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Court won’t push off NT Police trial after new claims emerge
Trial in a racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory and NT Police Commissioner will go ahead as planned despite the applicant adding 143 alleged incidents to the scope of the case.
Child removal class actions against Queensland discontinued
Two discrimination class actions against the Queensland government over the removal of Indigenous children from their parents have been discontinued after losing funding.
Fight looms over Sydney Uni academics’ defences in ‘antisemitic’ case
A date has been set for a potential fight over the defences of two University of Sydney academics in racial discrimination cases that accuse them of making antisemitic statements.
Apple discriminated by blocking worker’s bathroom access: tribunal
A tribunal has found that Apple indirectly discriminated against a disabled employee by requiring him to use a regular bathroom, ordering the company to pay him $18,000.
IVF class action flags constitutional fight over Limitation Act
A class action over Medicare rebates for fertility treatments has flagged a constitutional fight in the case, saying Victoria's limitations legislation was inconsistent with federal human rights laws.
Class action for detained WA fine defaulters can amend case
A discrimination class action has got the go-ahead to revise its case over a Western Australia law allowing detention of residents who defaulted on fines, which is said to have disproportionately affected Indigenous people.
Commonwealth loses bid to declass ADF harassment class action
The Commonwealth has lost its bid to strike out and declass a class action on behalf of female Australian Defence Force employees who allegedly faced systemic harassment and discrimination.
NT can argue class action members didn’t keep homes ‘reasonably clean’
The Northern Territory's public housing authority can amend its defence in a class action alleging it failed to maintain habitable housing in remote Aboriginal communities to allege that tenants failed to keep housing "reasonably clean".
NT police racism class action ‘far from straightforward’, court told
The Northern Territory has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a "far from straightforward" class action alleging racial discrimination against Aboriginal Community Police Officers over decades.
High Court won’t hear Giggle for Girls appeal of trans woman’s win
The High Court has declined to hear social media app Giggle for Girls' appeal seeking to reverse a finding that it committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from its platform.