The federal government has hit back against a class action by single women and same-sex couples deemed “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF, denying group members were treated less favourably because of their marital status or sexual orientation.
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson will dispute adverse credit findings made against her as part of her appeal of a judgment in a racial discrimination case by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.
Women-only social media app Giggle for Girls has told the Full Court its exclusion of a trans woman qualifies as a special measure under the Sex Discrimination Act, as the app was intended to benefit some, if not all, women.
A former SBS journalist has asked the court to take the red pen to most of a lawsuit alleging she engaged in racial discrimination with several social media posts about Gaza.
A discrimination class action has been filed on behalf of single women and same-sex couples designated “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched action against a labour hire company for allegedly failing to pay compensation to a pregnant worker sacked from the Royal Hotel Granville.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been given the go-ahead to amend her discrimination suit against former senator Brian Burston, but is blocked from relying on transcript evidence from his defamation case.
A 2Day FM host behind a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was staying in 2012 alleges he was “hung out to dry” by the radio network after a nurse’s death by suicide.
A judge has stopped short of making costs orders against a law firm despite finding it was responsible for delays in a workplace discrimination suit.
The judge hearing a harassment suit by an in-house counsel at Dovetail has urged the software firm to “pull off the band-aid” and share text message evidence between the lawyer and company CEO Benjamin Humphrey.