The flight deck door safety/security issue came up during a long,company protracted EBA where lowly qlink managers could not be compromising with any employees in the Qantas group. The fact that it was the end of a shift is not significant. It actually gave the management lame time to "do his own thing" and clear the defect reports before the next mornings flying. If they had written them up in the morning, it would have been a real problem with pilots sitting on the flight deck and passengers at the gate.