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Controversial lecturer’s social media posts justified sacking, University of Sydney claims
Employment 2023-01-06 9:38 am By Sam Matthews

The University of Sydney has appealed a judgment finding it unlawfully terminated a political economy lecturer for showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag.

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ACCC accuses wealth guru Dominique Grubisa of misleading students
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-16 9:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken wealth guru Dominique Grubisa and her business DG Institute to court for allegedly misleading students of their real estate investing and wealth management programs.

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Judge slashes law firm’s uplift in Box Hill Institute class action
Class Actions 2022-11-30 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $33 million settlement in a class action against vocational education provider Box Hill Institute, but taken the ax to a law firm’s proposed 18.25 per cent loading on its fees, saying courts shouldn’t approve uplifts for run of the mill legal work.

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Silk’s COVID-19 diagnosis won’t delay students’ discrimination trial
Human Rights 2022-11-25 5:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of Jewish and Israeli former students who have accused a Victorian high school of allowing racially-charged bullying have defeated a bid by the state government to adjourn evidence at trial after its silk was diagnosed with COVID-19.Ā 

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University of Sydney unfairly axed lecturer over swastika image, court finds
Employment 2022-10-28 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the University of Sydney unlawfully terminated the employment of a political economy lecturer who was fired for conduct that included showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag.

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Box Hill Institute to pay $33M to settle class action by students
Class Actions 2022-10-13 9:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Vocational education provider Box Hill Institute has agreed to pay $33 million to settle a class action by students who allege the diploma they obtained through the institute did not give them the knowledge or training needed to obtain a commercial pilot’s licence.Ā 

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University of Melbourne admits manager called academic ‘self-entitled Y-gennerā€™
Employment 2022-10-04 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews

The University of Melbourne has hit back at the Fair Work Ombudsmanā€™s allegations that it took adverse action against two casual academics to prevent them from claiming payment for extra hours worked, but admitted a supervisor penned an email referring to one of them as a ā€œself-entitled Y-gennerā€.

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Box Hill Institute settles class action with students over aviation course
Class Actions 2022-09-14 11:12 pm By Sam Matthews

Vocational education provider Box Hill Institute has reached an in-principle settlement in a class action by disgruntled students who allege the licences they obtained through the institute did not provide them with the requisite knowledge or training to obtain a commercial pilot’s licence.

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Judge puts kibosh on first hearing of new serious harm test in coach’s defamation case
Defamation 2022-09-13 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has called off a pre-trial hearing to determine whether the new serious harm element in Australia’s defamation laws is satisfied in a case brought by a weight lifting coach, citing an ā€œunfortunate turn of events”.

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Cornerstone liquidators can sign funding pact for $46M case against PwC
Professional Negligence 2022-08-30 2:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has granted the liquidators of Cornerstone Investment Australia leave to sign a funding agreement for the insolvent tertiary education providerā€™s $56 million professional negligence claim against accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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