APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE EMPLOYER TAKEN ON 29 NOVEMBER 2024

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

PARTIES Harsha Ranasinghe Arachchillage

APPELLANT

-v-

The Board of Health Support Services

RESPONDENT

CORAM PUBLIC SERVICE APPEAL BOARD

 Commissioner T Emmanuel - CHAIRPERSON

 MR B HAWKINS - BOARD MEMBER

 MR P HESLEWOOD - BOARD MEMBER

DATE WEDNESDAY, 30 July 2025

FILE NO PSAB 32 OF 2024

CITATION NO. 2025 WAIRC 00458

Result Order issued

Representation

Appellant Ms T Rajapaksa (as agent)

Respondent Mr J Carroll (of counsel)

Order

HAVING heard from Ms T Rajapaksa (as agent) 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), orders –

1. THAT subject to any further order of the Public Service Appeal Board (Board), Agreed Documents 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, and 4.8 (Relevant Agreed Documents), and any other document filed in application PSAB 32 of 2024, which refers to information in the Relevant Agreed Documents (together the Relevant 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 representative;

(f)                       the respondent, its representative, and any employee of the respondent within Workforce and Organisational Development;

2. THAT unless they have access to the Relevant Documents by reason other than their involvement in these proceedings, the persons referred to in order 1(d) and 1(e) may only use, and make copies of, the Relevant Documents, for the purposes of these proceedings;

3. THAT the appellant's and respondent's representatives are to make each person referred to in order 1(d) to 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; and

4. THAT the parties have liberty to apply on short notice.

Commissioner T Emmanuel

ON BEHALF OF THE

PUBLIC SERVICE APPEAL BOARD