Bond University Staff Services Pty Ltd v Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees [1993] QIRC 512 (1993) 144 QGIG 974

974 QUEENSLAND GOVERNM ENT IND UST RIAL CAZ ETTE [24 December, 19 93 /l###ll######ll/l##ll######lt##### #### #/1###########/1###### QUEENSLAND INDUST RI AL RE:I.AT IONS COMM ISSI ON /ndusrria l Re!J1ions Acr 1990 s. 46( 2) -· application for reference to Fu ll Be nc h Bond Univer si ty Staff Servic es Pty Lt d ANO Au str al i an M unici pa l, Adm inis!rative, Clerical and Serv ices Un ion, Central and Southern Queensla nd Clenca l and .Adrni nistrative Branch, Un i on of Employees (No 887 of i9 Y3i Cl i lff INDUSTRI/\L COMM ISSIO NER HA ll 10 December 1993 App! icaiion for Referen ce to f ull Be nch -- s. 46 (2i - facto rs Co!'lsidered - Matter not one of Industrial Si gn iiicance - Appl ication D ismi s~ed . REP ORT ON DE CIS ION (as editedi The fo l!ow ing is an edi te d report of the decision delivered by the Chief Industrial Commi ss i oner in Chambers on 2 December 1993:,- "i:ly an app li cation under section 46(2) the Austral i an Council of r rade Unions on beha lf oi the Austra lian Mun icipa l. Ad mi nistrative, Cler ical an d Services Uni on, Cen tral and Southern Q ueensland CiericJI and Admi nistrative Branch, the State Public Services Federa ti on of Queensland. and the Fede rated M iscellaneous \Norker, · Union seeks rcierencc of Case No . 887 of l 993 to a ruil Bent:h. On pe r usa i oi :he tr an script and havi ng regard io the st,ige that the matter has reac hed, I dou bt whether w i thin the meani ng of secti on 46(2) it is open to me to hol d that the hearing has yet to commence. In any ev en t, having rega rd to the ci rc umstance that :he application in B87 oi 1993 was made in Apri l and that the case is 10 be heard next week, hav:ng regard to rhe ci rcumstJnce tha1 inspections have taken place, and !h,1 t argument under subsection { l) oi 46 as to whe ther the matter should be :·efcrred to a Fu l l Bench has aiready b een heard before th e Commiss io ner dealing with the matter and may be heard in th e iuturc, I wo,iid in any ('vent exercise my powers under sec ti on 68(1 )( bJ di sm i ss the current appl icati cm on the ground th at it is not in the pubi ic interest to proceed iurthf:r with i t. Add itional ly, I should say that I am not sat i sfied that thi s matter is a matter oi such i nd us trial significance that 1t sh ould be referr ed to a Full Bench. I take that view having I egard to the sma ll number oi people invo lved, lhe absence of any evidence of any particu!ar e!ement of economi c si gn ii icance aitaching iO them, the ause nce of an y ev,dence of notoriety attaching to the proceed i ngs, and the unique foatures attaching to the circumstances of , he Stafi Associat io n at Bond Un iversitv w hi ch v1ou ld seern to me to make unlikely an outcome · in the procel:'dings beiore the Commissioner dealing with B8 7 of 1993 which would be d precedent in any other proceedi ngs . I dismiss the appli <.at i on. ". Dated th,s 1enth day of Dc•cf'mber, 19 93. By the Con1n-li:is 1on, I L. S.] M.J. CAU EN, Industrial Rcgiwar . 24 Decembe r. 199 3] QUE EN SLAND GOVERNMENT J.NDUSTRIAL GAZETTE A ppearaoces:- Ms D. Ral st on, for the Au stralian Councrl of Trade Un ions, Queens land Branch. M r I. Buckley an d Ms R.Young, for the Australi an M,mici pal Adm inistrative Cleri ca l and Seivices Union, Central an d So uthern Queens la nd Clerical and A dmi nistrative Bra nch, Uni on of Em ployees. Ms J. Ba nney, for the St ate Publi c Servi ces Fed eration Q uee nsland Un i on of [mployees Mr A Longl and , w i th him M s M .M . McC racken, ior Bond Un iversity Sta ff Se rvices Pty Ltd. M r J. La wson, for Bond Univers ity General Stafi A ss ociation Op erative Date: 1o De ce mber 1993 Report on Deci sion - Refe rence to Fun Bench Re l eased : 13 December 1993 ######################### ### ############ ####### ### ## 975 -- 1 of 1 --