Rugby Australia’s worst fears might have come true as Israel Folau announced legal action that could see them pay up to the tune of $10 million.
6 June 2019
Israel Folau will seek up to $10 million in damages from Rugby Australia in a lawsuit that looks to prove the termination of his Rugby Australia contract was “unlawful”.
In documents filed to the Fair Work Commission Folau seeks to have the May 20 sacking deemed unlawful as he pursues the $5 million value of his contract as well as other damages for lost opportunities.
Israel #Folau files Fair Work Commission dispute against Rugby Australia and the NSW Waratahs saying his employment was unlawfully terminated because of his religion. pic.twitter.com/Jkk7vokUHL
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) June 6, 2019
It is understood that if Folau is successful those other damages could see all damages total approximately $10 millions — and that figure has in the past been reported as potentially being able to bankrupt Rugby Australia.
“The termination has cost Mr Folau the best years of his rugby career, participation at the Rugby World Cup, the chance to become the greatest Wallaby try-scorer (a decades-old record he was likely to break), and the associated exposure and opportunities,” Folau’s application stated.
“As well as around $5 million in lost salary, Mr Folau will claim in respect of the loss of these opportunities (renewal of contract, sponsorships, etc).
“The damages will be particularised in due course, but will be substantial. In addition, Mr Folau will seek civil penalties.”
In a statement, Folau said he felt his treatment by RA and the Waratahs had left him no choice but to stand up for his beliefs.
“I will forever be grateful and proud to have played the sport I love for our nation. Ours is an amazing country built on important principles, including freedom of religion. A nation made up of so many different faiths and cultural backgrounds will never be truly rich unless this freedom applies to all of us,” he said.
“The messages of support we have received over these difficult few weeks have made me realise there are many Australians who feel their fundamental rights are being steadily eroded.
“No Australian of any faith should be fired for practising their religion.”
‘SACKED BY QANTAS’: LATHAM UNLOADS
The announcement came on the same day as the governing body were savaged in NSW parliament by state One Nation leader Mark Latham.
The former Federal Opposition leader launched a scathing attack on RA, its CEO Raelene Castle and Qantas boss Alan Joyce over the sacking of Israel Folau.
Latham declared under NSW parliamentary privilege that “there’s no doubt Israel Folau was sacked by Qantas”.
That was just part of an astonishing attack on the administration in the wake of Folau’s termination for multiple social media posts that had a homophobic narrative among other things and resulted in what was deemed a breach of his RA contract.
Mark Latham has gone on the attack over Israel Folau’s sacking.Source:News Corp Australia
The last of those posts was when Folau warned on Instagram that Hell awaited “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters.”
At a Code of Conduct hearing he requested, the Wallabies star subsequently had his employment terminated, sparking debate on whether he could be dismissed for expressing fundamental religious views.
On that very point Mr Latham took RA and Qantas to task in his trademark fiery fashion.
Quoting Ms Castle, Mr Latham said: “I calculated — at least $10 million of annual sponsorship revenue — was at significantly greater risk as a result of Mr Folau’s conduct.”
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce had come in for criticism.Source:News Corp Australia
He then accused Rugby Australia (RA) of acting at the behest of Qantas in firing Folau.
“The head of Rugby Australia is putting a commercial value on the religious freedom of Israel Folau,” Mr Latham said.
“That just shows the fix was in. Qantas knew Folau was going to get punted.
“Ms Castle was acting as the slave of (Alan) Joyce within her organisation. She knew what he wanted without even a direct conversation with him.”
Mr Latham cited D-Day in his address. “Seventy-five years ago today young men from across the free world stormed the beaches of Normandy … to fight for the freedom of all mankind … How in 2019 are so many Australians worried about the loss of religious freedom?” Mr Latham said.
“How in 2019 do we look at Israel Folau and wonder how a football player and resident of NSW has lost his job?
“We’re fighting dictatorial corporations who purchase … control of sporting codes.
“These big corporate chiefs preach diversity . . but they’re trying to impose uniformity.”
Mr Latham quoted Ms Castle’s written evidence which said days before Folau’s post Rugby Australia had commenced new commercial negotiations with Qantas on further sponsorship and that corporate partners had approached her to “express their concerns”.
Qantas provided a comment from Mr Joyce on the issue last month where he said: “We don’t sponsor something to get involved in controversy. That’s not part of the deal. We expect our partners to take the appropriate action. It’s their issue, they have to deal with it.”
