Tiwi Islanders lose challenge against Santos' pipeline Tiwi Islands traditional owner Simon Munkara has lost his Federal Court case seeking an injunction against Santos' Barossa gas export pipeline in the Timor Sea. AAP · Jan 15, 2024
NSW premier flags pivot for forestry after court battle The premier says NSW's forestry industry can't remain static and change is coming after environmentalists lost a court battle over forest protections. AAP · Jan 9, 2024
UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant Australia breached the cultural rights of the Wunna Nyiyaparli people, the United Nations Human Rights Committee says, raising questions about native title. AAP · Jan 5, 2024
'Cheap, nasty' Reynolds involved in cover-up: Wilkinson Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has given evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, accusing Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds of "deplorable" conduct. AAP · Dec 13, 2023
ANZ fined by regulator over disclosure failings The Federal Court has ordered ANZ to pay a $900,000 penalty for failing to transparently declare where its shares went in a 2015 capital raising event. AAP · Dec 8, 2023
Nobody reads T&C's – but the High Court’s Ruby Princess decision shows consumer law may protect us anyway How many times have you booked travel - like a cruise or a tour - and simply clicked that you’ve read and agreed to the terms and conditions for your trip without actually reading them? The Conversation · Dec 7, 2023
Co-star's widow suing Matt Wright's chopper company The widow of Outback Wrangler star Chris Wilson is suing his co-star Matt Wright's helicopter company and the aviation safety regulator. AAP · Dec 6, 2023
Bruise may not have been from alleged rape: Higgins Brittany Higgins has been quizzed over a bruise allegedly sustained on the night of her claimed rape at Parliament House in Canberra. AAP · Nov 30, 2023
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… Pedestrian.tv · Nov 30, 2023
Hefty fine for RACQ after misleading discounts Insurer RACQ has been hit with a $10 million penalty in the Federal Court after potentially misleading customers about price discounts. AAP · Nov 30, 2023
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. AAP · Nov 30, 2023
Higgins says she couldn't scream during alleged rape Brittany Higgins has detailed her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann and criticised the government response while testifying at his Federal Court defamation trial. AAP · Nov 28, 2023
Apology for 'shameful' theft of Indigenous worker wages The West Australian premier has formally apologised to Indigenous workers who received little to no pay for almost 40 years. AAP · Nov 27, 2023
Tiwi songline protected from pipeline but work allowed The Federal Court has granted a limited injunction against Santos constructing its Barossa gas pipeline, excluding an area off the coast of the Tiwi Islands. AAP · Nov 15, 2023
The Conversation · Nov 9, 2023 41 US states are suing Meta for getting teens hooked on social media. Here’s what to expect next In the United States, 41 states have filed lawsuits against Meta for allegedly driving social media addiction in its young users (under the age of 18), amid growing concerns about the negative effects of platforms.
AAP · Nov 3, 2023 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.
AAP · Nov 2, 2023 Court ruling delays Santos' Barossa gas pipe dream Australian gas giant Santos' Barossa project has been stalled again hours before work on the $5 billion pipeline was due to begin.
AAP · Nov 2, 2023 Santos to temporarily halt 'irreparable' Barossa works Australian gas giant Santos will not be permitted to begin laying the Barossa pipeline while the Federal Court determines whether there are cultural risks.
AAP · Nov 1, 2023 Indigenous stolen wages class action reaches settlement The WA government will compensate thousands of Indigenous workers and their descendants who were paid little or no wages between 1936 and 1972.
AAP · Oct 30, 2023 Govt official to make formal apology to Jewish students The Federal Court has ordered the Victorian education department to make a formal oral apology to five Jewish students who were bullied at a state school.
AAP · Oct 26, 2023 First Nations group takes action over groundwater plan A First Nations group is challenging approval of the NSW Murray-Darling Basin Fractured Rock Water Resource plan in court, saying it wasn't properly consulted.
AAP · Oct 19, 2023 Traditional owners take gas objections to super funds Traditional owners from three First Nations have been fighting gas giant Santos for years and now they're asking super funds to act on their objections.
AAP · Oct 11, 2023 Court dismisses climate case against Plibersek The Federal Court has found the federal environment minister isn't obliged to act on evidence that coal mines will harm natural wonders such as the reef.
AAP · Oct 6, 2023 Santos in the dock over 'clean gas', net-zero by offset Australia's biggest gas supplier Santos faces many months of costly wrangling with shareholder activists in the federal court over allegations of greenwashing.
AAP · Oct 5, 2023 'Final step' to seal mega-union's divorce The Federal Court has been asked to finalise a two-and-a-half year battle by mining workers who wish to split from the CFMMEU.