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Class action accuses NT of ‘three decades of unchecked racist abuse’
A class action has been launched on behalf of current and former Aboriginal Community Police Officers who allege they faced systemic racial discrimination and vilification while serving in the Northern Territory Police Force.
Fortescue says class action can’t bring hostile workplace claim
Fortescue wants to strike out a class action's claim that it created a hostile workplace for women, arguing the allegation was not raised in a human rights complaint and can't now be pursued in court.
Retired NT judge to face former associate’s harassment complaint
A retired Northern Territory judge faces allegations of sexual harassment by a former associate after failing in his challenge to a decision allowing the complainant to proceed with the case, filed more than a decade after the alleged conduct.
Pauline Hanson loses appeal over ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ tweet
One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has lost her appeal of a ruling that found she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.
NT hit with racial discrimination class action
The Northern Territory has been hit with a class action over the alleged discriminatory treatment of Aboriginal Community Police Officers.
Author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah sues organisers of Bendigo Writers Festival
Palestinian-Australian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has filed discrimination claims against the organisers of the Bendigo Writers Festival.
Ex-Spotlight producer files bid to remove Thomsons from News Corp suit
A former producer of Seven's Spotlight, who gave evidence in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, is seeking to remove Thomsons as the solicitor for News Corp in his defamation and racial discrimination suit against the publisher. 
Judge tosses appeal of ruling splitting NT housing class action trial
A class action on behalf of public housing residents in the Northern Territory has lost its appeal of a judge's decision to split an upcoming trial. 
Applicants get ‘another bite of the cherry’ in discrimination case against Sydney Uni academics
A judge will hear an application to amend by the applicants in two discrimination cases against University of Sydney academics accused of making allegedly antisemitic statements, saying the issues in the pleading had to be ruled on.
Fortescue latest mining company to face sex discrimination class action
Women who work for Fortescue Mining face systemic sexual harassment, gender discrimination and hostile workplace environments, according to a new class action, the third against a mining giant.