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More bushfire class actions against AusNet

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Original article by Steve Lillebuen
The Age – Page: 3 : 3-Oct-14

Residents who lost property in separate bushfires in Gippsland and to the north of Melbourne in early 2014 have launched class action law suits. The respondent is listed electric utility AusNet Services, which previously reached out-of-court settlements worth close to $A400m related to the devastating 2009 bushfires in Victoria. In the two new cases, the claimants are seeking $A50m and $A5m respectively. The law firm acting on their behalf is Maddens

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AUSNET SERVICES LIMITED – ASX AST, MADDENS

Nurse injured in violent attack wins payout

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Original article by Nick Toscano
The Age – Page: 4 : 31-Jul-14

The Supreme Court of Victoria will hear a claim by the Victorian WorkCover Authority against Victoria Police. The workers’ compensation provider seeks to recover some of the $A500,000 it paid to a nurse permanently injured in a violent attack by a drug addict at Latrobe Regional Hospital. The employer and the police force have already struck an out-of-court settlement with the victim, and a factor was that three police officers allegedly did not properly restrain the attacker

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VICTORIA POLICE, VICTORIAN WORKCOVER AUTHORITY, LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIAN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION