DARK SECRETS: 26 - The Real Truth

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Goat standing, galling doctrines, and forfeited arguments.

Reason · Feb 18, 2022

Border timing coincidence, WA premier says

Western Australia's number of active COVID-19 infections has risen to 877, with Premier Mark McGowan saying he intends to quarantine after the state reopens.

AAP · Feb 18, 2022

SAS witness denies fabricating bullying

An SAS soldier who he was threatened and bullied by Ben Roberts-Smith has denied he fabricated the claims, while giving evidence in the Federal Court.

AAP · Feb 17, 2022

Labourer 'employee, not contractor': court

The High Court has ruled in favour of an unskilled backpacker who worked at a Perth construction site and argued he was rightly an employee, not a contractor.

AAP · Feb 9, 2022

Throwing Roberts-Smith under bus denied

Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyer has accused a witness of trying to throw the war hero under a proverbial bus after a clarification emerged in the Federal Court.

AAP · Feb 7, 2022

Federal Court dismisses Facebook appeal

The Federal Court has rejected an appeal by Facebook after the Australian regulator sued the digital company following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

AAP · Feb 7, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Psilocybin, prayer oil, and net neutrality.

Reason · Feb 4, 2022

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Discipline of Military Officers for Religious Refusal of COVID Vaccine

"The record creates a strong inference that the services are discriminatorily and systematically denying religious exemptions without a meaningful and fair hearing and without the showing required under RFRA (while simultaneously granting medical exemptions and permitting unvaccinated persons to continue in service without adverse consequence)."

Reason · Feb 3, 2022

BBC investigation raises doubts over timing of Novak Djokovic's positive COVID test

The BBC analyses the serial numbers of a range of COVID tests in Serbia, finding that Novak Djokovic's positive test may have occurred later than documents he submitted to the Federal Court indicated.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

Get up to speed with all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022