A judge has rejected the big miners’ attempts to strike out sexual harassment claims that form the basis of a giant class action of female employees.
BHP and Rio Tinto will have to defend class actions over workplace harassment after they failed in their attempts to strike out claims made by former employees.
Federal Court Judge Houda Younan ruled that the applicants, whose identities have been kept secret by the court, can push ahead with the majority of their claims and are eligible to have their legal costs covered by the big miners.
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Rio Tinto says it will keep a minimum number of workers employed at a northern Tasmanian smelter until at least 2031, in return for a taxpayer-funded support package.
Children’s author and comedian, who wrote the book on which the movie Fing! is based, will also be removed from the publicity tour
British comedian and children’s author David Walliams has been named by two British news outlets as the anonymous celebrity who tried to stop media outlets publishing claims against him related to alleged grooming and sexual misconduct against some of his young fans.
