Commission's Own Motion -v- (Not Applicable)
Document Type: Order
Matter Number: APPL 155/2024
Matter Description: Commercial Travellers and Sales Representatives' Award 1978
Industry: Personal & Household Good Rtlg
Jurisdiction: Single Commissioner
Member/Magistrate name: Senior Commissioner R Cosentino
Delivery Date: 2 Jan 2025
Result: Award varied
Citation: 2025 WAIRC 00002
WAIG Reference: 105 WAIG 231
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AND SALES REPRESENTATIVES' AWARD 1978
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
PARTIES COMMISSION'S OWN MOTION
APPLICANT
-V-
(NOT APPLICABLE)
RESPONDENT
CORAM SENIOR COMMISSIONER R COSENTINO
DATE THURSDAY, 2 JANUARY 2025
FILE NO/S APPL 155 OF 2024
CITATION NO. 2025 WAIRC 00002
Result Award varied
Representation (On the papers)
Order
WHEREAS this is an application of the Commission’s Own Motion to strike out employer respondents from the Commercial Travellers and Sales Representatives’ Award 1978 pursuant to s 47 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA) (IR Act);
AND WHEREAS the Registrar has made all enquiries the Commission considers necessary and has reported on the result of those enquiries;
AND WHEREAS the Commission, having considered the Registrar’s report, is of the opinion that the relevant named employer parties are no longer carrying on business as employers or are otherwise not bound by the Award;
AND WHEREAS notice of the application was published on the Commission’s website and in the Western Australian Industrial Gazette on 27 November 2024;
AND WHEREAS no objections to the application were received within the time specified and the application is unopposed;
NOW THEREFORE, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred under the IR Act, hereby orders –
1. THAT the employer respondents listed in the attached Schedule be removed from the Commercial Travellers and Sales Representatives’ Award 1978 and that this variation shall have effect from the date of this order.
