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UN appointee wants in on cases over Woodside North West Shelf extension
A United Nations special rapporteur has sought to intervene in three Federal Court cases opposing the federal environment minister's decision to approve gas giant Woodside's North West Shelf extension.
COVID-19 quarantine class action should be tossed for ‘fabricated jurisdiction’, court told
The NT government says a class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility had no business in the Federal Court.
NT says court has no jurisdiction to hear COVID quarantine class action
The Northern Territory government is fighting a false imprisonment and wrongful death class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility.
Class action firm may seek compensation for unlawful immigration detention
A leading class action firm may seek compensation for those who were illegally detained after the High Court ruled that Australia's system of holding individuals indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful.
Court tosses case over sacred trees at Western Highway upgrade site
A court has summarily dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Victorian government of acting unlawfully by improving the Western Highway and threatening to harm six 'directions' trees of cultural significance to the Djab Wurrung people.