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Construction company penalised over $40k for failing to provide back-pay entitlements and pay slips

Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker said business operators that fail to act on Compliance Notices need to be aware they can face penalties in court on top of having to back-pay workers.

Man sentenced to more than two years in jail for possessing “depraved” child abuse material

"Anyone who views this material is committing a crime. This is not a victimless crime. Children are not commodities to be used for the abhorrent gratification of sexual predators.”

40 youths from Punjab to face deportation for blocking police officer’s car

Constable Sarbjit Sangha said the group of Punjabi youth, mostly students and visitors, indulged in lawlessness and can face deportation.

How does the Court and Jurisdiction system work in the Pacific Islands

Foreign-appointed judges still sit on the Court of Appeal in certain countries.

Manpreet Singh Brar will be deported to India after 20 months in prison for causing death of 51-year-old man

He is in Australia on a partner visa and would be deported to India leaving behind his wife and two children.

How could so many senior judges get law absolutely wrong?

Judges need better education and structures to improve impartiality

Brisbane’s ‘Riddhi Siddhi’ fined more than $200k for wage-theft and submitting false records

“Falsifying records and providing them to the Fair Work Ombudsman is extremely serious conduct and it will be met with the strongest possible enforcement action.”

Fake nurse fined $3000 after working at medical centre without qualifications

When the clinic requested for a copy of her Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia registration, she provided a false number on a sticky note.

Pardeep Singh Tiwana becomes the first Indian-origin judge in Australia

Judge Pardeep Singh Tiwana's family originally hail from Kot Kalan village in the Indian state of Punjab.

Indian-origin teen prepares for a court battle with Australian minister

Anjali Sharma (Anj), a 16-year-old climate change activist, is all geared up to fight a legal battle against the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment. In...

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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