SENIOR COMMISSIONER R COSENTINO
SCHEDULE
1. 3M Australia Pty Ltd
2. A & M Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd
3. A.A.I. Glass & Aluminium
4. A.C.I. Fibre Packages Co
5. A.N.I. Perkins
6. A.P.D. Snack Foods Pty Ltd
7. A.R.C. Engineering Pty Ltd
8. ABC Coin Machines Sales (WA) Pty Ltd
9. Abel Lemon & Co Pty Ltd
10. Able Staples Pty Ltd
11. Acme Engineering Co Pty Ltd
12. Acro Ceiling Industries Pty Ltd
13. Adams William Engineering Ltd
14. Addis Australia Pty Ltd
15. Addressograph Multigraph of Aust. Pty Ltd
16. Adelle Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd
17. Agfa-Gavert Ltd
18. Agnew-Go Western Pty Ltd
19. Airefrig Supplies Pty Ltd
20. Airex-Rigid PVC Foam Plastics Ltd
21. Albany Woollen Mills
22. Aldus Packaging & Converting Equipment
23. Alfa-Laval Pty Ltd
24. Allied Petrochemicals Pty Ltd
25. Allis Chalmers Australia Ltd
26. Allmark & Associates Pty Ltd
27. Allsport Distributors Pty Ltd
28. Alsco Linen Service Pty Ltd
29. Aluminium & Steel Corp (WA) Pty Ltd
30. Amalgamated Wireless (A/Asia) Ltd
31. Amprac Pty Ltd
32. Anax Pty Ltd
33. Anaz Pty Ltd
34. Anchor Engineering Co Pty Ltd
35. Anti-Friction Bearings Pty Ltd
36. Apeco of Australia Pty Ltd
37. Apex Belting Pty Ltd
38. Apex Glass Service Pty Ltd
39. APT Enterprises (1974) Pty Ltd
40. Ardmona Fruit Products Co-Op Pty Ltd
41. Armstrong-Nylex Pty Ltd
42. Arnott Mills & Ware Pty Ltd
43. Artic Foods Pty Ltd
44. Associated Baking Corp. (WA)
45. Associated Instrumentation Pty Ltd
46. Atkins Carlyle Ltd
47. Atlas Copco Australia Pty Ltd
48. Atlas Plastics Pty Ltd
49. Austral Bronze Crane Copper Ltd
50. Austral Engineering Supplies Pty Ltd
51. Australian Adhesive Industries Pty Ltd
52. Australian Packaging Industries Pty Ltd
53. Australian Posters Pty Ltd
54. Australian Timken Pty Ltd
55. Australian Women's Weekly
56. Avery Australia Ltd
57. Babcock-Moxey (Aust) Pty Ltd
58. Baker Perkins Pty Ltd
59. Ball B.J. Ltd
60. Barclay & SHARLAND Pty Ltd
61. Barnett Bros Pty Ltd
62. Baron Boats Pty Ltd
63. Bateman M.J. Pty Ltd
64. Bates Saddlery Pty Ltd
65. Beasley David Pty Ltd
66. Bell & Howell Australia Pty Ltd
67. Bell Reg A. Pty Ltd
68. Belmont Radiator Service Pty Ltd
69. Bendix Consolidated Industries Ltd
70. Berger Paints W.A. Pty Ltd
71. Berri Fruit Juices Co-Op Ltd
72. Besser Vibrapak Masonry, (WA) Ltd
73. Bestobel Engineering Products
74. Beta Pet Meats Pty Ltd
75. Birko Electric (Sales) Pty Ltd
76. Blackwood Hodge (Aust) Pty Ltd
77. Bladon Marketing Services Pty Ltd
78. Blue Cross Products Pty Ltd
79. Borden Chemicals (Aust) Pty Ltd
80. Borg Warner (Australia) Ltd
81. Boustead Pty Ltd
82. Bowater-Scott Ltd
83. Bradford Kendall Foundries Pty Ltd
84. Brik-Clad Pty Ltd
85. Brintons Pty Ltd
86. Brisbane H.L. & Wunderlich Ltd
87. Bromain Cork Distributors
88. Brookeades Pty Ltd
89. Brownbuilt Metalux Industries Ltd
90. Brownes Dairy Pty Ltd
91. Bullivants (WA) Pty Ltd
92. Bullock-Scott Pty Ltd
93. Bunning Bros. Pty Ltd
94. Burmac Enterprises Pty Ltd
95. Burns Philp & Co Ltd
96. Burridge & Warren Pty Ltd
97. Burroughs Wellcome & Co (Aust) Ltd
98. Bushell Charles & Co Pty Ltd
99. Bushells Pty Ltd
100. Business Aids Pty Ltd
101. Cable Makers Aust. (WA) Pty Ltd
102. Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd
103. Calsil Ltd
104. Campbell Furniture Pty Ltd
105. Carba Aust. Ltd
106. Carbonrib Co Pty Ltd
107. Carborundum Pty Ltd
108. Cartwright - Taylor Engineering Pty Ltd
109. Casa Furnishers Pty Ltd
110. Castrol Aust. Pty Ltd
111. Catoleum Pty Ltd
112. Cement Aids (WA) Pty Ltd
113. Chalk Distributors
114. Chamberlain John Deere Pty Ltd
115. Chloride Batteries Australia Ltd
116. Chrysler Marine Aust Pty Ltd
117. Chubb's Australia Co Ltd
118. Chuggs S & Co Pty Ltd
119. Clarevale Isaia Pty Ltd
120. Clark Equipment Australia Ltd
121. Claude Neon Ltd
122. Cli-Matic Airconditioning (WA) Pty Ltd
123. Coastal Agencies (1977) Pty Ltd
124. Coates Stationery Pty Ltd
125. Coca-Cola Bottlers Perth
126. Cockburn Cement Ltd
127. Collie R. & Co Pty Ltd
128. Cologne Perfumery Pty Ltd
129. Comalco Products Pty Ltd
