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Pauline Hanson’s tweet ‘a strong form of racism’, court finds
Discrimination 2024-11-01 11:25 am By Andy Sidler

A Pauline Hanson tweet that told Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi to “piss off back to Pakistan” fell afoul of the Racial Discrimination Act, with a judge calling it “Islamophobic” and “a strong form of racism”.

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Litigators of the week: Atanaskovic Hartnell, Marque win wars over words
Courts 2024-11-01 11:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A “time poor” judge’s extensive copying and pasting of submissions and an offensive tweet by senator Pauline Hanson were at the centre of the week’s biggest litigation wins.

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Hitachi Rail liable for $2.6M after late service in Sydney metro build dispute
Construction 2024-10-08 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Hitachi Rail is on the hook for the costs of two electrical engineering contractors who worked on a new Sydney train stations after submitting a payment schedule a day late. NSW Supreme Court Justice James Stevenson found Friday that two payment claims submitted by electrical engineering company Fredon Infrastructure relating to the Victoria Cross and…

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Pianist sues Melbourne Symphony for cancelling show over Gaza remarks
Human Rights 2024-10-03 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Concert pianist Jayson Gillham is suing the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, claiming it discriminated against him by cancelling a performance over comments on the Gaza conflict.

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Santos wins bid for EDO communications as it pursues costs in Barossa pipeline case
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-07-04 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Santos has largely succeeded in its bid for documents from the Environmental Defenders Office and expert witnesses in a failed case challenging the construction of the oil and gas company’s $5.6 billion Barossa pipeline.

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‘So far on the wrong side’: Santos wants more evidence of EDO’s conduct in Barossa pipeline case
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-12 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Santos is seeking to wrangle further documents from the Environmental Defenders Office to support its bid for costs orders against the law firm, telling a court there must have been “glaring deficiencies” in the standard of its services in running its challenge to construction of a pipeline for the energy company’s $5.6 billion Barossa gas project.

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Activist groups to appeal order to hand up communications with EDO in Barossa gas case
Appeals 2024-05-15 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

Activist organisations are seeking to challenge orders to hand up communications with the Environmental Defenders Office in its failed case against Santos over the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, arguing there was no legitimate forensic purpose for the material sought. 

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Greens senator wants trial reopened to rebut Hanson evidence about her religion
Discrimination 2024-05-09 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mehreen Faruqi wants to reopen a racial discrimination trial to rebut evidence by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson that she didn’t know the deputy Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote in a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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London City Equities seeks wind up orders against Excelsior over $101M sale
Corporate 2024-05-06 11:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Investment firm London City Equities is seeking to have fellow publicly traded firm Excelsior wound up for alleged shareholder oppression over its decision to sell off a subsidiary for $101 million and not distribute the proceeds.

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Hanson says she didn’t known Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote ‘piss off’ tweet
Trials 2024-04-30 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has been accused of lying under oath after claiming she did not know deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi was Muslim when she wrote in a a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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