NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR HEALTH SECRETARY IN RESPECT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES V/S AUSTRALIAN SALARIED MEDICAL OFFICERS' FEDERATION, ET AL. CASE

Australia, July 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 11:

1. The Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation ('ASMOF') and the Health Secretary have each made application or applications for an award or awards covering doctors employed in the New South Wales Health Service. The Health Services Union ('HSU') is an applicant or a respondent to each of these applications. The applications raise a large number of very significant issues of varying complexity and have been programmed for arbitration before a Full Bench of the Commission. The parties estimate that the hearing will take 8 weeks. Having regard to that estimate, the demands on the resources of the Commission and the vol...