130. Commercial Cleaning Supplies Pty Ltd
131. Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd
132. Communication Systems Australia Pty Ltd
133. Companion Pty Ltd
134. Computer Microfilming of Australia Pty Ltd
135. Consolidated Bearing Co (WA) Pty Ltd
136. Consolidated Steam Pty Ltd
137. Con-Stan Industries of Aust. Pty Ltd
138. Conveyancer Pty Ltd
139. Copolymer Industries Pty Ltd
140. Corium Chemical Division
141. Cottee's General Foods Ltd
142. Cotton Traders of Australia Pty Ltd
143. Courtland C.R. Pty Ltd
144. Coventry Motor Replacements
145. Crane Enfield Metals Pty Ltd
146. Crompton Parkinson (Aust) Pty Ltd
147. Crown Corning Ltd
148. Cruickshank Bros.
149. Cummins Diesel Sales & Service (Aust) Pty Ltd
150. Curtain Makers (WA) Pty Ltd
151. Custom Net Works
152. Cyclone Forgings Pty Ltd
153. Cyclone K-M Products Pty Ltd
154. Cygnus Metallurgical Co Pty Ltd
155. Cyril Cornish Advertising Pty Ltd
156. D. & J. Fowler (Aust) Ltd
157. Dataprint Business Equipment Pty Ltd
158. Datodi Ray Electronics & Hobby Supplies
159. David Beasley Pty Ltd
160. Davmar Pty Ltd
161. Davro Foster Furniture Manufacturers Pty Ltd
162. De Moeller Trading Co
163. Dental Houses of Australia Pty Ltd
164. Derben Marine Pty Ltd
165. Detroit Engine & Turbine Co (WA)
166. Deutsher W.A. Pty Ltd
167. Dexion (Aust) Pty Ltd
168. Diamonaire Pty Ltd
169. Diamond Poultry Services
170. Directories (Aust) Pty Ltd
171. Distillers Agency Ltd
172. Distillers Co (WA) Pty Ltd
173. Dobbie Dico Meter Co (WA) Pty Ltd
174. Docket Book Co (Aust)
175. Domestic Applicants & Co
176. Donhad Forgings Pty Ltd
177. Dorf Industries Pty Ltd
178. Douglas Floor Coverings Pty Ltd
179. Doulton Potteries Pty Ltd
180. Doulton Tableware Pty Ltd
181. Dowd Associates Pty Ltd
182. Drabbles Ltd
183. Dreske-Somoff Pty Ltd
184. Dresser Products Australia Pty Ltd
185. Dulux Australia Ltd
186. Dunlop Tyre Service (WA) Pty Ltd
187. Dunlop-Slazenger Australia Pty Ltd
188. Dynamic Graphics Pty Ltd
189. Dyson Jack Pty Ltd
190. Dysons Paper Bags Pty Ltd
191. E.F. Hodge & Co
192. E.M.I. Records
193. E.S. Wigg & Son Pty Ltd
194. E.T. Evans Pty Ltd
195. Eagle & Globe Steel, Ltd
196. Eclipse Tools (Sheffield) Pty Ltd
197. Edboards Pty Ltd
198. Educational Art Supplies Co
199. Edwards Business Machines Pty Ltd
200. Edwards Dunlop & Co Ltd
201. Elder Kreglinger Pty Ltd
202. Elder Smith Goldsborough Mort Ltd
203. Eliza Tinsley (VIC) Pty Ltd
204. Elna Australia Pty Ltd
205. Email Ltd
206. Embleton G.P. & Co Pty Ltd
207. Ensign Services (WA) Pty Ltd
208. Eutectic (Aust) Pty Ltd
209. Evans Deakin Industries Ltd
210. Fabco Pty Ltd
211. Faber-Castell A.W. (Aust) Pty Ltd
212. Faberge Aust. Pty Ltd
213. Fallshaw Pty Ltd
214. Fashion Furniture Pty Ltd
215. Faulding F.H. & Co Ltd
216. Federal Agencies Pty Ltd
217. Felt Products of W.A.
218. Fenner Dodge (Australia) Pty Ltd
219. Fischer Fire Protection Pty Ltd
220. Fischer Hugo Pty Ltd
221. Fleetwood Pty Ltd
222. Flextool (WA) Pty Ltd
223. Flower Davies WEMCO Pty Ltd
224. Foodland Associated Ltd
225. Fordigraph (WA) Pty Ltd
226. Formica Plastics Pty Ltd
227. Fremantle Bag Co
228. Fremantle Foundry & Engineering Co Pty Ltd
229. Frigopol (Australia) Pty Ltd
230. Gadsden J. Pty Ltd
231. Galvin Roy & Co Pty Ltd
232. GEC-AEI Aust. Pty Ltd
233. General Binding Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd
234. General Electric Co of Aust. Ltd
235. George Moss Pty Ltd
236. Gestetner Pty Ltd
237. Gibson Benness Industries Pty Ltd
238. Gilbert Lodge & Co Ltd
239. Gilbeys Aust. Pty Ltd
240. Gillete (Aust) Pty Ltd
241. Gliddon & Co Pty Ltd
242. Golden Crumpets Co (WA)
243. Golden Press Pty Ltd
244. Gollin & Co Ltd
245. Goyen Controls Co Pty Ltd
246. Great Southern Flour Mills Ltd
247. H.H. Webb & Co Ltd
248. H.U. Kendall & Co
249. Habitat Pty Ltd
250. Haco Distributing Agencies Pty Ltd
251. Hanimex Pty Ltd
252. Harbig P. & M. & Co Pty Ltd
253. Harper's Pty Ltd
254. Heatley Industrial Supplies (1976)
255. Hecht Distributors Pty Ltd
256. Heiman Leib Pty Ltd
257. Henderson Instrument Co Pty Ltd
258. Herbert Alfred (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
