Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. The Applicant is Ms Zillman, a journalist with the ABC. 2. On 7 November 2022, she sent an application to NSW Treasury (the Respondent) for information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) ("GIPA Act"). 3. The substantive matter is whether access should be granted to the redacted part of a letter dated 12 October 2022 sent by the objector, Catholic Me...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. The Applicant seeks a review of a decision made by the Respondent to cancel his National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check clearance. 2. The Tribunal has determined that the correct and preferable decision is to affirm the decision under the review because the Tribunal has assessed that the Applicant poses a risk of harm to persons with disability. 3. The Responde...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. In this decision we determine that there should be a model award clause requiring an employer to make superannuation contributions. Background 2. On 17 June 2025, the President published a Statement which outlined the background to these proceedings, and set out the manner in which this Bench would determine whether the Commission ought to set a model superannuation clause: "(...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4: 1. ADAMSON JA: The appellants, Derek and Floyd Larsen as trustees for the Larsen Superannuation Fund (the Larsens), appeal against orders made on 7 November 2024 by Cole DCJ (the primary judge) in the District Court (the Court below), dismissing their claim for relief under ss 236 or 237 of the Australian Consumer Law (the Law) against the first respondent, Tastec Pty Ltd (Tastec), ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3: 1. The plaintiff, the State of New South Wales, seeks by summons an order that the defendant, Darryl Luke Smith, be subject to an extended supervision order ("ESO") pursuant to ss 5B and 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ("the Act") for a period of three years from the date of the order. 2. In the interim the plaintiff seeks orders pursuant to s 7(4) of the...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3: 1. This is an application by the first defendant, Pietro Cossu, by amended notice of motion filed 31 March 2025 seeking a stay of the proceedings against him or, alternatively, against all seven defendants pending the resolution of prospective criminal proceedings arising from the "Operation Mantis" investigation conducted by the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corrup...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3: 1. This decision concerns an application, filed on 4 June 2025, pursuant to s 17 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (IR Act), to vary the rates of pay of employees in certain classifications under the Crown Employees (Household Staff - Department of Education) Wages and Conditions Award 2022 (HS Award). 2. The HS Award covers household staff, employed under the Government Sector ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3: 1. By Originating Process filed on 5 June 2025, the Plaintiff, Domain Holdings Australia Limited ("DHAL") applies for orders under ss 411 and 1319 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ("Act") relating to a proposed scheme of arrangement and associated orders. 2. By way of background, DHAL is an Australian public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX"). DHAL opera...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3: 1. This Decision is to be read with and uses the same abbreviations as in my decision on 8 May 2025: Zonnevylle v NSW Department of Justice [2025] NSWCATAP 103 (the 8 May 2025 decision). The factual background, the proceedings in the Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division, the history of the appeal up to 8 May 2025 are set out in the 8 May 2025 decision at [1] to [6]. 2. On ...
Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 3: 1. Mr El Kassir complained to the President of the Anti-Discrimination Board that Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) had discriminated against him on the ground of his disability, in the provision of services. Mr El Kassir identified the allegedly discriminatory conduct as Westpac deciding not to re-establish a banking relationship with him and not responding to either of his Jul...