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Builders Website off hook for vilification against HIA President |
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
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The Australian - October 3 2007
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22521798-643,00.html
THE Federal Court has dismissed a claim that a rival building industry organisation racially vilified Ron Silberberg, the Jewish national managing director of the Housing Industry Association.
Dr Silberberg launched the action against the Builders Collective of Australia and its national president, Phil Dwyer, over posts on the BCA website.
But while finding that the author of the comments, Sydney builder Ken Buckley, had breached the Racial Discrimination Act, ACT Federal Court judge Roger Gyles dismissed the proceeding against the BCA and ordered that Dr Silberberg pay Mr Dwyer's expenses....
...The court action, in which Mr Buckley was ordered to pay Dr Silberberg's costs, is a sequel to a long-running dispute between the BCA and HIA over mandatory builders' warranty insurance, which industry sources estimate earns the HIA $25 million to $30 million per year in commissions from big insurance companies.
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