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Imposing a duty of care on the Australian government to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change would not involve the Federal Court in matters of political judgment, a failed class action has argued on appeal.
A class action is appealing a ruling that found the federal government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to protect them from the effects of climate change, with experts predicting the High Court may ultimately decide the issue.
The tax commissioner has suffered a major loss in a dispute with Malaysian power company YTL Power over a $948 million capital gain from the sale of its stake in South Australia-based ElectraNet in 2022.
An appeals court has thrown out X Corp’s legal challenge to a compliance notice issued by the eSafety Commissioner to corporate predecessor Twitter over child exploitation material monitoring on its platform.
A judge has found that the government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to protect them against the effects of climate change, despite finding that there was a very real risk they could become “climate refugees”.
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Granting an appeal by native title holders, the High Court has found that a ‘connection’ with relevant land need not be demonstrated by physical acts.
The eSafety Commissioner has told the Full Court X Corp should not be able to use its merger with corporate predecessor Twitter to escape regulation.
A judge has overturned energy minister Chris Bowen's refusal to greenlight energy company Seadragon’s offshore wind farm project off the coast of Gippsland.
X Corp is going to the Full Federal Court with its challenge to an infringement notice by eSafety over the social media platform's handling of child exploitation material.