Newsagents Association of NSW and ACT Ltd v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited [2006] NSWIRComm 409

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Newsagents Association of NSW and ACT Ltd v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited [2006] NSWIRComm 409

APPLICANT: Newsagents Association of NSW and ACT Ltd PARTIES: RESPONDENT: John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 3661 of 2006

CORAM: Wright J President

CATCHWORDS: Unfair contract - Practice and procedure - Urgent application for interlocutory relief - Dispute between newspaper publisher and newsagent - Background to issues between parties - Principles to be applied - Balance of convenience - Fine balance of factors - Limited orders made - Expedited conciliation ordered pursuant to s 109 of the Act.

Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (Cth) s 140 (repealed) LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 s 88F (repealed) Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 105 s 106 s 108 s 109 s 217

Birrell v Australian National Airlines Commission (1984) 5 FCR 447 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 Elliott v Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, Newcastle Branch (1988) 42 IR 35 Gough & Gilmour Holdings Pty Ltd v Caterpillar of Australia Ltd (No 9) [2001] NSWIRComm 260 Howitt v Retec Limited (No 2) (1995) 60 IR 93 CASES CITED: Kenoss Contractors Pty Ltd v Allied Constructions Pty Limited (2001) 104 IR 66 R v Dunphy and ors; Ex parte Maynes and ors (1978) 139 CLR 482 Sea Acres Rainforest Centre Pty Ltd v New South Wales (2001) 109 IR 56 Selman v Sweet [2003] NSWIRComm 14 Sweeney & Vandeleur Pty Ltd v Angyl (2003) 136 IR 433 TAB Agents' Association of NSW v TAB Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 316 Western Sydney Area Health Service v Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation (NSW) (2004) 138 IR 203