Justice Lee noted that Qantas only began to accept responsibility for its actions in 2023, after the departure of former CEO Alan Joyce.

RSE employers were upbeat about the policy changes which will help to reduce their costs of participation, a key outcome that employers and industry groups have been lobbying for.

While the consumer price index increased 5.4% in the year to September, the living cost index for households headed by wage earners climbed 9%.

Under the new system, participants must meet a points target to receive payments.

The FWO has received more than 90,000 anonymous tip-offs since it launched its Anonymous Report tool in 2016, with almost 13,000 in 2021-22.

The ICT industry projections to reach 1.2 million tech jobs by 2030 will mean Australia needs an extra 653,000 by the end of this decade.

Employers can have a general vaccination policy but must treat every individual case on its own merits and circumstances – including the timing and manner of applying the vaccination policy to the particular employee.