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Changes to the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) bring changes to APS employment

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia
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  • March 22 2013

The Public Service Amendment Act 2013 (Cth) (the Amending Act) brings significant changes to the Public Service Act 1999 (PS Act) and commonwealth

What the budget means for public sector employment and managing the risks

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • May 8 2012

The budget has an important focus on cuts to the Australian Public Service as part of the economicpolitical strategy of achieving a budget surplus

Managing change in the Victorian Public Sector understanding the risks and getting it right!

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • May 7 2012

An important feature of the Victorian 2012 -2013 Budget (the Budget) was the announcement by the Treasurer of significant savings as a result of further reductions in employee numbers in the Victorian Public Sector (VPS

NSW police officer awarded damages for psychological injuries stemming from allegations of police corruption

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • September 20 2010

In the recent case of Reeves v State of New South Wales 2010 NSWSC 611, the Supreme Court of New South Wales held that the Police Force of New South Wales (Police Force) owed the plaintiff, Mr Reeves, a duty of care and awarded general damages of $150,000 as well as damages for past and future economic losses calculated to the age of 65

Comcare prosecutes for food allergy death

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia
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  • September 21 2009

In Comcare v Commonwealth of Australia (2009) 257 ALR 462, the Federal Court of Australia fined the Commonwealth $210,100 following a prosecution brought against it by Comcare for a contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991 (Cth) (the OHS Act) by the Australian Army Cadets (AAC