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Justice Kaye of the Victorian Supreme Court recently considered an action for false imprisonment and assault brought by Bryan Biddle (Biddle) against the State of Victoria and three Victorian police officers. At about 10:30pm on 19 ...
The full court of the Supreme Court of South Australia recently considered an action for defamation brought by Derick Sands (Sands) against the State of South Australia. In 2004 South Australian Police were investigating a murder. S...
Justice Kaye of the Victorian Supreme Court recently considered an action for false imprisonment and assault brought by Bryan Biddle (Biddle) against the State of Victoria and three Victorian police officers. Background At about 10:3...
The full court of the Supreme Court of South Australia recently considered an action for defamation brought by Derick Sands (Sands) against the State of South Australia. Background Facts In 2004 South Australian Poli...
From Wednesday this week, 1 July 2015, the national minimum wage will increase to $656.90 per week and the high income threshold for making an unfair dismissal claim will increase to $136,700
The 1.86 million Australians being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will see an increase of $16 per week or 2.5% in wages due to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) releasing their annual wage review decision on 2 Jun...
The decision of the High Court in the recent ICAC v Cunneen appeal has raised all sorts of intriguing legislative, political, policy and Constitutional issues including: What is corruption? What is t...
When negotiating enterprise agreements parties are only permitted to negotiate certain matters. A non-permitted matter is any matter which falls outside those matters pertaining to the relationship between an employer and employee as set out in s 172...
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of, amongst other things, sexual orientation. In the case of Bunning v Centacare [2015] FCCA 280 the court was asked to determine whe...