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Negligence suit tossed against expert retained in lawyer’s employment case
Employment 2023-08-28 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A psychiatrist who gave expert evidence in a lawyer’s human rights case against his former employer cannot be sued for negligence because he is protected […]

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Blog posts about drag queen story hour not vilification, tribunal says
Human Rights 2023-08-21 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The QCAT has cleared conservative activist Lyle Shelton of vilification in relation to negative online posts he made about a drag queen story hour at […]

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Age pension class action files High Court challenge
High Court 2023-08-17 10:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action has challenged a decision that found the age pension does not discriminate against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy, arguing […]

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Court throws out decision on nuclear waste facility location
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-07-21 10:25 pm By Gareth Baker

A court has set aside former Federal Minister for Resources Keith Pitt’s decision to develop a nuclear waste facility in Napandee in South Australia’s Eyre […]

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Court not obliged to comply with policies NSW ‘dreams up’, class action judge says
Class Actions 2023-07-19 10:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has warned the NSW government that the court does not make orders “subject to [its] internal policies” after the state failed to comply […]

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Age pension does not discriminate against Indigenous Australians, Full Court says
Class Actions 2023-07-12 12:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has rejected class action claims that the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy. In a […]

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Hotel detention legal, but lacked ‘care and humanity’, judge says
Human Rights 2023-07-06 10:27 pm By Gareth Baker

A federal court judge has slammed Australia’s use of makeshift hotel detention centres as lacking “ordinary human decency”, but ruled they are not illegal in […]

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Law school dean takes the reins as sex discrimination commissioner
Human Rights 2023-07-06 1:40 pm By Gareth Baker

The Albanese government has named Western Sydney University dean of law Dr Anna Cody as Australia’s new Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Cody has been appointed to […]

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Repatriating Aussies detained in Syria ‘easy to do’, top judge told
Human Rights 2023-06-16 11:24 pm By Gareth Baker

A human rights group has told the Federal Court it will file for habeas corpus in a bid to compel the federal government to bring […]

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Pauline Hanson’s ‘back to Pakistan’ Tweet not based on Greens leader’s race, court told
Human Rights 2023-06-01 3:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has told a court her social media post calling on Greens deputy leader Dr Mehreen Faruqi to “piss off back […]

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