News: Legal
NSW Parliament passes live music vibrancy reforms
NSW Parliament has passed landmark legislation introducing a package of reforms to overhaul regulatory frameworks and remove red tape to help the state’s live music industry to...
Dec 5, 2023
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Fair Work Ombudsman targets Brisbane hospitality sector
The Fair Work Ombudsman is targeting the hospitality sector in Brisbane’s south this week with surprise inspections being made to check workers are getting the right pay and...
Dec 5, 2023
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Bondi lifeguards plead for return of stolen beach buggy
The first day of what is expected to be a busy summer for lifeguards at Bondi Beach has been marked by the reported theft of a buggy used to tend to emergencies. CCTV footage...
Dec 1, 2023
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Netball Australia loses $18 million in Federal Government funding
Netball Australia has been stripped of almost $18 million in Federal Government funding after failing to provide a satisfactory business case to the Australian Sports Commission...
Nov 29, 2023
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Sportspeople’s Robert McMurtrie explains new regulations on fixed-term employment contracts
The Federal Government’s new regulations on fixed-term employment contracts, set to come into effect on 6th December, will have wide ranging consequences for the industry. The...
Nov 28, 2023
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Coroner rules that boy’s 2017 carnival ride death was preventable
The death of a six year old boy at the 2017 Rye Easter Carnival was preventable according to the Victorian Coroner. Passing her judgement on Friday morning, Coroner Sarah Gebert...
Nov 24, 2023
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ARIA and PPCA provide submissions in support of fair payment for recording artists from Radio Stations
Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) today revealed their submissions supporting the Copyright Legislation...
Nov 20, 2023
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NPWS fines 4WD driver for illegally entering flood damaged Mooball National Park
A 4WD driver has been fined almost $5,000 after illegally entering a flood recovery work zone and becoming stuck in a remote part of Mooball National Park, south east of...
Nov 20, 2023
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Football Victoria owed almost $2 million by local clubs
Governing body Football Victoria has this week revealed a concerning update that the level of debt owed to them by community clubs is close to $2 million. Football Victoria...
Nov 17, 2023
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Charges laid over Tasmanian inflatable castle tragedy that killed six children
Charges under Tasmania’s health and safety legislation have been laid against the company that operated the jumping castle on which six children were killed at the Hillcrest...
Nov 17, 2023
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Former Little Athletics Tasmania President avoids jail in funds theft case
Rhonda Ruth O'Sign, a former President of Little Athletics Tasmania, has avoided a prison term having pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from the organisation. In the...
Nov 15, 2023
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32 year jail sentence for Sydney swimming teacher over child sexual abuse
Sydney swimming teacher Paul Frost has been sentenced to a 32 year prison term after being found guilty of grooming and sexually abusing 11 young students over more than a...
Nov 15, 2023
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Aquatics
New Zealand Amateur Sport Association warns of ‘extinction event’ for community sport
The New Zealand Amateur Sport Association (NZASA) has warned of a potential ‘extinction event’ for the country’s incorporated community sport organisations (ICSOs). In a...
Nov 10, 2023
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Brisbane Air Locker Training location goes into liquidation
Air Locker Training in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead has gone into voluntary liquidation this week. As reported by 7NEWS, it was resolved at a company meeting on 8th November...
Nov 10, 2023
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Fitness
US Court finds WhiteWater West infringe Proslide patents
A Court in the US state of Florida has found that WhiteWater West Industries Ltd of British Coumbia, Canada infringed patents owned by rival ProSlide Technology Inc. for its...
Nov 10, 2023
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Waterparks
AFL’s Western Bulldogs ordered to pay record fine to child sexual abuse victim
AFL club the Western Bulldogs have been ordered to pay $5.9 million in compensation by a Supreme Court jury to child sexual abuse victim Adam Kneale. After a three-week trial,...
Nov 8, 2023
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Fitness entrepreneur targets closing F45 gym sites
Media reports on the ongoing troubles of F45 Training and its franchisees have advised that around 150 of its gyms are in “distress”. Into this market, fitness entrepreneur...
Nov 7, 2023
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Bank warns consumers over ticketing scams ahead of summer of events
The National Australia Bank has warned consumers to be aware of social media scams that offer tickets to high-profile sold-out concerts over the coming months. After more than...
Nov 2, 2023
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Fair Work Ombudsman recovers money for underpayment of Bondi hospitality staff
$164,635 in penalties has been secured in court by the Fair Work Ombudsman against the former operators of a bar and restaurant at Bondi, in eastern Sydney, for “extensive and...
Oct 31, 2023
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Whakaari Management Limited found guilty as criminal proceedings close in White Island case
Whakaari Management Limited has been found guilty in the Auckland District Court of a health and safety charge relating to the 2019 eruption at White Island which led to 22...
Oct 30, 2023
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Ticketek hit with $500,000 penalty for repeated spam breaches
Ticketing platform Ticketek has paid a $515,040 infringement notice for breaching spam laws. The fine results an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)...
Oct 30, 2023
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Ticketing
Three year jail term for golf club treasurer who stole more than $475,000
A former accountant has been sentenced to a three year prison term after stealing more than $475,000 through his role as treasurer of a regional Victorian golf club....
Oct 27, 2023
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Police investigation after water polo coach found dead at elite Sydney school
An investigation is ongoing into the death of a young woman found deceased at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in central Sydney in what NSW Police have described as a “confronting...
Oct 25, 2023
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Swimming Queensland revealed as dissenting vote in national body's constitutional reform
Swimming Queensland has advised that it was the single dissenting vote in opposition to the constitutional reform of Swimming Australia - balloted at a special general meeting...
Oct 23, 2023
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