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Child removal class actions launched against NSW, WA
Class Actions 2024-11-20 4:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Two class actions have been filed alleging racial discrimination by New South Wales and Western Australia over the placement of children in state care.

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NAB accused in suit of rescinding job offer to pregnant employee
Employment 2024-11-21 2:46 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former NAB employee has taken the bank to court alleging her employment offer was rescinded after her boss discovered she was pregnant.

Uber accused of refusing rides for blind passenger at Melbourne Airport
Discrimination 2024-11-14 4:15 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Uber and Melbourne Airport are facing a claim after a blind passenger and his seeing eye dog were allegedly refused rides.

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Telstra didn’t discriminate against Triple-0 worker with hearing loss: court
Discrimination 2024-11-14 4:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.

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‘Eye-watering’ legal costs in NT stolen wages class action: judge
Class Actions 2024-11-07 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

Shine Lawyers wants to claim $24.5 million in legal costs in a stolen wages class action on behalf of Northern Territory First Nations people, a sum a judge called “eye watering”.

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Pauline Hanson’s tweet ‘a strong form of racism’, court finds
Discrimination 2024-11-01 11:25 am By Andy Sidler

A Pauline Hanson tweet that told Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi to “piss off back to Pakistan” fell afoul of the Racial Discrimination Act, with a judge calling it “Islamophobic” and “a strong form of racism”.

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Antoinette Lattouf claims ABC managing director, ex-chair involved in sacking
Employment 2024-10-28 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will argue at trial that the ex-chair of the ABC, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson were involved in the decision to terminate her contract. 

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Hawthorn denies telling player his wife should terminate pregnancy
Discrimination 2024-10-10 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The Hawthorn Football Club has denied racial discrimination claims by former player Cyril Rioli and others, including that it advised another player that his wife should terminate her pregnancy.

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Female-only app appeals discrimination win for trans woman
Appeals 2024-10-02 4:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Female-only app Giggle for Girls has appealed a ruling that found it discriminated against a trans woman by barring her from the app.

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Transurban suppresses, settles employee’s harassment suit
Employment 2024-08-27 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Transurban has reached a confidential settlement in a case by an employee alleging sexual harassment, the second employment suit the toll road operator has resolved this month by a female worker.

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