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Tasmanian Ports had right to boot tenant Resources Australasia, court finds
Real Estate 2025-01-17 9:46 pm By Andy Sidler

Tasmanian Ports had a right to kick wood pellets manufacturer Resources Australasia off leased property after it erected an awning structure without permission, a court has found.

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Boral changes plea to guilty in Indigenous relics case
Construction 2025-01-16 3:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Construction materials giant Boral has pleaded guilty to interfering with Indigenous relics at a Hobart quarry.

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Class action filed over jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania
Class Actions 2024-12-16 10:41 am By Cindy Cameronne

The state of Tasmania and party supply company Taz-Zorb are facing a class action over the 2021 jumping castle tragedy that killed six children. 

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Silk, federal judge appointed to Tasmania Supreme Court
People In The News 2024-12-04 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A top silk and a federal judge have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Tasmania, filling the vacancies created by the retirement of Chief Justice Alan Blow and the resignation of Justice Gregory Geason.

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Court approves landmark $75M detention centre class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-11-26 4:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has given the green light to a $75 million settlement in Tasmania’s first class action, brought against the state by former child detainees of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

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Tasmanian judge found to have assaulted fiance spared jail time
Business of Law 2024-11-15 11:30 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing his fiance has avoided jail time, but faces removal from the bench if he doesn’t step down.

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MONA’s Ladies Lounge wins court battle to exclude men from art installation
Entertainment 2024-09-30 2:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Museum of Old and New Art has won its bid to exclude men from its ‘Ladies Lounge’ exhibit, which a judge found promoted equal opportunity by providing a “flipped universe”.

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$75M settlement reached in first Tasmanian class action
Class Actions 2024-06-21 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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Jan Cameron fined $8,000 for failing to disclose interest in Bellamy’s
White Collar 2024-03-28 10:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has been fined $8,000 after being found guilty of two counts of breaching the Corporations Act for failing to disclose her stake in the baby formula company. 

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Cult leader loses defamation case over tell-all book by abused member
Defamation 2024-03-06 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

The leader of an abusive New Age cult operating out of northern NSW has lost her defamation case against a former follower who wrote a tell-all book about her experiences, after a judge found she was a “dishonest and unreliable” witness.

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