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Albanese’s cuts to crossbench staff breached Fair Work Act, staffer Sally Rugg says
Politics 2023-04-24 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Prime minister Anthony Albanese breached workplace law by cutting the number of staff allocated to cross-benchers from four to one, according to new court documents in a lawsuit by Independent Monique Ryan’s chief of staff.

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Architecture firm to pay $975,000 for attempting to rig bids on $250M university project
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-04-13 1:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Award-wining architecture firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall and its former boss have agreed to pay a combined $975,000 in penalties for attempting to rig bids on a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.

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Judge stays Victorian suit over alleged conspiracy to undermine HungryPanda’s EASI acquisition
Corporate 2023-03-20 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has stayed an Australian lawsuit filed by food delivery service HungryPanda against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition delivery platform EASI until a related UK lawsuit is resolved, amid a fight for control of the local Asian food delivery market.

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Acciona says no unfettered access to $511M waste-to-energy plant
Construction 2023-03-15 10:43 pm By Sam Matthews

Acciona has hit back at a suit brought by the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth alleging it was unlawfully shut out of the project site, with the Spanish infrastructure giant saying the entity had no “unlimited right of access.”

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‘Simply unworkable’: Judge finds MP, Sally Rugg cannot work together
Employment 2023-03-07 12:58 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a bid by Independent Monique Ryan’s chief of staff Sally Rugg to keep her job until her “hotly contested” suit against the MP is resolved, saying she was “far from persuaded” that Rugg actually wants to return to work.

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Monique Ryan’s chief of staff to argue Fair Work breaches ‘knowing and systematic’
Employment 2023-03-02 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Extended settlement talks in a Fair Work suit brought by the chief of staff to Independent MP Monique Ryan have failed, and lawyers for Sally Rugg will seek to add claims of serious contraventions to what they say is a test case for determining ‘reasonable’ overtime.

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Retired Federal Court judge joins DLA Piper as senior advisor
Business of Law 2023-02-23 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge who stepped down from the bench in December is joining global law firm DLA Piper after just four months in retirement.

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TFS pelvic mesh class action reaches partial settlement
Class Actions 2023-02-22 12:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action filed on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products has reached a settlement with the insurer of defunct device maker TFS Manufacturing.

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Monique Ryan, chief of staff continue settlement talks in employment dispute
Politics 2023-02-17 12:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Independent MP Monique Ryan’s chief of staff Sally Rugg will extend mediation talks with the politician and the Commonwealth, with the parties optimistic they can resolve Rugg’s Fair Work lawsuit out of court.

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Monique Ryan, chief of staff head to mediation over Fair Work claim
Employment 2023-02-03 12:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Independent MP Monique Ryan is headed into settlement talks with her chief of staff, Sally Rugg, who has alleged the Commonwealth engaged in hostile conduct when it fired her for refusing to work “unreasonable” hours.

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