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AIRC rejects union argument to discount previous disputes

A full bench of the AIRC has dismissed CFMEU (mining & energy division) arguments that past disputes at a Queensland coal mine couldn't be used to justify a s127 order against further industrial action because they weren't caught by the dispute resolution provision in the site EA, and it over-rode the award dispute resolution clauses that would have applied.

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