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Former Centre for Independent Studies employee Emilie Dye has launched a sexual harassment case involving her former boss Tom Switzer.

‘Card up my sleeve’: Think tank withheld CCTV from alleged sexual harassment victim

The key footage is of the night at the centre of an allegation against the Centre for Independent Studies’ high-profile former executive director Tom Switzer.

  • Michael McGowan

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The United Nations have raised concerns of risk of slavery on Australian farms in a new report.

No health cover, no home, no money: The women forced to choose between their visa or their baby

A United Nations expert has criticised Australia’s patchwork laws protecting people from slavery, warning of “severe patterns of exploitation”.

  • Tania Ewing and Amber Schultz
Leaving a job you loved because of someone else’s poor behaviour is bad enough, but should you keep quiet about it too?

I loved my volunteer job but had to leave. Should I tell people the real reason?

Everyone deserves to feel safe at work, whether it is a paid position or not, and being forced out of a role you love because of someone else’s poor behaviour can be devastating. But should you tell the truth when asked why you left?

  • Kirstin Ferguson
Emilie Dye, a former employee at the Centre for Independent Studies, alleges she suffered retaliatory action after lodging a sexual harassment complaint against the organisation’s former executive director Tom Switzer.

Think tank accused of ‘retaliatory action’ after staffer complaint about high-profile director

Emilie Dye says the Centre for Independent Studies engaged in “retaliatory” action after she refused to sign a confidentiality agreement over an incident with Tom Switzer.

  • Michael McGowan
Criminal damage at Labor MP Josh Burns’ electoral office in Melbourne in June 2024.

Parliamentary staff spat at, abused and overworked, damning report reveals

The report jars with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s vow to create safer parliamentary workplaces while also cutting staff from his opponents.

  • Olivia Ireland
Kmart has been hit with a legal bid to provide documents on how it has dealt with two suppliers and their links to forced labour in the Uyghur region.

‘Let us see the audits’: Kmart faces legal battle over alleged links to Uyghur forced labour

Australia’s most beloved department store has been served with a court challenge to provide documentation on whether it has examined links to factories using forced labour in Xinjiang.

  • Jessica Yun
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NSW Liberals concede Latham has ‘tainted’ workers’ comp reforms

NSW Liberal leader in the upper house Damien Tudehope says he is prepared to abandon one of the controversial workers’ compensation amendments.

  • Alexandra Smith
Greg Muller spent four days in a trauma ward after a bike accident and was interviewed about his personal life during a WorkCover interview.

Greg made an insurance claim after a serious bike crash. Then a private investigator came calling

The insurance company rejected the cyclist’s claim but refused to delete personal information that the investigator collected from him.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Joanne Cabban lost an arm after she was mauled by a lion at a Darling Downs Zoo owned by her sister and brother-in-law.

Teacher Joanne Cabban identified as lion mauling victim at Queensland zoo

The woman, whose sister co-owns the zoo, was grabbed by her left arm while watching keepers clean the lions’ enclosure.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Cameron Atfield
Darling Downs Zoo co-owner Steve Robinson speaking outside the zoo on Tuesday.

Sister-in-law visited lions ‘about 80 times’ before losing her arm

Darling Downs Zoo co-owner Steve Robinson confirms the victim of the lioness attack is his sister-in-law, a teacher with 20 years’ experience with the lions.

  • Cameron Atfield and Brittney Deguara