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Sarah Lansdown reports that six former staff of the Australian Education Union's ACT branch are understood to have made civil claims against the branch after they suffered psychological injuries during their time working with former branch secretary Glenn Fowler. Those staff have collectively been paid more than $1 million after alleging negligence and a failure to protect them against harassment.
Meanwhile, one of the territory's most colourful consultants, systems and complexity thinker Patrick Hollingsworth, has emerged in his case against CIT as he seeks to recoup the bulk of a nearly $5 million contract that was cancelled after it was called into question. Lucy Bladen writes that when asked why he chose to describe himself with baffling terms such as being a leader in complied complexity, Mr Hollingworth told the court he was encouraged to use such language by executives at the institute and former CIT board chair Craig Sloan. Most travellers have at some point fantasised about the mythical upgrade, the friendly tap on the shoulder to inform you you've been bumped from cattle class to the pointy end of the plane. But for most of us, it remains just that - a fantasy. Unless you're a politician that is, as this week's explosive revelations about Qantas's preferential treatment of elected officials reveals. Dana Daniel covers the fallout from journalist Joe Aston's explosive new book, including calls for the airline's former CEO Alan Joyce to face a Senate grilling over the revelations.
Tuesday's weather is looking pretty promising, not much sign of rain with a sunny day ahead and a top of 25 degrees expected.
Scott Hannaford, deputy editor
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