David Lloyd

A Muslim leader has won his bid for interim reinstatement as CEO of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils after being sacked over a harassment complaint.

An appeals court has rejected a challenge by a woman who said she was given negligent advice by her lawyers about two settlement offers which she rejected, finding that she would not have taken advice to accept the offers in any case.

An environment advocacy group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a decision that allowed the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying courts have “enfeebled” environmental legislation.

An appeals court has dismissed an environmental advocacy group’s challenge to the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying the current environmental laws are “ill-suited” to dealing with the global threat of climate change. 

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek wrongly focused on the net effect of approving an application by MACH Energy and Whitehaven Coal to extend two mega coal mines in New South Wales, an advocacy group has told an appeals court.

A former talent count for global CEO advisory firm Teneo has resolved a lawsuit against her former employer alleging she endured 16-hour workdays and was exposed to a toxic, male-dominated work culture.

The Australian arm of global CEO advisory firm Teneo has rejected claims in a lawsuit by the former head of the company’s APAC talent advisory division that it forced her to work unreasonable hours and says it fired her for “serious and wilful” misconduct.

An advocacy group has appealed a judgment that found it was “legally open” to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the extension of two mega coal mines in New South Wales.

A decision by federal environment minister Tanya Pibersek to greenlight the extension of two mega coal mines in NSW was “legally open” to her, a judge has ruled, despite acknowledging the “existential threat” of climate change. 

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to greenlight the expansion of two mega coal mines in NSW was contrary to findings by the “entire community of climate scientists around the globe”, a court has heard.