Businesses that perform work which is directly or indirectly funded by the Commonwealth Government, or that are recipients of Commonwealth grant funding, may wish to keep an eye on the development of the Government’s Secure Australian Jobs Code (Code). The Code was an election commitment made as part of the 'Secure Australian Jobs Plan' by the Australian Labor Party in 2021. It was intended to establish guidelines for recipients of Government spending covering worker treatm

The litigation between Professor Peter Ridd and James Cook University represents one of the most instructive modern Australian cases on how intellectual freedom operates within the confines of employment contracts. Rather than establishing a broad constitutional or common-law right of academic free speech, the case turned on the contractual interpretation of an enterprise agreement clause and its interaction with disciplinary powers. Specifically, the dispute concerned how an

COVID reared its ugly head in many ways across the world, being highly contentious at a political level and provocative in living rooms, where the realm of an individual's rights at a personal and professional level had never required such a declaration of moral standing. The coal industry has enough contention and coverage about its morals and actions, but add COVID mandates, and the Mt Arthur Coal mine was burning hot. Background In this instance, under the spotlight was th