Parliament moves to protect vulnerable workers
Employers are now subject to significantly higher penalties for deliberate and systematic breaches of the FW Act, as well as record-keeping failures. By JACK DE…
New mega-tribunal reserves space for freedom of information
On 1 July 2015, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Cth) became a new ‘mega tribunal’ with jurisdiction over administrative review, migration and refugee appeals, social security…
Social security preclusion periods and lump sum compensation payouts: the need for reform
The case of Lind and SDSS (2014) AATA 680 demonstrates the difficulty an applicant faces when trying to establish the existence of ‘special circumstances’ to obtain relief…
The latest from the Federal Court: October 2014
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the Federal Court of Australia. By THOMAS HURLEY.