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Bluescope’s defence in ACCC case would ‘eviscerate’ cartel laws, trial told
Steel maker Bluescope’s claim that it didn't engage in cartel conduct because it only encouraged distributors to set a price for its products would "eviscerate" cartel laws, the ACCC has told a court.
Daily Mail editor wrote ‘let’s rip into this sheila’ before publishing Erin Molan article, court hears
A Daily Mail editor sent an email to a journalist that said 'Let's rip into this sheila' before publishing an article about sports presenter Erin Molan that's at the centre of a defamation trial which kicked off Monday.
Ben Roberts-Smith says ex-wife lied to court about accessing his personal emails
A lawyer for accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has told a judge his ex-wife did not honestly disclose whether she had given her close friend access to her former husband's email account, and had misused his confidential and privileged information.
Victoria says COVID-19 lockdown did not violate freedom of communication
The Victorian Government has told a judge the COVID-19 restrictions imposed during its extended lockdown last year did not infringe on the freedom of political communication, as trial kicked off in a protestor's lawsuit challenging the stay-at-home orders.
Foreign troops were ‘infidels’, Afghan witness tells court in Ben-Roberts Smith defamation trial
Australian soldiers who raided a village in Afghanistan were “infidels” and the people they killed were “martyrs”, an Afghan villager related to a man allegedly murdered by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court.
Radio device planted on murdered Afghan villager, Ben Roberts-Smith trial told
A communications device was planted on an unarmed Afghan villager who was allegedly murdered by former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, a court overseeing the accused war criminal's defamation trial has heard.
Canberra eyed as possible new venue for Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial
Canberra has been floated as a potential new venue for the trial in former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case as Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak worsens, but a judge has said moving the hearing created “real difficulties”.
Nine wants subpoenas thrown out in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case
Media company Nine, which is facing defamation claims from Ben Roberts-Smith over articles accusing him of war crimes, has asked the court to set aside two subpoenas from the decorated veteran related to a woman who has accused him of domestic violence, arguing the subpoenas act as a substitute for discovery.
Ben Roberts-Smith trial to resume with evidence from four Afghan witnesses
Four witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed man off a cliff in Afghanistan will give evidence next week in the war veteran’s defamation trial, which has been disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions in NSW.
Former NSW ministers Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald found guilty of conspiracy
A judge has found former NSW Labor Ministers Ian McDonald and Eddie Obeid, as well as Obeid's son Moses, guilty of conspiring to rig a tender process for a coal mining exploration licence on the Obeids' land in the Bylong Valley.