Following Messenger’s termination in 2017, he and his wife Fern who was Senator Lambie’s office manager, filed lawsuits in the Federal Court of Australia under the Fair Work Act 2009 against the Commonwealth of Australia and Senator Lambie.
In 2017, after Messenger left his role, he along with his wife Fern, who had previously worked as an office manager for Senator Lambie, filed lawsuits in the Federal Court of Australia under the Fair Work Act 2009 against both the Commonwealth and Senator Lambie.