Federal Court opens online file for Jackson v McDonald’s and related matters

The Federal Court of Australia established a new online file for Jackson v McDonald's and other matters on 03 Mar 2026, the court’s public entry shows. The Fedcourt excerpt reads: "Jackson v McDonald's and other matters. A new online file has been established. Read More Jackson v McDonald's and other matters 03 Mar 2026."

An original report supplied with the court extract describes Jackson v McDonald’s as "the high-profile industrial dispute" and lists Cooper v Woolworths (SA), Wilding v Coles, and Mitchell v Hungry Jack’s as appearing alongside it; that report also states the file was updated on March 3, 2026 and the excerpt ends mid-sentence with the fragment "The c".

The two supplied sources agree on the core facts: the Federal Court created or updated an online file under the title Jackson v McDonald's on 03 Mar 2026. The Fedcourt entry supplies the dated notice and the short prompt to "Read More"; the original report supplies the parenthetical list of related matters and the qualitative description "high-profile industrial dispute."

Key docket details are not present in the supplied extracts. Neither the Fedcourt excerpt nor the original report includes a docket or file number, an assigned judge, a registry location, counsel names, specific filings such as originating applications or affidavits, or any listed hearing dates. Those items are not in the supplied material and will need to be obtained from the full Federal Court online file to establish the legal parties, claims, and procedural timeline.

As of 03 Mar 2026, Jackson v McDonald's is on the Federal Court’s public radar via the newly established online file and appears linked in reporting to Cooper v Woolworths (SA), Wilding v Coles and Mitchell v Hungry Jack’s; the court’s dated entry and the original report’s parenthetical list provide the only explicit connection among those matters in the supplied material. The full online file should contain docket numbers, the sequence of filings and any hearing listings that will clarify how the matters are related and what next steps are on the court calendar.