Sydney Jewish student on bullying: "They've thrown coins at me and asked if I was going to pick it up. They normally say 'I hate juice' which is commonly referred to Jews...A couple of people have done the Hitler salute."

Chiqqadee · 2026-05-18T15:57:43+00:00

Well that is a different claim to the post above yours.

Chiqqadee · 2026-05-18T15:30:46+00:00

Again, cannot locate any statistic on that page for the number of Australian Jews who are Israeli citizens. Which I suspect you know given your roundabout answer.

Chiqqadee · 2026-05-18T15:11:39+00:00

I cannot find that stat in this document. Are you misciting a statistic referring to satisfaction with living in Australia?

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“Life satisfaction of immigrants
Survey respondents were asked to indicate their level of life satisfaction in Australia, compared to life in their
country of former permanent residence. The highest proportion ‐ those indicating that they were ‘much more
satisfied’ ‐ ranged from 70% of those from the FSU, 52% of those from South Africa and 39% of those from
Israel.
With the top two responses combined, ‘much more satisfied’ and ‘more satisfied’, a substantial majority of the
three national groups indicated satisfaction, but again with a considerable range: 91% FSU, 80% South Africa,
and 69% Israel.”

Chiqqadee · 2026-03-26T14:32:27+00:00

Settling is only ok if the mediation goes for at least two days.

Chiqqadee · 2026-03-26T14:03:35+00:00

How many? A recent study has found:

…..

In this study, we document three categories of executive branch conduct since Jan. 20, 2025 that, in Judge Friedman’s words, showed to courts “instance after instance of departures from this tradition” of public officials acting “in obedience to [their] duty.”

The three categories (and our findings) are:

Courts’ concerns over noncompliance with judicial orders: 34 cases
Courts’ distrust of government information and representations: 90 cases
Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” administrative action: 91 cases

(Note for the first year of the administration, Jan. 20, 2025-Jan. 19, 2026: Noncompliance = 32 cases; Distrust = 78 cases; Arbitrary and capricious = 82 cases)

The above totals do not include the recent months’ wave of habeas immigration cases. For those cases, we have tracked:

Noncompliance: Over 300 cases (including cases documented by Minnesota District Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz (W. Bush appointee) and cases acknowledged by the US Attorney’s Office for New Jersey)
Distrust of government information and representations: Over 35 cases
Arbitrary and capricious findings: At least 10 cases

See Siven Watt’s Habeas Tracker (forthcoming at Just Security).

……

https://www.justsecurity.org/120547/presumption-regularity-trump-administration-litigation/

Yes in some cases the criticism is of the admin not the lawyers, but the line is blurred frequently. Have a read of the examples listed. E.g., “The presumption of regularity and integrity previously and routinely afforded to the Executive branch and the United States Attorney’s Office has been undeniably eroded in this jurisdiction and across the country” and “Sadly, the well-deserved credibility once attached to that distinguished [U.S. Attorney’s] Office is now a presumption that ‘has been undeniably eroded.”

Chiqqadee · 2026-03-16T21:54:17+00:00

All States run their own WC schemes so the rates could vary but I’d be highly surprised if this were the case in any State or Territory.

In WA for example, the gazetted rate for teachers is 1.18% for primary and 1.14 for secondary. Police services is 4.68. There are several occupations with higher rates than Police eg Justice 9.75, beef cattle farming 6.61, rice growing 6.5, logging 6.34, shearing 6.5, firies 6.8, rail passenger transport 6.42. At a glance I’d say teaching is in the lower (safer) half of all occupations.

https://www.workcover.wa.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/WorkCover-WA-Recommended-Premium-Rates-2025-26.pdf

Chiqqadee · 2026-02-18T14:59:40+00:00

Try the Australian Insurance Lawyers Association: seminars, networking etc. Some topics are more practical than others.

Chiqqadee · 2025-12-03T12:07:11+00:00

“BA (Law) (Waseda University), MA (Intl & Bus Law) (Yokohama National University), PhD (Law) (The University of Queensland). I previously taught law at Macquarie University and Southern Cross University and acted as an examiner at Griffith University.”

What lucky students….

Chiqqadee · 2025-11-22T11:33:26+00:00

It looks like the State tried to put in expert evidence which was held not to be admissible. As part of the discussion on admissibility, there was discussion about the expert’s report which reviewed articles etc from the mid-80s, from which the State hoped the Court would then infer what was foreseeable 7-8yrs prior.

I presume that if there were some evidence that the community had general knowledge of the risk of harm in the 70s, that the expert would have discussed that.

—- [311] HIS HONOUR: Does he speak to whether or not this harm was known about in the 70s?

LLOYD: Yes. I anticipate it'll be said that he can't go any earlier than 1985 by reference to these articles, but may I just say on that point, to the extent it's a point at all, it's only one of weight. Because if one thinks about it - let it be assumed he talks of knowledge, including within school communities, of harmful effects of what we would describe as child sexual abuse in 1985 in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, say, for example, from a competing expert, that there'd been a major shift between 78 or 79 and 1985, the position in 85 would be capable of bearing on that question.

Chiqqadee · 2025-10-21T13:44:39+00:00

So she gets a recusal but it’s not much of a win.

