ACTU Posted Our Appeal on Its Website Today
Appeal for Petitions of Workers’ Rights Under the Constitution
Every body knows falsifying accounting records and reports are wrong and illegal. However, when an accountant was sacked because she complained internally and externally that her superior forced her to falsify accounting records and reports, the Federal Courts held to the effect that her claim of unlawful termination "had been instituted vexatiously and without reasonable cause" because she did not complain “to a Court or Tribunal” before she was terminated.As every body ought to obey and uphold law under the Constitution, on 21 April 2006, the worker served the ‘Notices of A Constitutional Matter’ certified by the High Court to the Attorneys-General of the Commonwealth and of all of the States and Territories.Petitions to the Commonwealth Senate and Victoria Parliament have been launched. The nature of the petitions is to demonstrate to the governments the issue that members of the public feel strongly about. The issue is of public importance. Over 400 people have signed the petitions. Both of the president of ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions), Ms Sharan Burrow and the secretary of MUA (Maritime Union of Australia), Mr Kevin Bracken have supported and signed the petitions. People from Tasmania, WA and NSW have also supported and singed the petitions. (files below are downloadable as .doc files)Nature of PetitionsNotice of A Constitutional Matter M76Notice of A Constitutional Matter M77Petition to Commonwealth SenatePetition to Victorian Parliament
