Hail Creek Coal Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union

[2018] FCAFC 186

Full Court of the Federal Court2 November 2018

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Industrial Law
1. consideration of principles applicable to the interpretation of enterprise agreements
1. application of principles
1. appeal dismissed

Quick Take

Composite expressions in roster descriptions within enterprise agreements are generally read as a whole rather than disaggregated, and the word 'indicative' is given its natural qualifying function rather than treated as a disconnected reference to another clause.