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Tribunal awards male police officer $20k in compensation after younger colleague wins job

A police officer who missed out on an internal transfer has been awarded $20,000 after a tribunal found he was directly discriminated against in an internal review process due to his gender. 

The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) found Detective Senior Constable Martin White's gender was a "causative and not insignificant factor" in his internal grievance being rejected after he was overlooked for a transfer to a regional police station.

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