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Deliveroo loses landmark case as sacked driver ruled an employee
The Fair Work Commission has lashed the ‘callous’ sacking of a driver in a ruling that puts the gig economy’s reliance on “independent contractors” at risk.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Massage of teenager’s inner thigh crease ‘just a leg’, defence lawyer tells court
The barrister for a farmer accused of sexual assaults and inappropriate massages has questioned whether the evidence of one complainant even constitutes the charge of sexual touching.
- by Jenny Noyes
Sex trafficking lawsuit takes step closer to Trump loyalist congressman
The deal was a worrying development for Matt Gaetz the Republican from Florida under investigation into whether he violated sex trafficking laws by paying the a 17-year-old for sex.
- by Eric Adelson and Michael S. Schmidt
‘Something was wrong’ on day of crash, truck driver’s daughter tells court
The daughter of the truck driver who took the lives of four police officers believed her father was going to kill someone if he drove, but he went to work on the day of the crash because he thought he was going to get fired, a court has heard.
- by Tammy Mills
‘You’re in total control’: Court told of farmer’s method for grooming women
Gregory Douglas used a common sequence of action to convince young female farm volunteers to accept unwanted sexual massages, a jury has been told.
- by Jenny Noyes
Opinion
Jarryd Hayne
Why should Jarryd Hayne’s crime against a woman get a lesser sentence than Cody Ward’s drug offences?
A serious crime of personal violence attracted a sentence a third of that applied to a set of non-violent drug supply crimes.
- by David Heilpern
Man allegedly drove dangerously in front of police while four times over limit
A Sunshine Coast man has been charged by police after he was allegedly driving dangerously in front of officers and found to be four times the legal limit.
- by Cloe Read
Bernard Collaery’s appeal hearing to challenge secret trial closed to the public
Bernard Collaery is appealing a ruling to hold his trial in secret, but on Monday his lawyer didn’t challenge the appeal being held in secret.
- by Anthony Galloway
When missing woman voted for Trump, officials turned attention to her husband
The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew, a woman missing for more than five months.
- by Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas
Fresh allegations made against Craig McLachlan in defamation case documents
In documents released by the Supreme Court this week, the Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC detail a series of alleged incidents involving the Gold Logie-winning actor.
- by Georgina Mitchell
On tough calls, sexism and true crime: Meet judges Gaynor and Sexton
Judges Gaynor and Sexton have been on the bench for almost 40 years. They’ve sentenced the badly damaged - and the truly evil - in their courtrooms.
- by Tammy Mills