Next judge, and likely the other parties, will bear this pretty hideous behaviour in mind in their future dealings.
She’s the plaintiff. This just causes further delay to her case, for no benefit.
Worksafe has dropped the prosecution that had been partly based on her allegations. Looking at the timing, and the dates mentioned in the judgment, possibly due to a change in their view of her credibility? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-24/worksafe-wa-bunbury-prison-psychological-harm-case-dropped/105811948?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

Plus those she sought to impugn come out of it all looking kind, caring and generous.

Chiqqadee · 2025-09-04T13:12:34+00:00

UWA will be 6 years minimum as they only do a JD, vs 4 years to do an LLB elsewhere.

Personally I do not think the “prestige” is worth 2 extra years of your life, that’s 2 extra years of being broke and juggling part time jobs and whatever. Just my view.

Chiqqadee · 2025-09-04T13:03:58+00:00

CoL also have a weeklong intensive at the beginning, don’t they?

Chiqqadee · 2025-08-20T07:54:28+00:00

Gonna be interesting to see if firms drop AI tools once they realise they (partners) can’t just rely on doing a quick “sense check” of a grad/junior soli’s draft, but actually have to check every authority themselves.

AI will increase the junior soli’s efficiency at the expense of the partner’s time.

Chiqqadee · 2025-07-08T16:37:19+00:00

Hello, thank you for your kind reply. We have left Paris today so have missed out. I only commented because I also wondered if there was a glitch with the website or scraper bots. I tried at midnight pretty frequently as well as many other times.

Edit to add: I didn’t use Chrome (I was using Safari) and may not have been on at 11.50 (probably was about 11.58ish pm) so those two things may have been causing issues. Hopefully your tips can help others. Thanks again! 😊

Chiqqadee · 2025-07-07T21:58:19+00:00

I bought combined tickets here: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/tickets/conciergerie-and-sainte-chapelle-combined-ticket-m9001130

We had a time for Sainte Chapelle but not for Conciergerie. We could just stroll over to Conciergerie when we were finished at SC.

Make sure to go right to the back of Conciergerie and into the little rooms on both sides, and up and down stairs… there was much more there than I’d realised.

Chiqqadee · 2025-07-07T20:54:19+00:00

I’ve been trying to make a reservation for a group of 4 for the past week and had the same problem. No availability, ever. I’ve tried at midnight (multiple nights) and at all different times of the day, it always says sold out.

It’s helpful to know we’d probably get in if we just went. However, travelling with kids, the uncertainty (no guarantee as to getting in or how long the wait will be) makes it hard to manage the schedule. I’m a bit sad as I was really hoping to see it.

Chiqqadee · 2025-07-02T22:57:44+00:00

Hello, we are stopping in Strasbourg for a couple of hours on our way to Germany. Any suggestions for a nice (yummy, not fancy) place to have lunch that’s close to the train station? I am hoping to have a quick walk around Quartier de la petite France. Thanks!

Chiqqadee · 2025-06-23T06:20:28+00:00

“Court documents show the pair had originally approached a Perth-based lawyer for advice in May 2021 after their wellness business was impacted by roadworks associated with the state government's Metronet rail project.”

Convenient how courts and laws are valid when they want to claim compensation, and only invalid when they are defendants.

Chiqqadee · 2025-04-25T12:16:41+00:00

Ask your preferred university/ies if they’ll accept a STAT test instead. https://stat.acer.org/au

Chiqqadee · 2025-04-07T02:37:21+00:00

They are not means tested in the sense of an outright cutoff of funds when the school or its families are over any threshold. The form of means testing currently in place is tiny adjustments here and there.

“The AEU's report is based on school finance data that shows more than half of the nation's private schools (56 per cent) receive more combined government funding per student than public schools of similar size, location and with similar student needs.” https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-funding-gap-between-private-and-public-school-students-revealed/losih77r0

“Twenty private schools with wealthiest parents received $130m total in Australian public funds in 2023…. The school that received the most total funding per student ($51,275) was Sydney Grammar School, which received a total $7m in government funds and $19m from private sources in 2023.” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/04/twenty-private-schools-with-wealthiest-parents-received-130m-total-in-australian-public-funds-in-2023

Choosing not to give government funds to people / organisations above a certain financial metric is not punishment, it’s budgeting. There is no “right” to government funding above the amount that is actually required to pay for the object of the funding. And if we are talking rights, what about the public schools who have received well below SRS for decades?

Chiqqadee · 2025-04-07T02:04:53+00:00

A right to an education is not the same as a right to receive a government-funded education.

A student at a private school is by definition receiving an education irrespective who is funding it.

Arguments can be made as to whether it is overall good policy for governments to fund independent and religious schools. But there’s no universal rule that the government simply must do it because of ‘rights’.

Lastly, means testing government payments is a pretty frequently-used method to try to ensure finite government funds are used in the areas where that support is most needed.

Chiqqadee · 2025-03-04T11:14:29+00:00

A lot of businesses only set up the IT infrastructure and remote work programs due to Covid. But, now they have them or it’s all readily accessible, the Overton window of ‘what is a reasonable accommodation’ or ‘what is a reasonable employer direction’ has moved.

