Amanda Sapienza

After years of pre-trial stoushes, a trademark dispute over Russian vodka has worn a Federal Court judge’s patience thin, with the judge remarking that the court was entitled to expect better from the litigants.

Former senator Rex Patrick has defeated the Attorney General’s appeal of a ruling which clarified that a loophole cannot be used to avoid Freedom of Information requests when a minister leaves office. 

The Commonwealth can be held criminally responsible for damage to First Nations sacred sites in the Northern Territory, the High Court has unanimously found in a case over construction damage to Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park.