There are growing calls for the AFL to take action against Eddie McGuire, after his "ignorant" comments about the Sydney Swans' number one ticket holder and double amputee Cynthia Banham on Friday night. Despite McGuire's repeated apologies and his decision…
A Melbourne engineer claims to be the victim of workplace bullying after a colleague repeatedly farted near him, and deliberately "thrusted his bum" at him. David Hingst had sought $1.8 million in damages in the Victorian Supreme Court last year,…
In a bid to promote gender diversity, United Airlines has become the first carrier in the US to offer non-binary gender options for passengers when they book a flight. Customers will now have the ability to identify themselves as M(male),…
Qantas has been accused of exploiting young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander trainees for cheap labour, without offering them a chance of a career with the airline. The mother of a former Qantas Indigenous trainee has accused the airline of…
An investigation has been launched into accusations of race discrimination at a Northern Territory Hotel which allegedly assigned inferior rooms to Indigenous guests. The Accor Hotel Chain - which owns the Ibis Styles Alice Springs Oasis Hotel - has confirmed…
A HIV-positive man says he was discriminated against on the grounds of disability, because the South Australian Parole Board required him to tell prospective employers about his condition. The Employment Tribunal rejected his argument that the role of the Parole…
A Hindu teenager who was banned from her Catholic high school because she refused to remove a religious nose piercing has been allowed to return to school. The back down comes after the ban received media attention and the school…
Western Australian MPs will soon be allowed to breastfeed their children on the floor of state parliament after a fiery debate on the issue - but bottle feeding will still be banned. Politicians voted to change the state parliament's standing…
Advocates are calling for ride sharing company Uber to make its drivers undergo compulsory discrimination training, after two recent incidents where passengers were refused service. One involved a blind woman with a guide dog, and the other involved two gay…
A Qantas pilot who was sacked for drunkenly touching the breast of a colleague in a taxi while on an overseas stopover, has lost his unfair dismissal claim. While the Fair Work Commission accepted that the pilot did not know…
