More than 8 million customers could have a stake in this upcoming court case. The clock is now ticking for them to decide if they want to be involved, or opt out.
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As millions of Qantas customers’ data hit the dark web, a corporate watchdog has warned financial services firms about sending work – and customers’ data – overseas.
Police across the country have been put on notice after the lead plaintiff in a class action has been awarded $93,000, with thousands more pay outs likely.
The government will pay hundred of thousands of robodebt victims more than $500 million. But we may never know if public servants knowingly acted unlawfully.
The settlement is still to be approved by the federal court, would be the largest class action settlement in Australian history.
Australia’s biggest mining company, BHP has gone to trial over the collapse of a dam which destroyed the livelihoods of more than 600,000 Brazilians.
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs have been linked to kidney problems and cancer.
The Federal Court has dismissed a class action against the makers of Roundup, saying there’s not enough evidence the active ingredient, glyphosate, causes cancer.
Affected businesses will naturally now be asking who is legally responsible, and whether there’ll be any compensation. These are important questions, but legally, the answers will be complex.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
A class action lawsuit filed against Uber and Lyft in British Columbia draws attention to the experiences of wheelchair users.
The High Court has found that consumers can be protected even if they haven’t fully read their terms and even if they were outside of Australia when they accepted them.
A sports law expert and ex-Victorian WorkCover Authority general counsel explains why Australia’s professional players aren’t covered by the same injury rules as other workers – unlike in New Zealand.
A recurrent theme in the testimonies of Residential School survivors is how their cultural and linguistic identities were adversely affected.
With up to 10 million plaintiffs, a successful class action against Optus over its identify data breach could easily be worth billions of dollars.
The destruction of IAP residential school records and media reports that continually emphasize compensation will ensure that if remembered, the process will be remembered through a colonial gaze.
The government will repay interest and collection fees. What it hasn’t agreed to, yet, is the payment of damages.
In a landmark case in the Netherlands, the courts have ordered the government to cut carbon emissions. A similar strategy would be difficult in Australia, but other legal options could bring change.
Robodebt isn’t slowing down, and its being augmented with other ways of belittling beneficiaries.
The government’s claim that its automated debt notice system is legal has never been tested in open court.
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