259. Hertz Walpole Advertising Pty Ltd
260. Heuga Australia Pty Ltd
261. High Nickel Alloys Pty Ltd
262. Hills Hoist Pty Ltd
263. Hobart Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd
264. Holland H.F. Pty Ltd
265. Honda Australia Pty Ltd
266. Hoover (Aust) Pty Ltd
267. Hotel & Cafe Supplies Pty Ltd
268. Hunter Distributors Pty Ltd
269. Hyams Wholesalers Pty Ltd
270. Hydraulic & Pump Service Co Pty Ltd
271. ICI Australia Ltd
272. Ideal Toy Corporation of Australia Pty Ltd
273. International Combustion Australia Ltd
274. International Optical Corp Ltd
275. Irwell Taps Pty Ltd
276. J. & J. Cash Pty Ltd
277. J.L. Burley Pty Ltd
278. Jacksons Ceramic Crafts Pty Ltd
279. Jacksons Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd
280. Jalco Products (WA) Pty Ltd
281. James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd
282. Jewel Fashions Pty Ltd
283. Jimmal Bolts Pty Ltd
284. John Leonard Pty Ltd
285. John Sands Pty Ltd
286. John Venables Pty Ltd
287. Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd
288. Johnson Harper Pty Ltd
289. Johnsons Laundries Pty Ltd
290. Johnvalves Pty Ltd
291. Jute Manufacturers (WA) Pty Ltd
292. Kailis Timber & Trading Pty Ltd
293. Kalamazoo (Aust) Pty Ltd
294. Kande Kitchenware Pty Ltd
295. Kelvin Industries Pty Ltd
296. Ken George (Wholesale) Pty Ltd
297. Kenwood Peerless Pty Ltd
298. Kimberley-Clark of Australia Pty Ltd
299. King Gee Clothing Co Pty Ltd
300. Kirkby Industries Ltd
301. Klinger Richard Pty Ltd
302. Kodak (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
303. Kraft Foods Ltd
304. Kriesler Distribution Services Pty Ltd
305. L.H.P. Sales Pty Ltd
306. Landis & Gyr - Billman (Aust) Pty Ltd
307. Lane Ltd
308. Leigh-Mardon Pty Ltd
309. Leonard Industries Pty Ltd
310. Leonard John Pty Ltd
311. Letraset Aust. Pty Ltd
312. Lightburn & Co Ltd
313. Ludowici J.C. & Son Ltd
314. Lysaght John (Australia) Ltd
315. M. Athol Hill Pty Ltd
316. M.B.P. (WA) Ltd
317. M.J. Bateman Pty Ltd
318. Mack Ron Machinery Sales Pty Ltd
319. Magna Alloys & Research Pty Ltd
320. Marigny (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
321. Marquise Knitwear Pty Ltd
322. Marrickville Holdings Ltd
323. Mary Martin Bookshop Pty Ltd
324. Massey-Ferguson (Aust) Ltd
325. Massey-Ferguson (Aust) Pty Ltd
326. MBP (WA) Pty Ltd
327. Meadow-Lea Margarine (WA) Co Pty Ltd
328. Medical Teletronics Pty Ltd
329. Melwire (WA) Pty Ltd
330. Metal Perforators Ltd
331. Meyers Taylor Sales Pty Ltd
332. Mica & Insulating Supplies Co Pty Ltd
333. Michaelis Bayley Plastics
334. Midge Distributors
335. Midland Brick Co Pty Ltd
336. Millars (WA) Pty Ltd
337. Mining Supplies (Kalgoorlie) Pty Ltd
338. Mitchell Cotts Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd
339. Mitchell-Lane Pty Ltd
340. Modern Ceilings Pty Ltd
341. Modulex Systems Pty Ltd
342. Mono Pumps (Aust) Pty Ltd
343. Mooney R.N. Pty Ltd
344. Mullins Wheels (WA) Pty Ltd
345. Napoli Pasta Products Pty Ltd
346. National Can (WA) Pty Ltd
347. National Iron & Steel Pty Ltd
348. NCR Australia Pty Ltd
349. Nightingale Chemicals W.A. Branch
350. Nilsen Sintered Products (Aust) Pty Ltd
351. Nolan Shannon (WA) Pty Ltd
352. Nonferral (WA) Pty Ltd
353. Nonporite (WA) Pty Ltd
354. Noritake (Australia) Pty Ltd
355. Norton Pty Ltd
356. Nova Laboratories
357. Noyes Bros Pty Ltd
358. Nuroof (WA) Pty Ltd
359. Nylex Corp Ltd
360. Olex Cables W.A. Pty.Ltd
361. Omega Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd
362. Opal Exploration Co
363. Osborne Metal Industries Pty Ltd
364. Oswald-Sealy (WA) Ltd, Wholesales
365. Otis Elevator Co Pty Ltd
366. Ozapaper Ltd
367. Paradar Pty Ltd
368. Parsons Charles (WA) Pty Ltd
369. Particle Board & Plywood Pty Ltd
370. Pederick Engineering Pty Ltd
371. Peerless Industrial Systems (WA) Pty Ltd
372. Perth Giftware
373. Perth Photographics Pty Ltd
374. Perth Surgical Supply Co Pty Ltd
375. Peters Foods (WA) Pty Ltd
376. Pics (WA) Photographic & Motion Picture Supplies
377. Pine Valley Flowers (WA) Pty Ltd
378. Pirelli Cables Aust. Ltd
379. Planned Music W.A. Pty Ltd
