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Fight set over docs in revived strip search case against Qatar Airways
Aviation 2025-10-10 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in a case over strip searches conducted of female passengers on a Qatar Airways flight at Doha Airport want the airline to produce any communications with other planes, and to do so by month’s end.

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Court, union debate what portion of $90M Qantas penalty goes to workers
Employment 2025-08-27 2:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Transport Workers Union and a judge have debated how much of a $90 million penalty handed to Qantas should be given to 1,820 workers who were unlawfully outsourced during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Qatar Airways passengers file High Court challenge over strip searches
Appeals 2025-08-21 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Five passengers who were forced off a Qatar Airways flight and strip searched at Doha International Airport have taken their case to the High Court after a finding that Qatar’s aviation authority was immune from the suit. 

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High Court won’t hear Corporate Air appeal over payment for stand-by duty
Employment 2025-08-21 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aviation company Corporate Air Charter has exhausted its avenues of appeal in a case over pay for pilots on stand-by duty.

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Qantas hit with $90M penalty for outsourcing ground crew during COVID-19
Employment 2025-08-18 11:04 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has hit Qantas with a $90 million penalty for unlawfully outsourcing its ground crew staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the airline was “the wrong kind of sorry”. 

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Dexus seeks docs given to PwC, Deloitte in fight with APAC
Tom O’Brien 2025-08-19 11:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Real estate asset manager Dexus wants information that the Asia Pacific Airport Corporation gave to several consultants in a court battle over allegations it breached a shareholder deed in selling a stake in the airport operator. 

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Jetstar claims ‘silver bullet’ against COVID-19 flight credits class action
Class Actions 2025-08-01 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Jetstar is seeking an initial trial on an issue it claims will be a “silver bullet” against a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Stockland, John Boyd to partner on $3.5B Sydney logistics precinct
Construction 2025-07-28 11:40 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Developers Stockland and John Boyd are teaming up to build a $3.5 billion logistics precinct at the site of 18.3-hectare Kogarah golf club near the Sydney Airport.

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Qantas class action over flight credits blasts airline’s ‘wholly inadequate’ discovery
Class Actions 2025-07-23 11:35 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A class action against Qantas has characterised the airline’s document discovery as “wholly inadequate” and is resisting a bid by the airline for six more months to produce senior management emails.

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Qantas targeted in cyberattack affecting 6M customers
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-02 1:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A cyber criminal has targeted a Qantas call centre that holds the records of six million customers, in an attack exposing a “significant” amount of data.

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