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Key MSO witness can’t give remote testimony in pianist’s trial
Discrimination 2026-01-28 11:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A key witness has been barred from giving evidence via video link during an upcoming trial in pianist Jayson Gillham’s discrimination case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

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Timor Sea Oil & Gas seeks funding to continue claims against Commonwealth
Energy & Natural Resources 2026-01-28 11:15 pm By Andy Sidler

The liquidators of the offshore oil company that ran the LamCor oil field off the coast of Darwin have won more time to seek funding to pursue claims against the Commonwealth. 

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SA Premier faces new defamation threat in fallout over writers festival
Defamation 2026-01-19 9:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has sent a second concerns notice to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas over comments he made during a radio interview after her invitation to the Adelaide Writers Week festival was pulled.

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SA premier faces potential defamation suit by Palestinian author
Defamation 2026-01-14 11:12 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Palestinian-Australian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah has sent a concerns notice to South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas over statements he made while defending the decision to remove her from the Adelaide Writers Week line-up.

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University of Sydney staff can’t continue racial discrimination case as class action
Human Rights 2025-11-17 11:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

University of Sydney staff members who claim a professor unlawfully “named and shamed” them as pro-Israel have lost their bid to continue their racial discrimination case as a class action, while the university has lost a summary dismissal bid in a similar case.

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Pauline Hanson’s ‘back to Pakistan’ tweet not racist, appeals court told
Discrimination 2025-11-17 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

One Nation’s Pauline Hanson was not motivated by racism but provoked by the hypocrisy of rival politician Mehreen Faruqi when she fired off her “piss off back to Pakistan” tweet, her lawyer told the Full Federal Court Monday. But Faruqi’s barrister has told the appeals court the accusation of hypocrisy was itself racist.

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High Court appeals fail in strip search case against Qatar Airways
Appeals 2025-11-07 7:54 am By Christine Caulfield

The High Court won’t weigh in on a case over strip searches of Qatar Airways passengers, following a mixed ruling that revived claims against the airline but found Qatar’s aviation authority could not be sued.

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Trial in pianist’s case against MSO over Gaza remarks stretched to three weeks
Human Rights 2025-11-06 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has lengthened the trial in pianist Jayson Gillham’s case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from five to 15 days, noting the substantial number of witnesses and the reputational consequences of the case. 

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Trial in pianist Jayson Gillham’s suit against MSO pushed to 2026
Employment 2025-10-14 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Pianist Jayson Gillham’s case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been vacated after the Federal Court heard the orchestra plans to call at least 17 people to the witness box.

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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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