLICANT: Mr JP Berwick of counsel SOLICITORS: Craddock Murray and Neumann LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT: Mr JW Nolan of counsel SOLICITORS: IV Knight, Crown Solicitor