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Michael Byrnes
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Michael Byrnes appeared on 10News+ on 18 March 2026 to analyse the legal issues aris­ing from ARN’s ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment. Dur­ing the seg­ment Michael pro­vid­ed expert com­men­tary on con­tract ter­mi­na­tion, alleged seri­ous mis­con­duct, and the poten­tial legal con­se­quences for both the broad­cast­er and on‑air tal­ent, offer­ing clear insight into what may hap­pen next in the high‑profile dispute.

Michael Byrnes appeared on 10News+ on 18 March 2026 to dis­cuss legal issues aris­ing from the ter­mi­na­tion of Kyle Sandi­lands’ ser­vices agree­ment by ARN (from 0:55 to 5:25)

to watch the inter­view click here

https://​10​.com​.au/​n​e​w​s​/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​1​0​-​n​e​w​s​-​1​8​-​m​a​r​-​2​0​2​6​/​t​p​v​2​6​0​3​1​8​soglp

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Publications

A High­er Evi­den­tiary Bur­den for Work Orders: The Prac­ti­cal Impli­ca­tions of The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan No 102171 v Ceerose Pty Ltd [2025] NSW­CATCD 137

The deci­sion in The Own­ers – Stra­ta Plan No 102171 v Ceerose Pty Ltd; Zone Q Mil­sons Point Devel­op­ment Pty Ltd v Ceerose…

Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2026

Employ­ers and employ­ees alike should be aware of impor­tant changes in the work­place rela­tions are­na, effec­tive 1 July 2026. From that date:the…

Strata Plan 92183 v Samdora Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 406 | 'Substantive Control' over Works & s37 of the DB&P Act

In this case, the plain­tiff (Stra­ta Plan 92183) brought pro­ceed­ings alleg­ing defec­tive res­i­den­tial build­ing work in rela­tion to 9 town hous­es…

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Protest group los­es appeal to obtain gov­ern­ment documents

The cas­es — Mudgee Region Health Alliance v Min­is­ter for Finance, Domes­tic Man­u­fac­tur­ing and Gov­ern­ment Pro­cure­ment and Nat­ur­al Resources [2026] NSW­CATAD…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The PM v work­place stan­dards”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“The PM v work­place stan­dards”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 July 2026To read the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“When does a com­pet­i­tive cul­ture become a legal risk?”, pub­lished in AHRI AM on 6 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“When does a com­pet­i­tive cul­ture become a legal risk?”, pub­lished in AHRI AM on 6 July…

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