Comments made about Clive Palmer by Western Australia premier Mark McGowan in press conferences were “heavy with historical and sinister significance”, a court has heard on the first day of trial in the mining billionaire’s defamation case.
A group of nurses have dropped their lawsuit against Monash Health alleging the hospital provider threatened to take adverse action against them for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Former One Nation senator Brian Burston has largely lost his bid to throw out a sexual harassment and discrimination case by former staffer Wendy Leach.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into Nuix’s financial statements in the lead-up to its 2020 public float, but will continue to probe the troubled tech company’s statements in the period since the initial public offering.
AMP has expressed optimism that it will be able to reach a settlement with DST Bluedoor in a $35.5 million lawsuit accusing it of poaching 11 DST employees after licensing the software company’s online platform.
A former circus performer has won the right to bring historical sexual harassment and victimisation claims against Circus Oz and its chairman Nick Yates.
The Morrison government’s controversial religious discrimination bill passed after a marathon hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, despite being widely criticized for privileging religious rights and freedoms at the expense of others.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a long-serving Westpac manager who touched a colleague “in an intimate manner” at an after-work drinks, warning that such behaviour will be judged against higher standards than in the past.
The corporate watchdog has been subpoenaed for its investigation files in the latest development in a protracted discovery fight in a shareholder class action over alleged misconduct by wealth manager IOOF.
Holding Redlich has scored leading workplace relations lawyer Andrew Klein to lead the firm’s workplace relations and safety practice at its newly established Canberra office, with a focus on government clients.