380. Plessey Communication Systems Pty Ltd
381. Poland Aquatics Wholesale Pet Division
382. Polaroid Australia Pty Ltd
383. Polylined Pipe (WA) Pty Ltd
384. Porter H.K. Australia Pty Ltd
385. Pre-Stressed Concrete (Aust) Pty Ltd
386. Prochelle Trading Co Pty Ltd
387. Protector Safety Products Pty Ltd
388. Purvisonic Sound Pty Ltd
389. Pyneboard Pty Ltd
390. Quikstik International Pty Ltd
391. Rank Industries Aust. Pty Ltd
392. Ready Lime Putty Pty Ltd
393. Red Tulip Distribution Services (WA) Pty Ltd
394. Redmond (Sales) Pty Ltd
395. Reiter & Associates Pty Ltd
396. Reliance MacBean Pty Ltd
397. Reliance Trading Corp. Pty Ltd
398. Remac Business Systems Pty Ltd
399. Repco Auto Parts (WA) Pty Ltd
400. Rheem Australia Ltd
401. Rheem Australia Ltd - Container Division
402. Richardson D. & Sons Ltd
403. Rigby Ltd
404. Rinnai Australia Pty Ltd
405. Rinnai Western Australia Pty Ltd
406. Rizla Cigarette Papers (Aust) Pty Ltd
407. Roche Products Pty Ltd
408. Roland Smith & Co Pty Ltd
409. Rosher E. & M.J. Pty Ltd
410. Rothmans of Pall Mall (Aust) Ltd
411. Rudolf Gunz & Co Pty Ltd
412. Rudolph Gunz & Co Ltd
413. Sabco Ltd
414. Salisons Marketing
415. Sanitarium Health Food Co
416. Sara & Cook Pty Ltd
417. Savage S.W. & Co Pty Ltd
418. Schwarzkopf Pty Ltd
419. Scott Bonnar Sales Pty Ltd
420. Selbys Scientific Ltd
421. Selleys Chemical Co
422. Sellotape (Australia) Ltd
423. Seppelt Wines Pty Ltd
424. Service Printing Co Pty Ltd
425. Sheridan's Engraving & Metal Stamping Co
426. Siemens Industries Ltd
427. Simplex Transfers Aust. Pty Ltd
428. Sims Products Pty Ltd
429. Slumberland (Australia) Pty Ltd
430. Smith Copeland (WA) Pty Ltd
431. Spicers Paper Industries Ltd
432. Spurway Industries Pty Ltd
433. St Regis - A.C.I. Pty Ltd
434. Standard Telephones & Cables Pty Ltd
435. Steel Supplies (Aust) Pty Ltd
436. Stegbar (WA) Pty Ltd
437. Stockfeeders Pty Ltd
438. Storage Systems (WA) Pty Ltd
439. Stott & Hoare Pty Ltd
440. Stramit Industries (WA) Pty Ltd
441. Supa Stik Labels Pty Ltd
442. Survey & Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd
443. Swan Brushware Ltd
444. Synthetic Resins Pty Ltd
445. T.W. Crommelin & Co Pty Ltd
446. Tasker Rolly Pty Ltd
447. Technicaids (Sales) Pty Ltd
448. Tecquip Sales Pty Ltd
449. Tequip Sales Pty Ltd
450. The Wrigley Company Pty Ltd
451. Therold Harper & Co Pty Ltd
452. Thomas Keith W. & Co Pty Ltd
453. Thomas W. & Co (WA) Pty Ltd
454. Thorn Sales AWA-Thorn Consumer Products Pty Ltd
455. Timms P.C. & Co Pty Ltd
456. Townson & Mercer (Distributors) Pty Ltd
457. Treloar Distributing (WA) Pty Ltd
458. Tronto Industries Pty Ltd
459. Tubemakers of Australia Ltd
460. United Packages (WA) Pty Ltd
461. V.S.L. Pre-Stressing (Aust) Pty Ltd
462. Valentine Publishing Co Pty Ltd
463. Voca Communications Pty Ltd
464. W. Schulstad Pty Ltd
465. W.A. Chain Saw Sales Pty Ltd
466. W.A. Honey Pool
467. W.A. Match Co Pty Ltd
468. W.A. Plaster Mills
469. W.H. Milne & Co Pty Ltd
470. W.K. Witt (WA) Pty Ltd
471. Wama Pty Ltd
472. Warburton Franki - Perth
473. Warner-Lambert Pty Ltd
474. Watson P.G. & Co Pty Ltd
475. Watsons Foods (WA) (Watsonia)
476. Wesbarrow Pty Ltd
477. Wesfeeds Pty Ltd
478. Wesply-Wesbord Industries
479. West Australian Industrial Rubber Pty Ltd
480. West Australian Media Services Pty Ltd
481. West Australian Rope & Twine Co Pty Ltd
482. Westate Electrical Industries (1972)
483. Western Case & Joinery Works Pty Ltd
484. Western Glass Works
485. Westinghouse Electric Western Australia Ltd
486. Westralian Wholesalers Pty Ltd
487. Westway International (Australia)
488. Whittakers Ltd
489. Wigg E.S. & Son Pty Ltd
490. Wilberforce Distributors Pty Ltd
491. William Adams Engineering Ltd
492. Wills G.R. Co Ltd
493. Wills W.D. & H.D. Aust Ltd
494. Wimble Machinery Sales Pty Ltd
495. Witt W.K. (WA) Pty Ltd
496. Wolf Power Tools Pty Ltd
497. Woodstock Leisure Products
498. Wormald International (Aust) Pty Ltd
499. Wormald Security Controls
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AND SALES REPRESENTATIVES' AWARD 1978
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
