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Radio host Antoinette Lattouf headed to court against ABC after failed mediation
Employment 2024-06-25 10:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will soon file Federal Court proceedings against the ABC after an attempt to mediate a dispute over her alleged unlawful termination was unsuccessful.

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Mired in interlocutory skirmishes, protracted BHP class action just got more entangled
Class Actions 2024-06-20 11:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP wants to appeal a decision giving a class action the OK to fix what a judge accepted was an “inadvertent mistake” that resulted in a ruling — itself the subject of an appeal — which limited the group member definition.

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Nine faces SafeWork NSW inquiries amid allegations of inappropriate behavior
Media 2024-06-20 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NSW’s workplace health and safety regulator is conducting inquiries into Nine Entertainment amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour by its former news director, as several women in the TV industry mull sexual harassment and discrimination claims.

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Court clarifies scope of FOI exemption for Cabinet documents in Robodebt case
Policy and Regulation 2024-06-11 11:11 pm By Andy Sidler

A day after the National Anti-Corruption Commission closed its investigation of six officials linked to the Robodebt scandal, an appeals court has overturned a decision barring access by a campaigner to documents related to the disastrous scheme for collecting Centrelink debts.

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Class action against BHP can amend shareholder group after ‘inadvertent mistake’
Class Actions 2024-06-06 1:20 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a six-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has allowed the applicant to retroactively amend the group definition, accepting that a pleading mistake was contrary to the intended class membership in the case.

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‘No more indulgence’: Firm that took over class actions can’t redo beauty parade bid
Class Actions 2024-06-06 11:09 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge will not allow a law firm that stepped in to lead class actions against Hyundai and Kia to amend its funding proposal to seek a group costs order ahead of a carriage fight, even though its proposal would have led to greater returns for group members.

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ABC sacked radio host Antoinette Lattouf, FWC finds
Employment 2024-06-03 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf is planning to bring an unfair termination case against the broadcaster, after the Fair Work Commission found the ABC terminated her from a casual presenting role.

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Crown Resorts to benefit from class closure and should foot part of the bill, judge says
Class Actions 2024-05-31 11:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Crown Resorts to share the costs of soft class closure with the plaintiff in a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, saying that soft class closure ahead of mediation was in the interests of both parties. 

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Successful discrimination suit against fintechs could shift ‘debanking’ trend
Financial Services 2024-05-30 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A Melbourne sex worker has discontinued his discrimination claim against two financial service providers that denied him an EFTPOS machine, on the proviso that the companies will not refuse services to customers engaged in lawful sex work. 

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Jaguar class action judge did not ‘become a witness’ in siding with G+T, says Full Court
Class Actions 2024-05-27 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While it was unfair for a judge to pick Gilbert + Tobin to run a class action against Jaguar Land Rover on the condition that it lower its funding rate, the judge was entitled to consider the law firm’s experience in a similar case against Toyota, an appeals court has said in its reasons. 

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