News: Legal
Ardent Leisure fined $3.6 million over 2016 Dreamworld deaths
Ardent Leisure has been fined $3.6 million over the deaths of four people on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Gold Coast theme park Dreamworld in 2016. Having, in July, pleaded guilty to…
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Fitness Australia’s Barrie Elvish to meet with Victoria’s Deputy Chief Health Officer to urge gym reopening
With the Victorian Government having insisted that gyms stay closed under the state’s Coronavirus lockdown measures, and Fitness Australia and the new VIC Active group advocating for…
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Operator questions Fitness Australia’s 26th October reopening claim for Victorian gyms
While lobbying extensively for gyms in Victoria to be allowed to reopen as part of the state’s Coronavirus lockdown easing, Fitness Australia’s advice of 10th September that…
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Falls Festival crowd crush victims to share in almost $7 million payout
Fans at the 2016 Falls Festival in Lorne who were injured in a crowd crush will share in a multi-million dollar damages payout. The Victorian Supreme Court has awarded damages of almost…
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Parks Australia charged with damage to sacred site in Kakadu national park
Parks Australia, which manages the world-heritage listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, has been charged under the state’s Sacred Sites Act with damaging an area…
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Death of former NSW Premier and WADA President John Fahey
John Fahey, the former Premier of NSW and President of the World Anti-Doping Authority, has died at the age of 75. In a statement this morning, current NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian,…
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Queensland Police lay charges over Cairns bush rave
Queensland Police have laid charges against the two alleged organisers of a bush rave west of Cairns held in breach of COVID-19 restrictions. Expected to attract up to 300 people, the…
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Conservationists alert UNESCO of Australian Government’s move to weaken legal protection for heritage sites
Australian conservation groups have written to the Director-General of UNESCO, warning the international body of “alarming moves by the Australian Government to weaken legal…
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