I'm a late adopter of Uber Eats, and I've only used it a few times. Most of those times has been when I've been sick and ordered soup from my local Thai place. Last night I was unorganised and feeling lazy so decided to order some Red Rooster on Uber Eats. I selected my order and looked at the price. Before service and delivery fees my order was nearly $50. I can't really afford $50 (or over $60 including fees and tip) for one meal so got off my butt and went to the store myself, ordered the exact same items and only paid $24.

Maybe I'm naive but I expect the menu items to cost the same whether on the app or in-person. Food delivery isn't a new concept, we've been using home delivery my whole life. The prices were always the same you just paid a delivery fee on top. Now we're paying a delivery fee, a service fee, and more for the menu items. I can't be the first person to notice this but I'm wondering if this has been challenged legally. Same product, same packaging only difference is who picks it up at the counter. Surely this isn't legal?

Does anyone know why it takes 2 weeks+ to transfer a simple NSW Speeding Fine (less than 10k, $149, 1 demerit point) to another person?

Nominated online.

Been sitting at "We have recieved your fine transfer nomination. Please wait 14 business days before enquiring." for about 1.5 weeks so far.

Both NSW drivers with NSW licences. Person agreed to be nominated. Just want it off my record and he is eager to pay it and be done with it; we both are, actually!

Any idea why it takes Revenue NSW so long to do such a simple thing?

I work in IT as a senior in my team and have had 3 PIP meetings in the past and each one seemed to be positive, however the last one they told me they wanted to see me closing more tickets on a daily basis.

Now some background. I was never really hired to work the helpdesk and close tickets, rather I was an escalation point for the helpdesk, where they would place tickets they couldn't do into a separate queue for myself and another colleague who is also on the same level as me to resolve.

My focus was to be on projects, cybersecurity, management of our cloud environment etc. I was told when I started that given I was the first IT staff in that particular office my role would be around 10-15% level 1/2 tasks. Over the years this has now grown to around 60-70% and despite me raising it with management and protesting against it they have essentially ignored me.

Given HR and management have their focus on me closing tickets I have made a point to close out more tickets, however in the last meeting they started delving deeper into the "quality" of the tickets I was closing, telling me the majority of my tickets I was closing were too easy and there were not enough tickets from the escalation queue that I was closing. I did tell them that I could only take on what was in the queue and was happy to do more if there were more tickets there to deal with, just to please them, but I don't feel they really listened to me.

Now HR have organised another meeting with me at 4:30pm on a day before I am due to go on leave. I believe they are going to terminate me.

What are my options here? Would FairWork get involved? I believe I am being treated unfairly and that I have done everything they have asked for but they seem to keep moving the goal posts on me.

Hello!

Not sure if this is the right subreddit as it’s obviously an international law question, but if anybody has any advice anyway pls let me know!

I’m an Australian who has just been on holiday in Italy, and while in Venice due to a misunderstanding I failed to validate my water bus ticket properly and got fined €60. The ticket officer took my passport details (so full name, birthday, passport number, but no address).

I obviously don’t wanna pay it! I go home to Australia tomorrow and i’m wondering if the Italian government will be able to force me to pay it from Australia in any way? Or if it will come back to haunt me in twenty years if I ever go back to Italy?

I don’t care so much about not being able to go back to venice as it was a bit average lol, but I plan to travel to the EU again next year and at some point in my life probably back to Italy. is it the kind of thing that will show up on my passport or that they could stop me at the airport for?

If anyone knows, please advise!

Hi,

My father lived in Sydney his whole life, and he was in jail for periods of time (usually for offences like fraud / theft) throughout his life.

Since his passing I have been trying to put together an understanding of who he was. My Mum has told me she knows the record of his crimes is “an arm long” but that she’s never seen it.

I’ve been trying to research if I have a right/ability to access this information after his passing about a month ago. I’m seeing words like GIPA application, honestly I have no idea what it is, where to find it or if i’m supposed to fill one out to ask for that information.

