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Some Ruby Princess passengers signed a contract waiving rights to class actions. They're taking the fight to the High Court

A number of passengers of the COVID-affected Ruby Princess had signed a contract waiving rights to join class actions. The customers say that contract breached Australian consumer law.
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Cruise ship passengers disembark from the Princess Cruises owned Ruby Princess at Circular Quay in Sydney.

We fact checked Tony Abbott on his claim $30b is spent per year by the NIAA. Here's what we found

Former prime minister Tony Abbott claims the National Indigenous Australians Agency disburses $30b a year on Indigenous programs. Is that correct?
Abbott gestures whilst talking wearing a black suit and dark blue tie on a committee bench inside parliament.

Privacy watchdog says Health Department failed to protect Victorians' data during COVID

Third-party call centre workers contracted Victoria's health department were not properly screened, according to the state's information commissioner.
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A desk wall with a sign reading "Public health unit COVID-19. Contact tracing officer'. An out-of-focus figure sits at the desk.

Most human rights complaints about Victorian vaccine mandates not proceeding

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission received more than 400 complaints against employers who required workers to comply with vaccine mandates. Only around 60 are proceeding based on other grounds.
A person in a lab coat holding up a needle

Melbourne public housing tower residents agree to $5m COVID lockdown settlement

Melbourne public housing tower residents will receive compensation payments of about $2,200 each from the Victorian government after they were forced into a sudden hard lockdown during a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.
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two public housing towers can be seen with the Melbourne city skyline in the background

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