In Secretary Department of Communities and Justice v Soulos [2026] NSWCA 185, the NSW Court of Appeal upheld a $1,389,457.74 damages award against a government employer after a caseworker suffered total psychiatric incapacity following a two-minute segment in an SBS documentary about her former client’s death. The Court found it was reasonably foreseeable that she would identify the client and perceive the broadcast as blaming her for his death. The decision carries important