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Court won’t halt slashing works for Brunswick Heads development
An environmental group has lost its bid to stop slashing works at a development site at Brunswick Heads, after a judge tossed its lawsuit seeking to block the 123-lot residential development.
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Court asked to halt slashing for Brunswick Heads development
An environmental group that plans to appeal its failed challenge to a Brunswick Heads development has launched a bid to stop slashing works at the site.
High Court won’t hear Giggle for Girls appeal of trans woman’s win
The High Court has declined to hear social media app Giggle for Girls' appeal seeking to reverse a finding that it committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from its platform.
Pauline Hanson asks High Court to hear case over ‘piss off’ tweet
One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has asked the High Court to overturn a finding that she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.
Judge takes ‘draconian step’ of tossing long-running Obeid tax cases
A judge has taken the "draconian step" of dismissing long-running tax cases by the members of the Obeid family, on the eve of a hearing over a $30 million freezing order against the family. 
ATO wants new judge to hear former EY partner’s case
Awaiting judgment in a case by the ATO alleging the promotion of tax loss schemes, former EY partner Peter White has fired off his own case against the tax office, and both sides want a different judge to hear the matter.
Obeid family says negotiations with ATO have ‘hit brick wall’
Talks between the tax office and the family of former Labor politician Eddie Obeid to settle recently revived litigation have stalled, a court has been told. 
Pauline Hanson loses appeal over ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ tweet
One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has lost her appeal of a ruling that found she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.
After nine years on ice, Obeids press on with cases against ATO
Twelve cases brought by Labor politician Eddie Obeid and his family against the tax office are back on track after they were stayed in 2017 pending the outcome of a criminal prosecution against Obeid and his son Moses.
Parliamentary privilege bars Hansard in Fair Work bias challenge: court
The Full Federal Court has found Hansard extracts are inadmissible in Tesa Group's judicial review challenge to Fair Work Commission Deputy President and former Labor MP Terri Butler's refusal to recuse herself from the mining company's 'same job, same pay' cases.