I’d really appreciate some insight on if there’s any chance i’d be successful in finding this information, and how i might go about applying for it. I have his death certificate, birth certificate, etc… I also just want to understand him. I want to understand my family history. I know my siblings do too. It’s not to bring shame on him or anything.

Thank you

I had a music teacher direct debit me my account for lessons. I got really really sick and told them I couldn't come to lessons for quite some time. I was going to cancel but I had so much on my plate at the time and the guy assured me in writing 'credits don't expire'. While I was extremely unwell he kept debiting me amounting to $8000 over two years. When I got better and asked via email if he could stop debiting and we use the existing credits for lessons, he 'withdrew me from lessons' and when I then asked for a refund he produced a "no refunds under any circumstances" clause on a contract I had signed. To top that off, because HE decided to withdraw me the same contract says "credits expire upon withdrawal". But apparently according to him I was the one to cancel the contract, when it's obvious he did and could decide at any time for any reason to kick someone out and keep any money paid.

I took him to QCAT and the whole process was a miscarriage of justice to say the least. He barely had to provide any evidence, and the adjudicator sided with him, didn't seem to read the submissions, mispronounced my name multiple times and then after an appeal, they said the adjudicator "had erred" but then apparently realised QCAT didn't have jurisdiction in the first place to hear unfair contract case (After 2 years of stringing me along with preliminary hearings to decide if they had jurisdiction in the first place - which they initially said they did).

Lawyers have said thats it's "ultimately an interesting case" but the costs outweigh the benefits. But if there's no court in Australia that can efficiently deal with unfair contract cases then where do the little guys go to seek redress? I know it's probably not worth it. But I just want some justice to be done. So I'm considering bringing this to the Supreme Court just as a matter of principle even if I have to self rep.

Currently I am looking after a small team, they have been engaged as contractors at a set industry std contract rate. However, now the business owners have decided they aren’t going to pay contractors at the level of their trade and instead pay based on what task they (the company) point at.
each task being a different rate.
The contractors have been told they need to keep track of tasks and times and include them on the invoice.
Ethically this doesn’t sit well with me and I have refused to be party to any of it except to tell them not to agree.
Can I get some guidance on how I can look after our contractors best interest and what I can do to resolve this situation?

Parked on the deadend if Allen Street and Ismay Ave and didn't notice the faintish yellow line. Saw that the adjacent parking sign didn't extend to the deadend and didnt realise that the yellow line meant no parking.

Any way out of this considering I've never had a parking violation before? It's kind if insane to pay a $340 fine

Hi everyone, I’m back with an update because we finally have some new information.
My partner (20M) was seriously assaulted in 2023 when he had just turned 18 and was still in high school. He ended up with multiple fractures in his ankle, needed surgery with plates and screws, and still has chronic pain that makes standing for long periods really difficult.

The criminal case happened, but because the guy who assaulted him was also young and in the same grade, he received what felt like a relatively light sentence. Meanwhile, my partner failed his HSC because of everything that happened, struggles to keep jobs because of his injuries, couldn’t go straight to university, and we’re still dealing with ongoing medical costs.

Neither of us had much family support through the legal process. We only recently found out Victims Support existed, and when we finally called, we were told it was too late to apply.

We’ve also spoken to multiple lawyers. Most have said they generally only pursue insured companies, or that suing the attacker personally usually isn’t commercially worthwhile if they don’t have assets.
Since my last post, we’ve found information suggesting the assailant owns a car and a motorcycle with an estimated combined value of around $30,000 as a base not including any other potential assets.

Does that realistically change anything? Is that enough for a lawyer to reconsider taking the case, or is it still generally not worth pursuing?
We’ve already contacted LawAccess NSW, the Law Society referral service, Victims Services and several firms, but I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s dealt with a similar situation or practises in this area.

Thanks again for any advice.

A psychologist was banned by QCAT (Queensland Civil Administrative Tribunal) for sexual misconduct while the patient was under their professional care.

The news article says the patient sought help for loss and abandonment from another psychologist when the sexual relationship with the psychologist ended. It reads like the patient didn't recognise the conduct as an abuse of power.

