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Casuals' class action belatedly withdrawn

After an email glitch caused a lengthy delay, the Federal Court has agreed to discontinue a class action launched on behalf of thousands of Programmed coal mineworkers allegedly misclassified as casuals until the High Court's Rossato ruling decimated the case.

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