Palmer-supported vaccine injury case 'incoherent' A Clive Palmer-supported class action against the government over the approval of COVID-19 vaccines has hit a hurdle after a judge called it "unintelligible". AAP · Apr 10, 2025
Record fine for sushi chain's 'audacious' worker rorts A popular sushi chain has been fined over $15.3 million for deliberately underpaying migrant workers in a record result for the Fair Work Ombudsman. AAP · Aug 5, 2024
Dumpling joint fined for 'calculated' plan to rob staff Internationally renowned dumpling chain Din Tai Fung has been penalised more than $4 million for the deliberate underpayment of workers and the cover up. AAP · Apr 10, 2024
Jarryd Hayne supporter receives $38k over spitting story A friend of Jarryd Hayne will receive "nominal" defamation damages. Newcastle Herald · Feb 20, 2024
Jarryd Hayne's mate to get $38k over spitting story A friend of Jarryd Hayne will receive "nominal" defamation damages over a Seven report that claimed he stared down and spat at the ex-NRL star's rape victim. AAP · Feb 20, 2024
What are ‘reasonable’ hours? The Ryan-Rugg legal stoush may help the rest of us know The outcome will turn on what “reasonable” means. There is no simple definition of this in Australian workplace law. The New Daily · Mar 8, 2023
What are 'reasonable' hours? The Ryan-Rugg legal stoush may help the rest of us know The court case against federal independent parliamentarian Monique Ryan by her former chief of staff Sally Rugg will, according to Rugg’s lawyers, open the door to legal action “by every Australian worker experiencing exploitation because of a contractual obligation to perform undefined ‘reasonable additional’ hours”. The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023
Nine to pay $545k after defaming PNG minister Nine will have to pay $545,000 to Papua New Guinea politician William Duma over a series of defamatory AFR articles that falsely accused him of corruption. AAP · Feb 7, 2023
Penalty against union for unlawful picketing increased to $180k The penalty increase came after an appeal by a building commission. The Canberra Times · Jan 17, 2023
Former massage parlour owner who made kill threats loses 'premature appeal' bid The former director threatened to have workers' families killed, the Federal Court found in October 2021. The Canberra Times · Aug 1, 2022