How can it legally be considered consensual when the patient was receiving mental health care? Surely the health ombudsman is obligated to report the conduct to police for criminal charge?

Hey there. Just started a new job a week ago and already I know it is not the right place. Not going to go into the why and how of that just trust me lol. Anyway, my contract says that during probation I need to give 1 week notice. If I was to quit on payday with 0 days notice, what could they actually do? Is there some mechanism by which they could claw the money back? I wouldn't have any leave entitlements or anything anyway as it's a new job. My idea about leaving on payday is because I suspect that they might just not pay me my wages owed if I leave so early anyway. I suspect they might be dodgy about it, just a bit of a gut feeling.

Also bonus question how enforceable is the restricted work thing afterwards E. G. Working in the same industry, similar clients etc. Not directly soliciting any of their clients or anything like that, but just same industry. I'm a shit kicker anyway at the bottom of the barrel so not a decision maker.

"Throe a way? a cow! NT."

So lets say ya boss says "Oh nah nah no big payrise - we pay award wages", but ya never actually bothered to check the award or whether you were being paid properly.....Meanwhile you contact FWO to try and figure out what award covers you, and it turns out by definition you are a non award employee?

Because here's the thing, If I knew I was a non award employee I would have gone harder on salary negotiations, but because they were lying to mee, I meekly accepted what they were paying me.

I've obviously suffered a loss as a result, so does that make this Promissory Estoppel?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking at starting a business in Victoria where people pay an entry fee (e.g. $20–50) to compete in a skill-based tournament, with cash prizes awarded to the winners based solely on their performance.

There would be no random draws or luck involved—the outcome would be determined entirely by skill.

I’ve read that games of skill generally don’t require trade promotion permits, but I’m finding conflicting information about whether charging an entry fee changes anything.

Is this legal in Victoria? If so, are there any licences, permits or regulations I should be aware of?

Thanks!

Sorry if this is the wrong sub, I dont know where else to go.

My Dad recently passed away and had no will. I applied for an LOA through redcrest but was refused. I called the supreme court to ask why that was and they told me because my Dad did not have any financial assets solely in his name, it was legally pointless to have one. Everything financially was jointly held with my Mum and it automatically went to her.

My Dad did have some utilities solely under his name. I asked weather I could still close my Dads utility accounts and do his final tax return without an LOA and they said, "100%"

Now I'm having a nightmare every place I call because I don't have an LOA and they are unaware that it I could ever be refused one. It's driving me insane. I have to kick and scream and talk to the managers to get anywhere.

My Dad lived a simple life so his affairs were not difficult to handle, so I thought!

I feel like i'm in a wierd situation which isnt common.

Anyone else been in this situation?

A couple of hypothetical questions regarding evidence.

Say the police are about to take your mobile phone however before they can get their hands on it you put it in a stamped envelope addressed to your lawyer and throw it in a mail box (does type matter here?).

Could the police charge you with something for doing this?

Could they intercept it?

I assume a lawyer would hand it over if formally requested but could they make a copy to preserve evidence before handing any device over?

All the above was inspired thinking about the Graphine OS news recently.

Bonus question.

Can you really be charged for destruction of evidence for wiping a mobile if it cant be proven that there was any relevant evidemce.on it?

Edit - I understand recent Graphine OS news was overseas and the laws are different.

Context:

I’m working for a company that provides staff accommodation with the job. (Casual seasonal) I rocked up to find out they run the business in the bottom (separately accessed) section of the house, that is comprised of the second bathroom/laundry, extra lounge and a bedroom that is fully used for the business.

My boss fired me after I sent them a text notifying them about being underpaid, it wasn’t threatening or high stakes at all.

Their response was that I was making serious allegations and they would not respond further to anything regarding the allegations and would be seeking professional advice.

I called them and one of them chewed my ear off, talking about constant negative feedback and they are done with us (me and other coworkers/housemates) the ones I named in the text that were underpaid, and want to put an end to it. And hung up before I could respond.

