Recent Cases

Reynolds v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police [2020] FCAFC 82 (15 May 2020) (Griffiths, Perry and Abraham JJ)


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INDUSTRIAL LAW – Where applicant applied to this Court seeking substantially the same relief on substantially the same grounds as the applicant in O’Sullivan v Commissioner of Police [2019] FCA 1367 whose case was dismissed – Where penalties imposed on applicant by a delegate of the Commissioner of Australian Federal Police (AFP) – Where penalties included a reduction in salary band classification and pay point – Where reduction in remuneration effected by way of a clause in the AFP Enterprise Agreement –Whether s 69B of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) excludes the operation of that part of the AFP Enterprise Agreement – Application dismissed with costs