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Government to face class action over NDIS age exclusion
Class Actions 2022-09-20 3:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The federal government will face a class action on behalf of disabled individuals age 65 and over who have been excluded from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Class action over COVID-19 jab mandate ‘legally misconceived’, judge says
COVID-19 2022-07-13 5:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed a proceeding against the New South Wales government over a mandate requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the applicant’s constitutional case was “legally misconceived and must be rejected.”

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Government defeats challenge to COVID-19 ban on overseas travel
COVID-19 2021-06-01 2:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the Morrison government’s ban on Australians travelling overseas during COVID-19, saying that Parliament had intended to permit the government to take such “harsh” measures that may “intrude on individual rights” in an emergency.

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High Court dismisses Clive Palmer’s challenge to WA’s COVID-19 border restrictions
COVID-19 2020-11-06 12:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

Billionaire Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to Western Australia’s COVID-19 border lockdown, with the High Court tossing the case after finding the state’s measures were constitutionally valid.

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