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IVF class action flags constitutional fight over Limitation Act
A class action over Medicare rebates for fertility treatments has flagged a constitutional fight in the case, saying Victoria's limitations legislation was inconsistent with federal human rights laws.
Class action for detained WA fine defaulters can amend case
A discrimination class action has got the go-ahead to revise its case over a Western Australia law allowing detention of residents who defaulted on fines, which is said to have disproportionately affected Indigenous people.
Commonwealth loses bid to declass ADF harassment class action
The Commonwealth has lost its bid to strike out and declass a class action on behalf of female Australian Defence Force employees who allegedly faced systemic harassment and discrimination.
NT can argue class action members didn’t keep homes ‘reasonably clean’
The Northern Territory's public housing authority can amend its defence in a class action alleging it failed to maintain habitable housing in remote Aboriginal communities to allege that tenants failed to keep housing "reasonably clean".
NT police racism class action ‘far from straightforward’, court told
The Northern Territory has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a "far from straightforward" class action alleging racial discrimination against Aboriginal Community Police Officers over decades.
High Court won’t hear Giggle for Girls appeal of trans woman’s win
The High Court has declined to hear social media app Giggle for Girls' appeal seeking to reverse a finding that it committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from its platform.
NSW’s defence survives strike out in Indigenous fishing class action
The state of NSW has dodged a bid to strike out its defence in a class action accusing it of unfair prosecution of south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices.
Pauline Hanson asks High Court to hear case over ‘piss off’ tweet
One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has asked the High Court to overturn a finding that she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.
Latham avoids contempt referral over ‘incompetent NCAT’ tweet
Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has avoided a referral for contempt after he griped on social media in response to a tribunal decision in favour of Sydney MP Alex Greenwich.
Class action accuses NT of ‘three decades of unchecked racist abuse’
A class action has been launched on behalf of current and former Aboriginal Community Police Officers who allege they faced systemic racial discrimination and vilification while serving in the Northern Territory Police Force.