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The Fair Work Commission ordered Aurenne Management Services Pty Ltd to pay former FIFO Pit Technician Jamie-Lee Corless-Crane 16 weeks’ compensation after finding her dismissal harsh, unjust and unreasonable. PerthNow described the award as more than $30,000, but the formal order sets compensation by weeks of pay—not a fixed $30,000 sum.
What the Commission ordered
In Ms Jamie-Lee Corless-Crane v Aurenne Management Services Pty Ltd [2025] FWC 986, Deputy President Melanie Binet ordered the company to pay 16 weeks’ compensation, less taxation as required by law, within 14 days of the order. The decision records that Corless-Crane’s annual salary at dismissal was $100,000. The order itself specifies a 16-week remedy rather than an exact dollar figure. Read the Fair Work Commission decision and formal order.
PerthNow’s report framed the payout as more than $30,000. That is a rounded media description, not the wording of the Commission’s order. PerthNow reported on the decision.
What happened at the Mt Ida mine
Corless-Crane started as a Pit Technician at Aurenne’s Mt Ida mine site near Menzies, Western Australia, on 2 October 2023. Her dismissal took effect on 22 January 2025.
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The dispute followed an incident on 7 January 2025. The Commission found that other members of the geology department had marked out the wrong mining location. It estimated that 54 ounces of gold, worth about $200,000, went to waste instead of the processing plant; some of the ore had been lost before Corless-Crane started her shift. These are estimates recorded in this case, not a finding that she was responsible for the entire loss.
What Aurenne alleged—and what the Commission found
Aurenne alleged that Corless-Crane contributed to the loss by failing to check the site against the map. The Commission found that she had not been given a Dig Map for one location, that the map she did have was not the correct map for the work, and that the excavator’s GPS was not working, based on evidence it accepted. It was not established that she failed to check the markup and block identification against the map available to her, or that her actions caused the loss.
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As Deputy President Binet put it, “Aurenne have not established that as a matter of fact that Ms Corless-Crane failed to check the mark up and ID of the flitch to be mined against the map that she had been provided.”
Why the dismissal was found unfair
The Commission assessed the dismissal under the Fair Work Act and considered the evidence about the incident, the employer’s process, and the circumstances of other employees involved. Its conclusion was specific to this case; it does not mean that every mining error or operational loss makes a dismissal unfair.
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It was early morning and Corless-Crane’s first shift on site. The decision noted poor light and that night work made it harder for a Pit Technician to consult someone at the same or a higher level. The Commission also considered the human and systemic failures contributing to the incident, including the incorrect location marking and the map and GPS issues.
Opportunity to respond and changing reasons
The Commission found that Corless-Crane had not received an adequate opportunity during the show-cause process to respond to alleged performance deficiencies. It also found that the employer’s stated reasons for dismissal shifted during its process and submissions.
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Different outcomes for other employees
The surveyor who marked the wrong location received a first and final written warning. Another employee resigned during the investigation, and the decision records that other employees involved were not dismissed over the incident. The Commission considered the different treatment when weighing whether dismissal was proportionate.
Deputy President Binet’s conclusion was: “Having considered each of the matters specified in section 387 of the FW Act, I am satisfied that the dismissal of Ms Corless-Crane was harsh, unjust and unreasonable.”
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Why the remedy was 16 weeks
The Commission chose compensation rather than reinstatement. Although Deputy President Binet considered that Corless-Crane likely would have remained employed for several more years if she had not been unfairly dismissed, the decision reasoned that she should have been able to obtain comparable mining work and complete the necessary medicals and inductions within 16 weeks. The Commission therefore set compensation at 16 weeks, did not add an amount for shock, humiliation or distress, and noted that the award was below the statutory compensation cap.
What this decision means for workers
The ruling shows how the Commission evaluated the evidence and process in one unfair-dismissal case: what the employer proved about an employee’s conduct, whether the worker could respond to the reasons given, whether those reasons remained consistent, and how others involved were treated. It is not a general guarantee of compensation after a workplace mistake. A worker considering their own dismissal should assess their circumstances under the applicable Fair Work Act requirements and deadlines rather than assume this result will apply to them.
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