NOTICE

Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, Construction and General Division

The General Manager of the Fair Work Commission has applied to the Federal Court of Australia for declarations under section 323 of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth) that the Construction and General (C&G) Division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) excluding the divisional branches for Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory (Administered Division), and each of its divisional branches for Victoria-Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland-Northern Territory and South Australia, (Administered Divisional Branches), have ceased to function effectively, and there are no effective means under their rules by which they can be enabled to function effectively, and for orders approving a scheme under which:

• all offices in the Victoria-Tasmania Divisional Branch, South Australia Divisional Branch, New South Wales Divisional Branch and Queensland-Northern Territory Divisional Branch would be declared vacant (Vacant Branch Offices);
• all other offices held by the persons previously in the Vacant Branch Offices, under the CFMEU’s National rules or the C&G Division’s rules, would also be declared vacant;
• all offices in the Administered Division, including Divisional Executive, Divisional Conference and Divisional Trustees, would be declared vacant;
• a suitably qualified person would be appointed Administrator of the Administered Division and each of the Administered Divisional Branches, until the Administrator is satisfied that the Administered Division and each Administered Divisional Branch is functioning effectively;
• a suitably qualified auditor would be appointed to prepare audit reports into the financial and other affairs of the Administered Division and each of the Administered Divisional Branches;
• the amalgamation of the Victoria-Tasmania Divisional Branch and the South Australia Divisional Branch not take effect until further order of the Court.

Any persons who wish to be heard by the Court in this matter are invited to attend a Directions Hearing at 10 am on 6 September 2024 (Australian Eastern Standard Time).

This hearing will take place in the Federal Court of Australia, in Victoria (Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, Melbourne), transmitted by video link to the Federal Court of Australia in:

the Australian Capital Territory (Nigel Bowen Commonwealth Law Courts Building, Childers Street, Canberra);

New South Wales (Law Courts Building, 184 Phillip Street, Queens Square, Sydney);

the Northern Territory (Supreme Court Building, State Square, Darwin);

Queensland (Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 119 North Quay, Brisbane);

South Australia (Roma Mitchell Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 3 Angas Street, Adelaide);

Tasmania (Edward Braddon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 39 – 41 Davey Street, Hobart); and

Western Australia (Peter Durack Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 1 Victoria Avenue, Perth).

The court numbers will be published on the day in the court buildings, and will be accessible from the night before through the Federal Court’s website at Daily Court lists (fedcourt.gov.au).

For any queries, the Federal Court of Australia, Victorian Registry, may be contacted on 1300 720 980.

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