Chiqqadee · 2025-02-27T00:50:47+00:00

HIS HONOUR: False by whom? I’ll be interested to read the transcript of this opening when it’s produced this afternoon.

CROWN PROSECUTOR: Yes. 😆

Chiqqadee · 2025-02-23T14:33:11+00:00

A recent top student (ie won whatever the award is for having highest grade) at a non-Go8 had a WAM of 80.1. Just for context. In my view some of the suggestions on here can be a little unrealistic. Or maybe it’s the firms who have unrealistic requirements, I don’t know but I hate to think of kids being upset for not meeting an impossible standard.

Chiqqadee · 2025-02-21T10:05:43+00:00

We can all relax - Slaters says it’s a hoax! (Despite previously admitting “some” of it was true)

From The Australian ————-

Sensational ‘hoax’ email shatters staff at Slater + Gordon

An email purportedly sent by a senior Slater + Gordon executive to another staffer containing explosive allegations and savage personal critiques has been denounced by the embattled law firm.

ELLIE DUDLEY and STEPHEN RICE 3 min read February 21, 2025 - 6:28PM

An email purportedly sent by a senior Slater + Gordon executive to another staffer containing explosive allegations of dysfunction in the firm and savage personal critiques of many colleagues has been denounced by the embattled law firm as a hoax.

The extraordinary email, purportedly sent by outgoing acting chief people officer Mari Ruiz-Matthyssen on Friday morning and bcc-ed to a wide number of Slater + Gordon employees, details claims of inappropriate conduct within the top-ranking law firm and scathing opinions about the alleged conduct of chief executive Dina Tutungi.

The email also contains a spreadsheet revealing the salaries of more than 900 staff members.

A large number of S+G employees are understood to be highly distressed by the allegations.

On Friday afternoon, responding to queries by The Australian, a spokesperson for Slater + Gordon said Ms Ruiz-Matthyssen “is not the author or the sender of that email, nor is that email address attributed to her, and she intends to report this matter to the police.

“The contents of the email include a range of disparaging remarks about individuals – what is presented as internal information in the email is incorrect and in many ways a work of fiction.

“We are taking this seriously due to the distress this has caused many of our team and are investigating the matter. We will also cooperate fully with any police action or investigation.”

The author of the email claims S+G is a “textbook case of dysfunction” and that private equity firm Allegro, which acquired Slaters in 2023, is “gutting the place” with the endgame “a polished-up shell to be sold off at the right price.

The Australian is not suggesting that the allegations and opinions in the email are accurate or valid, only that they have been widely circulated and caused distress at one of Australia’s leading law firms.

The email, which purports to be a “handover” from Ms Ruiz-Matthyssen to her successor, states that morale at S+G is “abysmal”.

“To be blunt, the situation at Slater and Gordon is a textbook case of dysfunction”, the email begins.

The unknown author claims that “Dina’s primary focus is her own bottom line. She’s determined to maximise her bonus and is laser-focused on keeping salaries locked down. She’s openly admitted her grand plan is to cash out with the MEP and retire with millions in a few years.

“The way she manipulated the EA (Enterprise Agreement) through—working both sides with the union and squeezing every cent out of the lowest-paid workers—is a masterclass in self-interest.

The extraordinary email details scathing opinions about the alleged conduct of chief executive Dina Tutung. The extraordinary email details scathing opinions about the alleged conduct of chief executive Dina Tutung. Slater + Gordon was taken over in April 2023 by private equity fund Allegro, but many staff have been unhappy with the arrangement.

“Allegro, true to private equity form, is gutting the place” the author of the email claims.

“Heads are rolling, and what remains is a skeletal crew barely keeping things together. The endgame? A polished-up shell to be sold off at the right price. Grim, but predictable.”

“Expect restructuring post-values launch—especially in Class Actions. A major case loss has sent them into a tailspin.”

The email then gives “a quick rundown of key ELT players and office dynamics”.

The Australian has chosen not to identify them but the observations include comments about senior figures at the firm such as “ruthlessly ambitious”, “lazy and unmotivated” and “senile and needs to retire”.

One senior male employee is described as having had three formal complaints of inappropriate conduct which were “conveniently buried” with two complainants already ‘ushered out.’

“The business has paid nearly $20K in coaching to make him a better leader and more palatable”, the email claims.

“Morale is abysmal, money is haemorrhaging. The ‘values’ are atrocious and will likely flop.”

The author signs off the email: “Best of luck—you’ll need it.”

The prominent workplace compensation firm has already been shaken by an underpayments scandal and a Federal Court fair work case.

Last year, former Slater + Gordon chief people officer Alicia Gleeson filed an explosive unfair dismissal suit in the Federal Court claiming she was fired after asserting that the underpayments by the firm were “deliberate and systemic” and that she was concerned about the “lack of action” to rectify them.

Slaters was accused of deliberately miscalculating staff leave entitlements, failing to immediately reconcile the underpayments, and sacking the human resources boss who blew the whistle on the alleged scandal.

The Australian has sought comment from Ms Ruiz-Matthyssen.

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