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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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MinRes admits it should have disclosed related-party transactions
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-11-13 4:23 pm By Andy Sidler

Facing a probe by the corporate regulator, mining giant Mineral Resources has admitted that it should have disclosed transactions relating to managing director Chris Ellisonā€™s company.Ā 

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Social media companies to face new duty of care regulations
Social Media 2024-11-13 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Albanese government is planning to introduce new duty of care regulations that would require social media companies to take proactive steps to protect users from harm online.

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HFW bolsters insurance team with recruits from Dentons, Meridian
Insurance 2024-11-13 11:10 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Law firm HFW has hired two Sydney-based special counsel from Dentons and Meridan Lawyers to boost its growing insurance group.

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Companies need to report basis for climate change statements, says ASIC
Climate change 2024-11-12 1:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has proposed that companies be required to disclose the basis for any forward-looking statements concerning climate, as part of new reporting obligations set to take effect next year.

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Judge’s copy and paste decision a ‘canary in a coal mine’, experts say
Analysis 2024-11-11 11:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A time-strapped judge’s decision that was set aside for “uncritical copying and pasting” exposes deeper issues about stressed judges at under-resourced courts with “extraordinary workloads”, experts say.

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Court’s top judge hits back at media criticism, says ‘open justice’ is the problem
Courts 2024-11-11 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court’s top judge has attacked what she sees as “absolutist” public criticism of a spate of suppression orders in high-profile cases, saying open justice is just too, well, open.

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Court clarifies licensing regime in win for offshore wind project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-11-11 2:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has overturned energy minister Chris Bowen’s refusal to greenlight energy company Seadragonā€™s offshore wind farm project off the coast of Gippsland.

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High Court to resolve uncertainty over common fund orders
Class Actions 2024-11-08 9:31 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to rule on whether common fund orders can ever be made in class actions, including so-called solicitors’ common fund orders allowing lawyers to earn a cut of any settlement.

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Optus slapped with $12m penalty over Triple-0 outage
Telecommunications 2024-11-08 2:36 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Optus has been hit with a $12 million penalty over a ā€œpreventableā€ nationwide network outage in November 2023, which left thousands of customers unable to make emergency calls.

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