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HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

KIEFEL CJ,

GAGELER, GORDON, EDELMAN, STEWARD, GLEESON AND JAGOT JJ



QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED & ANOR
APPELLANTS

AND

TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AUSTRALIA
RESPONDENT

Qantas Airways Limited v Transport Workers Union of Australia
[2023] HCA 27
Date of Hearing: 9 & 10 May 2023
Date of Judgment: 13 September 2023
S153/2022

ORDER

Appeal dismissed.

On appeal from the Federal Court of Australia

Representation

J T Gleeson SC with T O Prince, N D Oreb and M F Caristo for the appellants (instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills)

N C Hutley SC with M Gibian SC, C J Tran and P A Boncardo for the respondent (instructed by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers)

T M Begbie KC with I M Sekler and N A Wootton for the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, intervening (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor)

Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.