excerpt from an union update on the AIRC meeting today (be interesting to go to work tomorrow and see how AsA spin it
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The Airservices application to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to have a dispute resolution process conducted, went before Commissioner Smith at 2.30pm today in Melbourne. .... The Commission adjourned to consider the respective positions. Upon his return he determined the following: Civil Air have a jurisdictional argument to run and as such the Commission will list the matter to hear these arguments at 10.00am on Friday, 17 October 2008. Airservices are to provide “its materials” including any orders they may seek, to the Australian Industrial Registry and Civil Air by Wednesday 15 October 2008. He has also set aside 27-28 October 2008 for Hearing which will either proceed or not, depending on the outcome of the jurisdictional argument on 17 October 2008. The Commissioner indicated that the decision on that matter would be issued expeditiously.
sounds to me like AsA did not get the quick injunction they were looking for....
EDIT, the next hearing on the 17th is 2 days after the due date for the AsA financial report to be tabled to parliment. I don't think that was just luck on the part of the Commisioner.....