PARTIES Commission's Own Motion
APPLICANT
-v-
(Not Applicable)
RESPONDENT
CORAM Senior Commissioner R Cosentino
DATE Thursday, 2 January 2025
FILE NO/S APPL 155 OF 2024
CITATION NO. 2025 WAIRC 00002
Result Award varied
Representation (On the papers)
Order
WHEREAS this is an application of the Commission’s Own Motion to strike out employer respondents from the Commercial Travellers and Sales Representatives’ Award 1978 pursuant to s 47 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA) (IR Act);
AND WHEREAS the Registrar has made all enquiries the Commission considers necessary and has reported on the result of those enquiries;
AND WHEREAS the Commission, having considered the Registrar’s report, is of the opinion that the relevant named employer parties are no longer carrying on business as employers or are otherwise not bound by the Award;
AND WHEREAS notice of the application was published on the Commission’s website and in the Western Australian Industrial Gazette on 27 November 2024;
AND WHEREAS no objections to the application were received within the time specified and the application is unopposed;
NOW THEREFORE, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred under the IR Act, hereby orders –
1. THAT the employer respondents listed in the attached Schedule be removed from the Commercial Travellers and Sales Representatives’ Award 1978 and that this variation shall have effect from the date of this order.
Senior Commissioner R Cosentino
SCHEDULE
- 3M Australia Pty Ltd
- A & M Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd
- A.A.I. Glass & Aluminium
- A.C.I. Fibre Packages Co
- A.N.I. Perkins
- A.P.D. Snack Foods Pty Ltd
- A.R.C. Engineering Pty Ltd
- ABC Coin Machines Sales (WA) Pty Ltd
- Abel Lemon & Co Pty Ltd
- Able Staples Pty Ltd
- Acme Engineering Co Pty Ltd
- Acro Ceiling Industries Pty Ltd
- Adams William Engineering Ltd
- Addis Australia Pty Ltd
- Addressograph Multigraph of Aust. Pty Ltd
- Adelle Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd
- Agfa-Gavert Ltd
- Agnew-Go Western Pty Ltd
- Airefrig Supplies Pty Ltd
- Airex-Rigid PVC Foam Plastics Ltd
- Albany Woollen Mills
- Aldus Packaging & Converting Equipment
- Alfa-Laval Pty Ltd
- Allied Petrochemicals Pty Ltd
- Allis Chalmers Australia Ltd
- Allmark & Associates Pty Ltd
- Allsport Distributors Pty Ltd
- Alsco Linen Service Pty Ltd
- Aluminium & Steel Corp (WA) Pty Ltd
- Amalgamated Wireless (A/Asia) Ltd
- Amprac Pty Ltd
- Anax Pty Ltd
- Anaz Pty Ltd
- Anchor Engineering Co Pty Ltd
- Anti-Friction Bearings Pty Ltd
- Apeco of Australia Pty Ltd
- Apex Belting Pty Ltd
- Apex Glass Service Pty Ltd
- APT Enterprises (1974) Pty Ltd
- Ardmona Fruit Products Co-Op Pty Ltd
- Armstrong-Nylex Pty Ltd
- Arnott Mills & Ware Pty Ltd
- Artic Foods Pty Ltd
- Associated Baking Corp. (WA)
- Associated Instrumentation Pty Ltd
- Atkins Carlyle Ltd
- Atlas Copco Australia Pty Ltd
- Atlas Plastics Pty Ltd
- Austral Bronze Crane Copper Ltd
- Austral Engineering Supplies Pty Ltd
- Australian Adhesive Industries Pty Ltd
- Australian Packaging Industries Pty Ltd
- Australian Posters Pty Ltd
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd
- Australian Women's Weekly
- Avery Australia Ltd
- Babcock-Moxey (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Baker Perkins Pty Ltd
- Ball B.J. Ltd
- Barclay & SHARLAND Pty Ltd
- Barnett Bros Pty Ltd
- Baron Boats Pty Ltd
- Bateman M.J. Pty Ltd
- Bates Saddlery Pty Ltd
- Beasley David Pty Ltd
- Bell & Howell Australia Pty Ltd
- Bell Reg A. Pty Ltd
- Belmont Radiator Service Pty Ltd
- Bendix Consolidated Industries Ltd
- Berger Paints W.A. Pty Ltd
- Berri Fruit Juices Co-Op Ltd
- Besser Vibrapak Masonry, (WA) Ltd
- Bestobel Engineering Products
- Beta Pet Meats Pty Ltd
- Birko Electric (Sales) Pty Ltd
- Blackwood Hodge (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Bladon Marketing Services Pty Ltd
- Blue Cross Products Pty Ltd
- Borden Chemicals (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Borg Warner (Australia) Ltd
- Boustead Pty Ltd
- Bowater-Scott Ltd
