Matt Garozzo
- Commercial Law Employment & Industrial
- Public Law
Matt also practises in commercial law, administrative law and anti-discrimination law.
Matt acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including aviation, building and construction, manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, transport, retail, banking and finance, education, hospitality and all levels of government.
Before Matt joined the Victorian Bar, he was a Special Counsel in the
Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety group at Clayton Utz. Prior to joining
Clayton Utz, Matt worked in the equivalent branch of the Victorian Government
Solicitor’s Office. He started his legal career as an associate to Judge
Michael Shanahan AM of the District Court of Queensland.
Matt read with Matthew Follet KC, and his senior mentor was Richard Dalton KC.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under the Professional Standards Legislation.
Contact
- P+61 3 9225 6093
- M0422 621 069
- F+61 3 9225 8668
- E[email protected]
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Aickin Chambers
Level 21, Room 13
200 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Contractual Disputes
- Appellate
- Confidential Information
- Discrimination
- Employment Contracts
- Industrial Disputes
- Public Sector Appeals
- Restraint of Trade
- Statutory Employment Rights
- Work Health & Safety
- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Civil & Human Rights
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Discrimination
- Judicial Review
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (QUT)
Master of Laws (Melbourne)
Queensland
High Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Recent Cases
Susha Semenikow v Express Freighters Australia (Operations) Pty Ltd [2025] FWC 680 (led by M Follett KC)
FWO v Western Chinese Language School Inc [2025] FedCFamC2G 298
United Firefighters’ Union of Australia v Fire Rescue Victoria [2025] FCAFC 16 (led by R Sweet KC)
Sydney Trains v Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union [2024] FCA 1479 (led by Simon Meehan SC and M Minucci)
Chia v Talaria Asset Management Pty Ltd [2024] FedCFamC2G 1441
Police Federation of Australia v Victoria Police [2024] FWC 1631
Kingsbury v Melbourne City Mission [2024] FCA 1390
Corporate Air Charter v Australian Federation of Air Pilots [2024] FCA 1225 (led by M Follett SC, for Qantas Airways Ltd)
Gentner v Police Registration and Services Board & Chief Commissioner of Police [2024] VSC 507 (led by E Bennett SC)
Chief Commissioner of Police v HDB (a pseudonym) & Anor [2024] VSC 461 (led by E Bennett SC)
Kiernan
v Naismith Truck Movers Pty Ltd & Anor[2024]FedCFamC2G 618
Monash
University
v Padma Murthi & Anor [2024] FCA 783 (led by M Felman KC)
Fair
Work Ombudsman
v Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (The Yatala Labour
Prison Case) (No 3)
[2024] FCA 732 (led by M Felman KC)
All Care Australia Pty Ltd v Fair Work Ombudsman [2024] FCA 545 (led by M Follett SC)
Medical Board of Australia v Pham (Review and Regulation) [2024] VCAT 388
Simon Shearer v Chief Commissioner of Police [2024] VSC 181
Network Aviation Australia v Australian Federation of Air Pilots, Australian and International Pilots Association & Transport Workers’ Union of Australia [2024] FWC 685 (led by M Follett SC)
CSL
Limited (CSL) [2024] FWC 1 (led by M Follett SC, for CSL)
United
Firefighters Union v Fire Rescue Victoria [2024] FWCFB 43 (led
by R Sweet KC)
Libardi v Deakin University [2024] FWC 103
Pathirana v Fernando (Human Rights) [2023] VCAT 1206 (for the state of Victoria)
United Firefighters Union v Fire Rescue Victoria [2023] FWCFB (led by R Sweet KC)
United Firefighters Union v Fire Rescue Victoria [2023] FWC 2020 (led by R Sweet KC)
Lawton v State of Victoria (Victoria Police) (Human Rights) [2023] VCAT 440
Fair Work Ombudsman v Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (The Yatala Labour Prison Case) (No 2) [2023] FCA 429 (led by M Felman KC)
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation v Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine [2023] FWC 1046 (led by C O’Grady KC)
Application by Workzone Traffic Control Pty Ltd [2023] FWCA 758 (led by M Follett, for the FWO)
Thomas Bonney v Monash University [2023] FWC 469
Transport Workers' Union of Australia v Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd [2023] FWCFB 11 (led by M Follett)
TWU v Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd [2022] FWCFB 240 (led by M Follett);
Police Federation of Australia v Victoria Police [2022] FWC 1862;
CFMMEU-Construction and General Division, Queensland Northern Territory Divisional Branch [2022] FWC 2332 (for the ABCC);
In the matter of the Entry Permit of Mr James John William Simpson [2022] FWC 2074 (for the ABCC);
United Firefighters Union of Australia v Country Fire Authority [2022] FCA 727 (led by C O’Grady KC);
Tween v Qantas Airways Ltd [2022] FWC 1594 (led by R Dalton KC);
Roy-Chowdhury v Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School [2022] FWCFB 101;
Police Federation of Australia v Victoria Police [2022] FWC 1554;
ABCC v CFMMEU & others (Yatala Labour Prison Case) [2022] FCA 492 (led by M Felman KC);
Roy-Chowdhury v Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School [2022] FWC 849;
Sawan v Victoria Police [2022] FWC 660;
Nazi Beydoun & Ors v Northern Health & Ors [2021] FWC 6341 (led by C O’Grady KC);
QNurses First Inc v Monash Health [2021] FCA 1372 (led by C O’Grady KC and M Follett).
Memberships
Australian Labour Law Association
Australian Institute of Administrative Law