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Racial discrimination class action against NT Government to be dropped
Class Actions 2024-07-01 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead applicants are seeking to drop a class action against the Northern Territory government over its alleged failure to properly fund essential health services and interpreting services in remote Indigenous communities.

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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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Former Cranbrook teacher sues after student allegedly blackmailed her for nude photos
Employment 2024-06-13 11:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former maths teacher at exclusive Sydney school Cranbrook who alleges she was blackmailed by a student has filed proceedings alleging breaches of the Fair Work Act by her former employer.

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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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Legal Aid lawyer loses appeal in pregnancy discrimination case
Discrimination 2024-05-31 2:54 pm By Sam Matthews

A solicitor has lost her bid to appeal a decision which found Legal Aid NSW did not discriminate against her by declining to offer her a new temporary employment contract while she was on pregnancy-related leave.

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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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X subject to Australian jurisdiction in Muslim group’s hate speech case, tribunal says
Human Rights 2024-05-27 11:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled that social media giant X must face a human rights complaint brought by a Muslim advocacy group over allegedly dehumanising material on the site.

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NT public housing body moves to throw out class action’s racial discrimination claims
Discrimination 2024-05-20 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

The Northern Territory public housing authority has moved to throw out a class action’s claims that it engaged in racial discrimination by failing to maintain public housing in remote Aboriginal communities. 

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Greens senator wants trial reopened to rebut Hanson evidence about her religion
Discrimination 2024-05-09 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mehreen Faruqi wants to reopen a racial discrimination trial to rebut evidence by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson that she didn’t know the deputy Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote in a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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Hanson says she didn’t known Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote ‘piss off’ tweet
Trials 2024-04-30 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has been accused of lying under oath after claiming she did not know deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi was Muslim when she wrote in a a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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