- Bradford Kendall Foundries Pty Ltd
- Brik-Clad Pty Ltd
- Brintons Pty Ltd
- Brisbane H.L. & Wunderlich Ltd
- Bromain Cork Distributors
- Brookeades Pty Ltd
- Brownbuilt Metalux Industries Ltd
- Brownes Dairy Pty Ltd
- Bullivants (WA) Pty Ltd
- Bullock-Scott Pty Ltd
- Bunning Bros. Pty Ltd
- Burmac Enterprises Pty Ltd
- Burns Philp & Co Ltd
- Burridge & Warren Pty Ltd
- Burroughs Wellcome & Co (Aust) Ltd
- Bushell Charles & Co Pty Ltd
- Bushells Pty Ltd
- Business Aids Pty Ltd
- Cable Makers Aust. (WA) Pty Ltd
- Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd
- Calsil Ltd
- Campbell Furniture Pty Ltd
- Carba Aust. Ltd
- Carbonrib Co Pty Ltd
- Carborundum Pty Ltd
- Cartwright - Taylor Engineering Pty Ltd
- Casa Furnishers Pty Ltd
- Castrol Aust. Pty Ltd
- Catoleum Pty Ltd
- Cement Aids (WA) Pty Ltd
- Chalk Distributors
- Chamberlain John Deere Pty Ltd
- Chloride Batteries Australia Ltd
- Chrysler Marine Aust Pty Ltd
- Chubb's Australia Co Ltd
- Chuggs S & Co Pty Ltd
- Clarevale Isaia Pty Ltd
- Clark Equipment Australia Ltd
- Claude Neon Ltd
- Cli-Matic Airconditioning (WA) Pty Ltd
- Coastal Agencies (1977) Pty Ltd
- Coates Stationery Pty Ltd
- Coca-Cola Bottlers Perth
- Cockburn Cement Ltd
- Collie R. & Co Pty Ltd
- Cologne Perfumery Pty Ltd
- Comalco Products Pty Ltd
- Commercial Cleaning Supplies Pty Ltd
- Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd
- Communication Systems Australia Pty Ltd
- Companion Pty Ltd
- Computer Microfilming of Australia Pty Ltd
- Consolidated Bearing Co (WA) Pty Ltd
- Consolidated Steam Pty Ltd
- Con-Stan Industries of Aust. Pty Ltd
- Conveyancer Pty Ltd
- Copolymer Industries Pty Ltd
- Corium Chemical Division
- Cottee's General Foods Ltd
- Cotton Traders of Australia Pty Ltd
- Courtland C.R. Pty Ltd
- Coventry Motor Replacements
- Crane Enfield Metals Pty Ltd
- Crompton Parkinson (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Crown Corning Ltd
- Cruickshank Bros.
- Cummins Diesel Sales & Service (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Curtain Makers (WA) Pty Ltd
- Custom Net Works
- Cyclone Forgings Pty Ltd
- Cyclone K-M Products Pty Ltd
- Cygnus Metallurgical Co Pty Ltd
- Cyril Cornish Advertising Pty Ltd
- D. & J. Fowler (Aust) Ltd
- Dataprint Business Equipment Pty Ltd
- Datodi Ray Electronics & Hobby Supplies
- David Beasley Pty Ltd
- Davmar Pty Ltd
- Davro Foster Furniture Manufacturers Pty Ltd
- De Moeller Trading Co
- Dental Houses of Australia Pty Ltd
- Derben Marine Pty Ltd
- Detroit Engine & Turbine Co (WA)
- Deutsher W.A. Pty Ltd
- Dexion (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Diamonaire Pty Ltd
- Diamond Poultry Services
- Directories (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Distillers Agency Ltd
- Distillers Co (WA) Pty Ltd
- Dobbie Dico Meter Co (WA) Pty Ltd
- Docket Book Co (Aust)
- Domestic Applicants & Co
- Donhad Forgings Pty Ltd
- Dorf Industries Pty Ltd
- Douglas Floor Coverings Pty Ltd
- Doulton Potteries Pty Ltd
- Doulton Tableware Pty Ltd
- Dowd Associates Pty Ltd
- Drabbles Ltd
- Dreske-Somoff Pty Ltd
- Dresser Products Australia Pty Ltd
- Dulux Australia Ltd
- Dunlop Tyre Service (WA) Pty Ltd
- Dunlop-Slazenger Australia Pty Ltd
- Dynamic Graphics Pty Ltd
- Dyson Jack Pty Ltd
- Dysons Paper Bags Pty Ltd
- E.F. Hodge & Co
- E.M.I. Records
- E.S. Wigg & Son Pty Ltd
- E.T. Evans Pty Ltd
- Eagle & Globe Steel, Ltd
- Eclipse Tools (Sheffield) Pty Ltd
- Edboards Pty Ltd
- Educational Art Supplies Co
- Edwards Business Machines Pty Ltd
- Edwards Dunlop & Co Ltd
- Elder Kreglinger Pty Ltd
- Elder Smith Goldsborough Mort Ltd
- Eliza Tinsley (VIC) Pty Ltd
- Elna Australia Pty Ltd
- Email Ltd
- Embleton G.P. & Co Pty Ltd
- Ensign Services (WA) Pty Ltd
- Eutectic (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Evans Deakin Industries Ltd
- Fabco Pty Ltd
- Faber-Castell A.W. (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Faberge Aust. Pty Ltd
- Fallshaw Pty Ltd
- Fashion Furniture Pty Ltd
- Faulding F.H. & Co Ltd
- Federal Agencies Pty Ltd
- Felt Products of W.A.
