Australia: Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

Recent Australian Public Service census data reveals a growing trend in flexible work arrangements, supported by new enterprise agreement provisions. Two landmark Fair Work Commission decisions in Naden and Westpac now provide critical guidance on how employers must handle flexible work requests, highlighting the mandatory requirements and potential consequences of non-compliance that could result in orders granting employee requests even when business grounds exist for refusal.

Discussion about parliamentary privilege. Recent case example of the expansive scope of parliamentary privilege.

A significant decision for standard consumer contracts was released by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) in Director of Consumer Affairs v AAPT Limited on 2 August 2006.