“Ruled in favour of unions in 91% of industrial relations cases”

Posted on 21 June, 2023 by C.L.

“Merit-based,” says Mr Dreyfus: Former ALP candidate “Mordy” Bromberg gets top law reform job.

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C.L. says:

21 June, 2023 at 1:53 pm

One-time Labor candidate and former St Kilda AFL player Mordecai “Mordy” Bromberg has landed the plum job of president of the Australian Law Reform Commission – a body that once refused to publish a submission that questioned his impartiality.

The Federal Court judge has presided over controversial decisions, including finding News Corp Australia columnist Andrew Bolt contravened section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

Several high profile Indigenous individuals commenced proceedings against the conservative commentator over a column he wrote claiming they chose Aboriginal racial identity for the purposes of political and career advancement.

Responding to Justice Bromberg’s appointment to the ALRC on Tuesday, Bolt told The Australian: “If law ‘reform’ means more laws restricting free speech, Labor has recruited just the right fellow traveller for the job.”

Announcing the five-year term, which begins on July 10, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus congratulated Justice Bromberg and noted that the appointment “follows a merit-based process”…

In 2019, he ruled against the federal government workplace regulator’s probe into the Australian Workers Union over donations to GetUp and Labor candidates.

The decision was set aside by the Federal Court full bench.

Justice Bromberg ruled in favour of unions in 91 per cent of industrial relations cases he presided over in a two-year period, conservative think tank the Menzies Research Centre says.

That was 43 percentage points above the average, according to its 2021 submission to the ALRC’s review of judicial impartiality.

The ALRC refused to publish the submission on the grounds it was defamatory.

In 2019, Justice Bromberg ruled the Biloela Tamil family could stay in Australia to fight deportation until a full court hearing was held to consider the case of their two-year-old daughter.

In 2021, he found the then-environment minister, Sussan Ley, had a duty of care to protect Australian children from climate harm caused by the potential expansion of a coalmine. The ruling was overturned on appeal.

Last year, Justice Bromberg found in favour of traditional owners from the Tiwi Islands against a $4.7bn offshore gas project, shelving Santos’s approval to drill in the Barossa gas field in the Timor Sea.

The ruling forced the company to restart and broaden its consultation with local Indigenous communities.

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Stephen Rice in The Australian
Entropy says:

21 June, 2023 at 1:54 pm

The gift that keeps on giving. And keeps on keeping on.
Cassie of Sydney says:

21 June, 2023 at 2:08 pm

“Responding to Justice Bromberg’s appointment to the ALRC on Tuesday, Bolt told The Australian: “If law ‘reform’ means more laws restricting free speech, Labor has recruited just the right fellow traveller for the job.””

Pity Andrew Blot didn’t stand up for Mark Latham’s free speech.
Old Lefty says:

21 June, 2023 at 2:18 pm

Wait till Dreyfus has finished with the High Court. I shudder to think….
Lee says:

21 June, 2023 at 2:19 pm

It’s okay when Labor does it.

But woe betide a Liberal government appoint a conservative to a top position (which they probably wouldn’t these days anyway).
Lee says:

21 June, 2023 at 2:24 pm

Pity Andrew Blot didn’t stand up for Mark Latham’s free speech.

Bolt has gone way down in my estimation in the last 6-7 years, with the notable exceptions of his defence of George Pell, and the fight against the climate boondoggle and the Voice.
and says:

21 June, 2023 at 2:53 pm

Dark Greypus just oozes integrity.
Ed Case says:

21 June, 2023 at 3:21 pm

Bromberg also overruled a workplace vote on an EBA between Toyota and it’s workforce and that Ruling forced Toyota to close it’s Australian Car manufacturing Plant.
Graham says:

21 June, 2023 at 3:24 pm

The only potential upside of this appointment is that it means he won’t be sitting on the Federal Court. Probably he can do less damage by being President of the Australian Law Reform Commission.

The ALRC can only recommend things. It can’t decide anything.
NFA says:

21 June, 2023 at 3:27 pm

The Voice constitutional changes are going to be ‘good’.

I wonder if The Constitution of Australia will survive the ‘law reform’?
Ed Case says:

21 June, 2023 at 4:26 pm

The ALRC can only recommend things. It can’t decide anything.

Government often act on ALRC submissions.
It’s the last place you want an Activist Judge like Bromberg.
At the ALRC, rather than affect the lives of a few for the worse, he can affect the entire Country for the worse, forever.
Ed Case says:

21 June, 2023 at 4:29 pm

OT, the Federal Government are trying to shut down Labour Hire, on the grounds of Equality.
That will have the result of hordes of small businesses shutting the doors.
Buccaneer says:

21 June, 2023 at 4:37 pm

The ALRC can only recommend things. It can’t decide anything.

We all know that Dreyfus will use the recommendations as a lever to get what he wants.
cuckoo says:

21 June, 2023 at 4:39 pm

If Orban in Hungary or Morawiecki in Poland or Bibi Netanyahu made an appointment like this (mutatis mutandi), there would be mass demonstrations in their respective streets ‘in defense of democracy’, glowingly reported by ABC and SBS.
Bruce of Newcastle says:

21 June, 2023 at 5:18 pm

Well since he can read minds he’s obviously an excellent choice.

(You may have to go back in time a bit to get the reference. Oh and he really really doesn’t like domestically manufactured cars.)
and says:

21 June, 2023 at 5:31 pm

Then let’s start smoking indoors again. 🙂

The “campaign” cranks up. On the heels of the Grattan Institute’s “No Time to Waste: Let’s start getting rid of gas stoves/heaters NOW”, we have…

Pollution from gas stoves can be worse than secondhand smoke

https://www.msn.com/en-au/health/other/pollution-from-gas-stoves-can-be-worse-than-secondhand-smoke/ar-AA1cOoQE?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=9cccc9199f2f4eb0b96eeb2cb6bcaf13&ei=11

See comments, too.
and says:

21 June, 2023 at 5:34 pm

Todays utes aren’t what they used to be.

Montana youth ask judge for historic order in climate trial

(Reuters) – A lawyer for 16 young people on Tuesday asked a Montana judge for a historic order declaring the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies violate their rights, wrapping up arguments in the first youth-led U.S. climate change lawsuit to make it to trial.

RTWT

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/us/montana-youth-ask-judge-for-historic-order-in-climate-trial/ar-AA1cOxKi?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=86157bf3122b4125df1b9a585122fab2&ei=6
and says:

21 June, 2023 at 5:54 pm

What a strategy! The Hunchback-led parliamentary dross further endears itself to the public:

Daniel Andrews remains the highest-paid premier after being awarded pay rise
He remains the highest-paid premier after being awarded a pay rise.

https://7news.com.au/politics/vic/daniel-andrews-remains-the-highest-paid-premier-after-being-awarded-pay-rise-c-11042795

Bear in mind that Strine politicians at whatever level of government are amongst the highest paid politicians in the world.
and says:

21 June, 2023 at 6:01 pm

The Hunchback is all class. His devious little mind is working overtime. If there’s an expert on “half-wittery” and “grubbery”, it’s got to be the Hunchback.

Dan Andrews gets down and grubby
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews withdraws his ‘half-wit grub’ insult aimed at a Liberal MP but doesn’t apologise

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/06/21/dan-andrews-half-wit-grub-liberal-mp/
Entropy says:

22 June, 2023 at 6:47 am

Considering it was a Victorian liberal, he could have used truth as a defence.
Buccaneer says:

22 June, 2023 at 6:56 am

Considering it was a Victorian liberal, he could have used truth as a defence.

One would be doing well to find any wit within the Victorian liberals.