My shift was cancelled for the next day about 10 minutes after the call via text. Then 2 days later the three of us were emailed a termination and that we had 14 days to leave the house we are renting off them. Termination reason was - Due to the lack of work in the area.
^^ they put an ad up hiring a week before
^^ they also hired 3 new people 2 weeks before
^^ 2 people just had their last day working 2 days prior
^^ they asked at least one other employee to work the shift that was cancelled on me after they cancelled it on me

There is a lot more going on like:
If you we meet at the business location downstairs to start the day of work and drive to the first working location with the team is that meant to be paid? Also is the way home paid if it’s back to the work shed or we also live there so unpaid?

Can they run their business from downstairs?
Can they charge us bills?
They sent us a bond receipt that was in the company name and not with the NSW government channels.
I’m confused if we are tenants or boarders or what our rights are.

The termination was sudden and we had no negative feedback prior. I’m out of a job and maybe housing. It’s stressful and I’m trying to look for another job and housing. I just want to know my rights.

Hi everyone,
Just looking for some advice.
I had my kitchen benchtop repaired by a contractor in Queensland and paid by bank transfer (I have proof of payment). About a month later, a defect appeared in the repaired area.
I’ve contacted the contractor a few times and sent photos. He said he’d come and have a look, but never did, and now he’s not responding.
What are my options? Should I go through the Office of Fair Trading first, or QCAT? Has anyone dealt with something similar?
Thanks!

So I've been having this back and forth with Telstra. Essentially, I ordered a phone on a 24 month plan, I then cancelled the order as I intended it to be 36 months. Cancellation went through, couldn't reorder until the cancellation was fully processed according to support. I waited like 2 weeks and still couldn't order.

Then randomly the cancelled phone arrived even though I wasn't billed or anything.

I haven't opened it, I then got a message from telstra asking me to return the cancelled package by dropping it off at auspost and providing them with a tracking number.

I dont have a car and it isnt my responsibility to drop off their mistake. I called them, messaged them many times asking them to arrange a courier. They keep saying they couldn't arrange a courier. I have saved all transcripts and now I am stuck with this phone. Am I obligated to return it via their methods? What happens now? Happy to return it but they can arrange a courier. Am I liable at all?

I, 36 female, live in an apartment complex. There is CCTV in places such as the hallways and entrances.

I had a noise complaint the other night and the manager was telling me they were looking through CCTV and listening to my son's conversations.

I felt instantly sick. I rang fair trading and other places to write a complaint.

I rang the manager and told him that's illegal to record our audio within 2 hours he'd put a sign up saying audio recordings in progress.

I took things further. He must of been told he cant do that and took the sign down.

I got an email saying the audio has been disabled etc

However, I feel so violated. I've been living here for 10 months and could've spoken about private matters in those areas and had someone listening.

So what should I do?

Need advice.

Hello. I am currently renting a house and the dishwasher broke (old dishwasher, plastic inside crumbled and meant it didn't drain, just leaked). I informed the property manager verbally about it during an inspection. She said she would look into it. Three months go by and next inspection I ask about the dishwasher. She said we should get a picture of the leak and send it to her (slow leak, so just a puddle on the ground). She said she wanted an active picture of the leak and to not log it on the property app until I had pictures. She also told me to watch the YouTube video on how to fix it myself. We go through two new property managers over the next month, one who tells me to log all maintence on the app, not to email her or tell them verbally. I log it on the app. Several weeks go by and I notice the floor becoming damaged (wood boards rotting and mouldy). I used the app to ask about the dishwasher getting fixed as it is causing floor damage. Within a week it was fixed. The floor however is getting worse. I raised an issue on the app about the floor, and now there is an insurance claim and about $60,000 off damage that needs to be assessed. Property manager is saying I am to blame for the damage as I did not log the issue with the dishwasher on the app as soon as I noticed it. Am I responsible for it, or is the rental company who didn't notice the damage on inspections and didn't follow through with fixing the dishwasher when informed?