APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE EMPLOYER TAKEN ON 13 DECEMBER 2024

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

PARTIES Stephen Bruce Burns

APPELLANT

-v-

Director General, Department of Education

RESPONDENT

CORAM PUBLIC SERVICE APPEAL BOARD

 Commissioner C TsanG – cHAIR

 MR M FINNEGAN – BOARD MEMBER

 MS E HAMILTON – BOARD MEMBER

DATE WEDNesday, 13 August 2025

FILE NO. PSAB 34 OF 2024

CITATION NO. 2025 WAIRC 00697

Result Order issued

Representation

Appellant Mr J Tebbutt

Respondent Mr J Carroll (of counsel)

Order

HAVING heard from Mr J Tebbutt on behalf of the appellant and Mr J Carroll (of counsel) on behalf of the respondent, the Public Service Appeal Board, pursuant to the powers conferred under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA), and by consent, hereby orders –

1. Subject to any further order of the Public Service Appeal Board (Board), Respondent’s Documents 14, 15, and 16.1 to 16.18, and the documents contained in the Appellant’s Further Bundle of Documents (Relevant Documents), and any other document filed in the proceeding which refers to information in the Relevant Documents (together the Confidential Documents), are not to be provided to any person other than:

(a) the Commissioner and members constituting the Board hearing the appeal;

(b) the Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the Commission, or any of the Registrar’s staff;

(c) an Associate or Chambers Support Officer of the presiding Commissioner;

(d) any witness giving evidence in the proceeding;

(e) the appellant and his representatives; and

(f) the respondent, his representative, and any employee of the respondent within Professional Standards and Conduct Division.

2. Unless they have access to the Confidential Documents by reason other than their involvement in these proceedings, the persons referred to in Order 1(d) and 1(e) above may only use, and make copies of, the Confidential Documents, for the purposes of these proceedings.

3. The appellant’s and respondent’s representatives are to make each person referred to in Order 1(d) and 1(e) above aware of the existence and effect of Orders 1 and 2 above which can be achieved by providing those persons with a copy of these Orders.

4. The parties have liberty to apply on short notice.

Commissioner C Tsang

ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE APPEAL BOARD