The High Court of Australia has been asked to consider whether Northern Territory public housing tenants should be able to sue their landlord for distress and disappointment over a failure to carry out repairs.
Two public housing tenants from the remote Central Australian community of Santa Teresa, south-east of Alice Springs, will today have their case heard in Australia's top court, asking it to overturn a previous ruling that they are not entitled to compensation for the impact the lack of repairs had on them.
