Peter Redmond and Director General, NSW Department of Health, on behalf of the Ambulance Service of NSW [2011] NSWIRComm 1051

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Peter Redmond and Director General, NSW Department of Health, on behalf of the Ambulance Service of NSW [2011] NSWIRComm 1051 Hearing dates: 2-4.2.201122.3.2011 Decision date: 13 October 2011 Before: Tabbaa C Decision: The dismissal of the Applicant was not harsh, unreasonable or unjust. The claim is dismissed Catchwords: Unfair Dismissal; 22-year exemplary prior service; alleged maladministration of a Schedule 8 drug; whether Fentanyl was administered intravenously or intra-nasally ; procedural unfairness; Legislation Cited: Operational Ambulance Officers (State) Award Ambulance Services Regulation 2005 Cases Cited: Concut Pty Ltd v Worrell (2000) 103 IR 160; Byrne v Australian Airlines (1995) 185 CLR 410; Blythe Chemicals v Bushnell (1933) 49 CLR 66; Brown v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 (HL); MWJ v R (2005) 80 ALJR 329; Miller v Commissioner of Police [2002] NSWIRComm 296; Mason v Electricity Commission; Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449; Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336; NSW Nurses Association v Booroongen (2007) NSW IR Com 89; Cooks Construction Pty Ltd v Brown & Anor [2004] NSWCA 105; Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; Ho v Powell [2001] NSWCA 168; (2001) 51 NSWLR 572; O'Donnell v Reichard I (1975) VR 916; Commissioner of Police v Alyson Reid-Frost (2010) NSWIR Comm 2; R v Anderson; ex parte IPEC-Air Pty Ltd 1965 113 CLR 117; Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1987) 14 ALD 291; Antonakopoulos v State of NSW (1999) 91 IR 385; R v Valera [2002] NSWCCA 50; Metropolitan Meat Industry Board v Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, NSW Branch [1973] AR 231; Electricity Commission NSW t/as Pacific Power v Nieass (1995) 81 IR 46); Carlton & United Beverages Ltd & Phillip Brunt [2006] NSW IR Com 98; Texts Cited: Concise Oxford English Dictionary Webster Dictionary Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr T Edwards (Applicant) Harris Wheeler Lawyers Mr S Prince (Respondent) Lander & Rogers (Solicitors) Representation: Mr T Edwards Harris Wheeler Lawyers (Applicant)