Unlawful dismissal for expressing political opinions on social media

What happened in this case? Ms Lattouf was engaged on a casual basis to host the ABC Radio Sydney Mornings show for five days. During that engagement, Ms Lattouf reposted a Human Rights Watch video, titled “The Israeli Government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza”, on her social media. The ABC […]

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Queensland’s ‘best practice principles’ for major projects

Pursuant to the Queensland Procurement Policy 2021, the Queensland Government may apply certain ‘Best Practice Principles’ (or BPPs) to major state government projects (valued at $100 million and above) and declared projects, in accordance with guidance issued by the Department of Energy and Public Works and the Office of Industrial Relations. In practice, the application […]

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Casual IR reforms – A new frontier for employers

On 9 December 2020, the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations, Christian Porter introduced the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 (IR Reform Bill) to Parliament, which sought to make significant reforms to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) and other related legislation. The IR Reform Bill was drafted following […]

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