Federal Court of Australia

The miners were allegedly persuaded to take up jobs in Australia but were not in fact available on the terms and conditions that had been sold to the miners.

Sydney law firm Levitt Robinson Solicitors currently represents just 28 miners who were hired by recruitment company CoreStaff between 2011 and 2012.

The miners allege that CoreStaff breached their employment contracts, being overworked, underpaid and let go within months of their arrival in Australia.

During the re-appointment of two judges of the Federal Court of Australia to the Supreme Court of PNG, Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia explained that with more foreign and local companies increasing investment comes the rise in number of civil and commercial cases registered with the Courts as well.

And as the years go by, some of these cases have become very complex, needing specialised judges to hear them.

Justice Berna Collier and Justice John Alexander Logan will now serve the PNG Justice System for another term; making it their 3^rd term.

Their first engagement was in 2011 following an MoU signed between the Federal Court of Australia and PNG.    

Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea, Sir Salamo Injia, said Justice Collier and Justice Logan are serving judges of the Federal Court of Australia with speciality in civil and commercial litigation.