Lawyers for education department asked for change, Michael Whine tells trial brought by five ex-Brighton Secondary College students WARNING: This story contains offensive language Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app
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Australia’s patchwork of whistleblower protection laws has many holes – this week’s developments must be the beginning, not the end, of a changed approach It has been a momentous week for integrity in Australia. On Monday, Iraq war whistleblower Andrew Wilkie used
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Consumer group found 91% of stores it investigated tried to sell extended warranties and claims 71% provided misleading information Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian consumers are being sold extended warranties that provide no
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Hundreds of thousands of customers could be eligible to claim compensation after three of Australia’s biggest banks – the Commonwealth Bank, ANZ and Westpac – settled class actions worth $126m over the sale of ‘junk’ insurance policies. Also, when you are fighting with your neighbour
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The action in the Victorian supreme court mirrors another in the US that was recently settled for $1.3bn Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A class
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The New South Wales government has offered a lukewarm response to a parliamentary committee report that calls for an overhaul of the state’s coronial system. And, when you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side
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The first place in Australia to ban discrimination on the basis of homosexuality now has the worst LGBTQ+ legal protections Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Forty years ago this month the then New South
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When you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side is the law on? In the first of a four-part special for the Law Report we dig through recent cases with legal experts to find out when
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