What is Electoral Advocacy for Charities?

What is Electoral Advocacy for Charities?

The Prime Minister advised the Governor-General to call a double-dissolution Federal election for 2 July 2016. The public debate surrounding the election was that it is likely to touch on a variety of issues that affect not for profit organisations. Examples include...
Procedural Fairness and School Discipline

Procedural Fairness and School Discipline

Parents of a former student of an elite independent Sydney girls’ school recently commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales alleging that the School failed to accord their daughter procedural fairness. It is an issue about which all...
Working with Children and Disqualified Persons

Working with Children and Disqualified Persons

Dismissing disqualified persons under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (NSW) – guidance from the Fair Work Commission In O’Connell v Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney [2016] FWCFB 1752, the Full Bench of the Fair Work...