FAMILY MATTER: FOLAU’S BROTHER GETS RELEASE
Israel Folau and his brother John at Waratahs training.Source:AAP
That news comes as Israel Folau’s brother John was granted his release from the NSW Waratahs.
John Folau, who played a handful of games for the Parramatta Eels from 2015-17, has been a fringe player for the Super Rugby franchise
Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson confirmed on Thursday the 24-year-old had been granted a release for personal reasons.
“We gave John some time off for leave and he has come back to us recently and asked for a release, which we’re happy to grant,” Gibson told reporters.
“John has been in a difficult position for the last wee while. He has got really divided loyalties to his family and his brother and then also to the team. He wanted to stress how much he enjoyed being with the team and what a difficult decision it was for him.”
“We can all understand the loyalty he has to his family and to his brother and totally respect that position,” Gibson added.
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How many Qantas employees have been sacked since Joyce took over, because they didn’t support his lifestyle or SSM we wonder. You can’t tell us Joyce didn’t come the heavy in Qantas also, as much as he has to Israel Folau. You only have to look at the left and their causes, and like we have continually said, its never been about equality, its been about control for them. They want total control in this world over anyone, any business, employee etc that doesn’t bow down the the NWO agenda, of which bowing down to the lgbt’s, fawning over them, and saying they were all born that way is very much a part of the agenda. Out with the old order of christianity, and in with the new order of satans, where sin abounds, and sin is called good, whilst Gods laws are called evil. Lance you only have to look at Pride mth going on every June, and see what businesses are so willing to do, in order to prove how tolerant,loving and accepting they are of the lgbt bunch It’s called Virtue Signalling capitalism. Seen a heap of it lately, and all we can say is sin is piling so high up to heaven, the stench of it must be sickening to say the least. The world is so taken over by satan, we surely cant be far off the great tribulation. Because as much as God is so loving,kind and wanting mankind to be saved, he is also very much a God of Wrath, and his patience and love is being pushed to its limits over the last few yrs especially,because of mankind’s wilful love of sin.
Whether Israel Folau wins his case of not, and whether his career is worth 10 million or not, we do not know,but we do understand the principle behind it. That being no one should lose their career, and their livelihood, because they dare to speak biblical truth. Sadly though many especially those on the left, will see this as Israel loving money more than God, and we are sure social media is full of them tweeting that very thing. Because we have already seen them tweet that in the past. What has happened to him, can happen to any employee out there who dares to speak Gods truth, and is unwilling to believe satan’s lies concerning sin.
Honestly the way the left have continually attacked Israel for speaking Gods Word, you would think he actually murdered a gay person,such is their hate for him.
What are the lgbt bunch and their followers going to do, when Gods Word is indeed proven correct, and his laws are proven to be, the only true Laws in existence. What are they gonna say when they stand before God, and he lets them know he never made them gay and they were not born that way at all, and that hell is indeed a very real place for unrepentant sinners.
The pride they all go on and on and on about, will be wiped clean off their faces and out of their hearts then, when they stand before Almighty God. Because he aint going to bow down to them. They will finally have to bow their knees to him, and realise satan took them for the biggest ride, and lied to them over and over,just so he could take them to hell with him forever. As the bible says Pride comes before a fall, and it was Pride that caused lucifer the most beautiful angel in heaven, to try and usurp God’s throne.It was his pride that got him chucked out of heaven forever, and it’s his pride that keeps him doing what he does, ie pretending to be God.Its his bitter twisted hatred for God that keeps him lying, to get mankind to either believe God doesn’t exist, or his laws are wrong, or that God himself has changed his mind on this matter.
Don’t you find it interesting that they use the term Pride about themselves, as it’s one of the 7 deadly sins the bible says, and it’s the one sin, that keeps people from coming to God, and accepting they are a sinner in need of salvation. Plus they took Gods rainbow for their cause,when the rainbow was first put in the sky by God himself as sign, after Noah and the flood, which was all to do with mankind sinning, and doing so much evil at that time. It’s their way of mocking God, and saying to him he is wrong, and they are right about their lifestyle. The lefties go on and on about cultural appropriation all the time, yet they don’t have a prob that the lgbt’s took Gods symbol and made it their own. Talk about culturally and spiritually appropriating God and his bible:)