Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Permanent Firefighting Staff) Award 2008 [2009] NSWIRComm 125

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Permanent Firefighting Staff) Award 2008 [2009] NSWIRComm 125

APPLICANT: Commissioner of New South Wales Fire Brigades on behalf of Director of Public Employment PARTIES: RESPONDENT: New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees' Union

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 788 of 2009

CORAM: Walton J Vice-President; Kavanagh J; Grayson DP

CATCHWORDS: AWARD PROCEEDINGS - invitation to make submissions - possible issue of contempt - participation of organization under Act - matter adjourned for written submissions

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

HEARING DATES: 28 July 2009 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 28 July 2009

APPLICANT: Mr A Britt of Counsel Crown Solicitor's Office LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:

RESPONDENT: Mr J Nolan of Counsel New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees' Union

JUDGMENT:

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CORAM: WALTON J, Vice-President KAVANAGH J GRAYSON DP

Tuesday 28 July 2009

Matter No IRC 788 of 2009

CROWN EMPLOYEES (NSW FIRE BRIGADES PERMANENT FIREFIGHTING STAFF) AWARD 2008

Application by Crown Solicitor's Office for variation re clause 13.3

STATEMENT

[2009] NSWIRComm 125

1 The matter has been listed, upon the Commission's own motion, in order to invite the parties to these proceedings and, in so far as he might be minded to do so, Mr Jim Casey, to make submissions about what appears to be an article written by Mr Casey in the Winter edition, 2009, of the journal of the New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees Union, the "NSW Firefighter".