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Australia's top court rejects Russia's challenge to embassy eviction

Australia’s highest court has rejected Russia's challenge to a law that evicted it on security grounds from a site where a new embassy was under construction

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

X doesn't mark the spot when it comes to Twitter fine

X Corp should not be responsible for fines issued to Twitter by the Australian eSafety Commissioner, its lawyers argued, as they are different companies.

AAP · Sep 9, 2024

‘Red flags everywhere’: high court asks Catholic church why it didn’t investigate priest’s abuse 50 years ago

High court of Australia is considering a NSW court’s permanent stay in a case brought by a woman who alleges she was abused as a 14-year-old

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

Why a voice to parliament won’t affect First Nations sovereignty as Lidia Thorpe fears

The senator is demanding Labor ‘be clear about our sovereignty’. Experts explain why the two issues are entirely separate

The Guardian - AU · Jan 26, 2023

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe admits to undisclosed relationship with ex-Rebels president Dean Martin while on law enforcement committee

Staffers to Greens senator Lidia Thorpe were concerned her undisclosed relationship with a former outlaw motorcycle gang president while she served on parliament's law enforcement committee posed a perceived conflict of interest.

ABC News · Oct 20, 2022

WorkSafe prohibition on Assembly was not legally valid: top barrister

Committee hearings at the Assembly came to a halt following the issuing of the notice.

The Canberra Times · Oct 11, 2022

NSW government to boost funding to Icac despite Scott Morrison’s criticisms of watchdog

Dominic Perrottet says funding change was ‘not completely in line’ with Icac’s requests but ‘strikes the right balance’

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022

Accuser's friend wished Porter ill: lawyer

Ill will felt toward Christian Porter should not have barred his barrister from representing him in his defamation case against the ABC, a court has been told.

AAP · Apr 20, 2022