** CORRECTS SPELLING OF SECOND REFERENCE TO SABBATELLA INSTEAD OF SABATELLA ** Martin Sabbatella, left, head of the government media regulation body, is surrounded by reporters outside the newspaper office of Grupo Clarin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Sabbatella said Monday that the government will make the conglomerate and other companies comply with the law, which bars any company from owning too many different media properties. The law could require Grupo Clarin to sell off broadcast licenses as well as its majority stake in Cablevision, the cable TV network that has become the company's cash cow. (AP Photo/Daniel Dabove,Telam)
Court finalises public sector case
Published: 01:31:31 AM, Thu 28 February 2013 UTC
A lengthy dispute has been finalised over public sector job cuts, with the South Australian Supreme Court ruling the issues are now moot.
The Public Service Association (PSA) fought changes to public sector working conditions outlined in the 2010 state budget.
It argued they were in breach of an enterprise bargaining agreement.
The Industrial Relations Commission and the Supreme Court both decided they did not have jurisdiction to hear the dispute, but the High Court found the matter should be considered by the Supreme Court.
Now in its judgment, the Full Court of the Supreme Court ruled it would be unnecessary and inappropriate to consider the matters because most of the leave conditions taken away in 2010 had since been reinstated.
Chief Justice Chris Kourakis and Justices Richard White and Tom Gray unanimously dismissed the dispute and ordered the PSA to pay the Government's legal costs.
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