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Federal Court Rule That Voluntary Assisted Dying Is The Same As Suicide Under Criminal Law

The Federal Court has ruled that voluntary assisted dying (VAD) is considered suicide under criminal law. The decision has been slammed by euthanasia advocates as “retrograde” and “out of step with both contemporary medicine, and contemporary Australia.” This massive decision means that any medical professionals who provide a patient with…

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No science behind dishwasher tablet claims, court finds

Two manufacturers have been stung for hyping up the cleaning ability of their dishwashing tablets when there is no adequate foundation in scientific knowledge.

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Doctors risk charges over online voluntary euthanasia

The Federal Court has ruled voluntary assisted dying laws equate to suicide, leaving doctors who help patients end their lives online at risk of prosecution.

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Asylum seeker 'Ned Kelly' freed from endless detention

An asylum seeker held for more than a decade has won a Federal Court appeal against the government's indefinite detention.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Solar panels, bullet fragments, and private rights of action.

Reason

Bruce Lehrmann’s Lawyers Say The Project ‘Utterly Destroyed’ Him In Day 1 Of Defamation Trial

“Our client comes here seeking vindication for the defamation that has utterly destroyed him. He comes here for justice."

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Jury experiments, assault weapons, and machine guns.

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Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales

Qantas has appeared before the Federal Court over the airline's decision to sell tickets for already cancelled flights.

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Pressure mounts on Australia to call for Gaza ceasefire

The Greens have echoed calls from Palestinian and human rights groups for a complete ceasefire in Gaza after staging a protest in the federal parliament.

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Man accused of being in contempt over deepfake images

A man arrested on the Gold Coast on charges relating to deepfake images of identified individuals is also accused of being in contempt of Federal Court orders.

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Judge rejects order to repatriate Aust women from Syria

A Federal Court judge has ruled against forcing the Australian government to repatriate 31 women and children from Syrian detention camps.

AAP

Court asked to reject 'drug dealers defence' for mine approvals

Mt Pleasant will become the largest producing coal mine in Australia.

Newcastle Herald

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Harvesting Facebook data, directorial diversity, and corrupt intent.

Reason

Gulp: The Gov Doesn’t Need To Consider Climate Harm When Approving New Fossil Fuel Projects

It’s official. The government can *completely ignore* climate risk when they approve new fossil fuel projects. Or, to be pedantic about it, it turns out the government has *always* been able to ignore climate risk under current environmental laws. How do we know this? In June Environment Council of Central…

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Federal Court dismisses mega mine challenge

The hears mine projects would raise climate change for decades.

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Palmer fails last-minute legal challenge to referendum

Clive Palmer has failed in a court appeal to argue ticks should not count in Saturday's voice referendum but if they do then 'X' votes should count as well.

The Conversation

Why the 'drug dealers defence' doesn't work for exporting coal. It's actually Economics 101

In defending a Federal Court case brought by opponents of her decisions to approve two export coal mines, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is relying in part on what critics call the “drug dealer’s defence”.

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Traditional owner wins court challenge against Woodside

Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper has won a Federal Court challenge, halting Woodside's seismic blasting plans for the massive offshore Scarborough gas project.

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Traditional owner challenges Woodside's seismic testing

A judge has reserved his decision in a Mardudhunera woman's court challenge to Woodside's Scarborough Gas Project seismic blasting plans.

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Security concerns 'red herring' in Syrian repatriations

A trial over the repatriation of 11 Australian women and 20 children, who are being detained in Syrian refugee camps, has begun in the Federal Court.

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Actor sues for $2m over alleged Rocky Horror sex abuse

Christie Whelan Browne is seeking millions of dollars from a theatrical firm she says ignored complaints of sexual abuse during a Rocky Horror Show production.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Music theory, cell phone seizures, and gratuitous strip searches.

AAP

Call to dismiss actor's sexual discrimination lawsuit

A theatrical company being sued by an actor who alleges she faced discrimination after making a sexual harassment claim says her case has come too late.

Reason

Federal Court Blocks N.M. Governor's 30-Day Ban on Gun Carrying in Albuquerque Area

In Wednesday's Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights [and companion cases] v. Grisham, Judge David Herrera Urias (D.N.M.) issued a temporary restraining order blocking the ban. The court's reasoning was simple: In Bruen, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment generally protects a right to carry arms in most public…

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Australia's highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staff during pandemic

Qantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier had illegally fired 1,700 baggage handlers, cleaners and other ground staff at the height of pandemic travel disruptions

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