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Australia Post unit loses bid for quick win in sexual harassment case
Star Track Express has lost its bid to summarily dismiss a lawsuit by a warehouse worker who claims it is vicariously liable for sexual harassment after the logistics company argued she had no contractual relationship with the business.
High Court asked to weigh plea for Australians in Syrian refugee camp
A human rights group is continuing its fight for the release of Australians held in a Syrian refugee camp, bringing its case for a writ of habeas corpus to the High Court.
Racial discrimination class action against NT Government to be dropped
The lead applicants are seeking to drop a class action against the Northern Territory government over its alleged failure to properly fund essential health services and interpreting services in remote Indigenous communities.
$75M settlement reached in first Tasmanian class action
The Tasmanian government has agreed to settle a class action on behalf of former child detainees of the state's Ashley Youth Detention Centre alleging decades of systemic negligence by management.
Unlawful detention class action, Commonwealth spar over $27.5M settlement deed
The lead applicant in a class action over the alleged unlawful detention of 240 Indonesian children and the Commonwealth are locked in a battle over the construction of a $27.5 million settlement reached last year.
Human rights group loses appeal fight to bring home Australians from Syrian refugee camp
The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by human rights group Save the Children, which sought to bring home Australians stuck in Syrian camps, rejecting as "mere conjecture" claims that Home Affairs had a repatriation arrangement with an authority in Syria.
Housing class action to drop claims against Victoria, as judge slams ‘hasty’ new pleading
A class action over the Victorian government’s decision to retire Melbourne’s high rise public housing towers has agreed to drop claims against the state of Victoria and the minister for housing after a judge threw out the claims but allowed the class action to replead.
X subject to Australian jurisdiction in Muslim group’s hate speech case, tribunal says
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled that social media giant X must face a human rights complaint brought by a Muslim advocacy group over allegedly dehumanising material on the site.
NT public housing body moves to throw out class action’s racial discrimination claims
The Northern Territory public housing authority has moved to throw out a class action’s claims that it engaged in racial discrimination by failing to maintain public housing in remote Aboriginal communities. 
Hanson says she didn’t know Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote ‘piss off’ tweet
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”.