- Fenner Dodge (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Fischer Fire Protection Pty Ltd
- Fischer Hugo Pty Ltd
- Fleetwood Pty Ltd
- Flextool (WA) Pty Ltd
- Flower Davies WEMCO Pty Ltd
- Foodland Associated Ltd
- Fordigraph (WA) Pty Ltd
- Formica Plastics Pty Ltd
- Fremantle Bag Co
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- Frigopol (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Gadsden J. Pty Ltd
- Galvin Roy & Co Pty Ltd
- GEC-AEI Aust. Pty Ltd
- General Binding Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd
- General Electric Co of Aust. Ltd
- George Moss Pty Ltd
- Gestetner Pty Ltd
- Gibson Benness Industries Pty Ltd
- Gilbert Lodge & Co Ltd
- Gilbeys Aust. Pty Ltd
- Gillete (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Gliddon & Co Pty Ltd
- Golden Crumpets Co (WA)
- Golden Press Pty Ltd
- Gollin & Co Ltd
- Goyen Controls Co Pty Ltd
- Great Southern Flour Mills Ltd
- H.H. Webb & Co Ltd
- H.U. Kendall & Co
- Habitat Pty Ltd
- Haco Distributing Agencies Pty Ltd
- Hanimex Pty Ltd
- Harbig P. & M. & Co Pty Ltd
- Harper's Pty Ltd
- Heatley Industrial Supplies (1976)
- Hecht Distributors Pty Ltd
- Heiman Leib Pty Ltd
- Henderson Instrument Co Pty Ltd
- Herbert Alfred (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
- Hertz Walpole Advertising Pty Ltd
- Heuga Australia Pty Ltd
- High Nickel Alloys Pty Ltd
- Hills Hoist Pty Ltd
- Hobart Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd
- Holland H.F. Pty Ltd
- Honda Australia Pty Ltd
- Hoover (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Hotel & Cafe Supplies Pty Ltd
- Hunter Distributors Pty Ltd
- Hyams Wholesalers Pty Ltd
- Hydraulic & Pump Service Co Pty Ltd
- ICI Australia Ltd
- Ideal Toy Corporation of Australia Pty Ltd
- International Combustion Australia Ltd
- International Optical Corp Ltd
- Irwell Taps Pty Ltd
- J. & J. Cash Pty Ltd
- J.L. Burley Pty Ltd
- Jacksons Ceramic Crafts Pty Ltd
- Jacksons Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd
- Jalco Products (WA) Pty Ltd
- James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd
- Jewel Fashions Pty Ltd
- Jimmal Bolts Pty Ltd
- John Leonard Pty Ltd
- John Sands Pty Ltd
- John Venables Pty Ltd
- Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd
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- Kailis Timber & Trading Pty Ltd
- Kalamazoo (Aust) Pty Ltd
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- Kelvin Industries Pty Ltd
- Ken George (Wholesale) Pty Ltd
- Kenwood Peerless Pty Ltd
- Kimberley-Clark of Australia Pty Ltd
- King Gee Clothing Co Pty Ltd
- Kirkby Industries Ltd
- Klinger Richard Pty Ltd
- Kodak (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
- Kraft Foods Ltd
- Kriesler Distribution Services Pty Ltd
- L.H.P. Sales Pty Ltd
- Landis & Gyr - Billman (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Lane Ltd
- Leigh-Mardon Pty Ltd
- Leonard Industries Pty Ltd
- Leonard John Pty Ltd
- Letraset Aust. Pty Ltd
- Lightburn & Co Ltd
- Ludowici J.C. & Son Ltd
- Lysaght John (Australia) Ltd
- M. Athol Hill Pty Ltd
- M.B.P. (WA) Ltd
- M.J. Bateman Pty Ltd
- Mack Ron Machinery Sales Pty Ltd
- Magna Alloys & Research Pty Ltd
- Marigny (A/Asia) Pty Ltd
- Marquise Knitwear Pty Ltd
- Marrickville Holdings Ltd
- Mary Martin Bookshop Pty Ltd
- Massey-Ferguson (Aust) Ltd
- Massey-Ferguson (Aust) Pty Ltd
- MBP (WA) Pty Ltd
- Meadow-Lea Margarine (WA) Co Pty Ltd
- Medical Teletronics Pty Ltd
- Melwire (WA) Pty Ltd
- Metal Perforators Ltd
- Meyers Taylor Sales Pty Ltd
- Mica & Insulating Supplies Co Pty Ltd
- Michaelis Bayley Plastics
- Midge Distributors
- Midland Brick Co Pty Ltd
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- Mining Supplies (Kalgoorlie) Pty Ltd
- Mitchell Cotts Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd
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- Modern Ceilings Pty Ltd
- Modulex Systems Pty Ltd
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- Mooney R.N. Pty Ltd
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- Napoli Pasta Products Pty Ltd
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- NCR Australia Pty Ltd
- Nightingale Chemicals W.A. Branch
- Nilsen Sintered Products (Aust) Pty Ltd
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- Noritake (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Norton Pty Ltd
- Nova Laboratories
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- Nylex Corp Ltd
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- Perth Giftware
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- Pine Valley Flowers (WA) Pty Ltd
- Pirelli Cables Aust. Ltd
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- Poland Aquatics Wholesale Pet Division
- Polaroid Australia Pty Ltd
- Polylined Pipe (WA) Pty Ltd
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- Pre-Stressed Concrete (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Prochelle Trading Co Pty Ltd
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- Purvisonic Sound Pty Ltd
- Pyneboard Pty Ltd
- Quikstik International Pty Ltd
- Rank Industries Aust. Pty Ltd
- Ready Lime Putty Pty Ltd
- Red Tulip Distribution Services (WA) Pty Ltd
- Redmond (Sales) Pty Ltd
- Reiter & Associates Pty Ltd
- Reliance MacBean Pty Ltd
- Reliance Trading Corp. Pty Ltd
- Remac Business Systems Pty Ltd
- Repco Auto Parts (WA) Pty Ltd
- Rheem Australia Ltd
- Rheem Australia Ltd - Container Division
- Richardson D. & Sons Ltd
- Rigby Ltd
- Rinnai Australia Pty Ltd
- Rinnai Western Australia Pty Ltd
- Rizla Cigarette Papers (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Roche Products Pty Ltd
- Roland Smith & Co Pty Ltd
- Rosher E. & M.J. Pty Ltd
- Rothmans of Pall Mall (Aust) Ltd
- Rudolf Gunz & Co Pty Ltd
- Rudolph Gunz & Co Ltd
- Sabco Ltd
- Salisons Marketing
- Sanitarium Health Food Co
- Sara & Cook Pty Ltd
- Savage S.W. & Co Pty Ltd
- Schwarzkopf Pty Ltd
- Scott Bonnar Sales Pty Ltd
- Selbys Scientific Ltd
- Selleys Chemical Co
- Sellotape (Australia) Ltd
- Seppelt Wines Pty Ltd
- Service Printing Co Pty Ltd
- Sheridan's Engraving & Metal Stamping Co
- Siemens Industries Ltd
- Simplex Transfers Aust. Pty Ltd
- Sims Products Pty Ltd
- Slumberland (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Smith Copeland (WA) Pty Ltd
- Spicers Paper Industries Ltd
- Spurway Industries Pty Ltd
- St Regis - A.C.I. Pty Ltd
- Standard Telephones & Cables Pty Ltd
- Steel Supplies (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Stegbar (WA) Pty Ltd
- Stockfeeders Pty Ltd
- Storage Systems (WA) Pty Ltd
- Stott & Hoare Pty Ltd
- Stramit Industries (WA) Pty Ltd
- Supa Stik Labels Pty Ltd
- Survey & Drawing Supplies Pty Ltd
- Swan Brushware Ltd
- Synthetic Resins Pty Ltd
- T.W. Crommelin & Co Pty Ltd
- Tasker Rolly Pty Ltd
- Technicaids (Sales) Pty Ltd
- Tecquip Sales Pty Ltd
- Tequip Sales Pty Ltd
- The Wrigley Company Pty Ltd
- Therold Harper & Co Pty Ltd
- Thomas Keith W. & Co Pty Ltd
- Thomas W. & Co (WA) Pty Ltd
- Thorn Sales AWA-Thorn Consumer Products Pty Ltd
- Timms P.C. & Co Pty Ltd
- Townson & Mercer (Distributors) Pty Ltd
- Treloar Distributing (WA) Pty Ltd
- Tronto Industries Pty Ltd
- Tubemakers of Australia Ltd
- United Packages (WA) Pty Ltd
- V.S.L. Pre-Stressing (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Valentine Publishing Co Pty Ltd
- Voca Communications Pty Ltd
- W. Schulstad Pty Ltd
- W.A. Chain Saw Sales Pty Ltd
- W.A. Honey Pool
- W.A. Match Co Pty Ltd
- W.A. Plaster Mills
- W.H. Milne & Co Pty Ltd
- W.K. Witt (WA) Pty Ltd
- Wama Pty Ltd
- Warburton Franki - Perth
- Warner-Lambert Pty Ltd
- Watson P.G. & Co Pty Ltd
- Watsons Foods (WA) (Watsonia)
- Wesbarrow Pty Ltd
- Wesfeeds Pty Ltd
- Wesply-Wesbord Industries
- West Australian Industrial Rubber Pty Ltd
- West Australian Media Services Pty Ltd
- West Australian Rope & Twine Co Pty Ltd
- Westate Electrical Industries (1972)
- Western Case & Joinery Works Pty Ltd
- Western Glass Works
- Westinghouse Electric Western Australia Ltd
- Westralian Wholesalers Pty Ltd
- Westway International (Australia)
- Whittakers Ltd
- Wigg E.S. & Son Pty Ltd
- Wilberforce Distributors Pty Ltd
- William Adams Engineering Ltd
- Wills G.R. Co Ltd
- Wills W.D. & H.D. Aust Ltd
- Wimble Machinery Sales Pty Ltd
- Witt W.K. (WA) Pty Ltd
- Wolf Power Tools Pty Ltd
- Woodstock Leisure Products
- Wormald International (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Wormald Security Controls