UNFAIR DISMISSAL APPLICATION

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

PARTIES Natalie Warnock

APPLICANT

-v-

Director General, Department of Education

RESPONDENT

CORAM Commissioner C Tsang

DATE TUESDAY, 7 October 2025

FILE NO. U 3 OF 2025

CITATION NO. 2025 WAIRC 00838

Result Direction issued

Representation 

Applicant Mr C Fogliani (of counsel)

Respondent Mr M McIlwaine (of counsel)

Direction

HAVING heard from Mr C Fogliani (of counsel) on behalf of the applicant and Mr M McIlwaine (of counsel) on behalf of the respondent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA), and by consent, hereby directs –

1. THAT Trevor Stace have leave to give his evidence at the hearing via videolink.

2. THAT the applicant have leave to rely upon the expert report of Dr Ian Sherman dated 13 August 2025, marked as Annexure B and enclosed with her Form 1A – Application filed on 2 October 2025 (report), at the hearing of this matter.

3. THAT the report stand as Dr Sherman’s evidence‑in-chief and that Dr Sherman have leave to give his evidence at the hearing via videolink.

4. THAT the applicant have leave to rely upon the Applicant’s Amended Outline of Submissions, marked as Annexure A and enclosed with her Form 1A – Application filed on 2 October 2025, at the hearing of this matter.

5. THAT the respondent have leave to file, within two-weeks of the conclusion of the hearing of this matter, amended written submissions addressing the report and the Applicant’s Amended Outline of Submissions.

6. THAT the applicant have leave to file, within one week following the date of service of the respondent’s written submissions at Direction 4 above (respondent’s submissions), written submissions in reply addressing any matters raised in the respondent’s submissions that were not raised by the respondent in closing oral submissions at the hearing.

Commissioner C Tsang