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Australian court rejects indigenous activist’s bid to prosecute King Charles over genocide; says ‘will take fight to ICC after exhausting domestic options’

An Australian appeals court has rejected an Indigenous activist’s attempt to bring a private prosecution against King Charles III over allegations that Australia’s treatment of Indigenous people amounts to genocide.

The Times of India · Sep 28

Australian court rejects activist’s bid to prosecute King Charles for genocide

The ruling by three judges leaves Uncle Robbie Thorpe with one final domestic option

The Independent UK · Sep 28

Russia fights edict Canberra embassy a security threat

Diplomatic tensions between Australia and Russia are playing out in the High Court after a new embassy in Canberra was denied by the federal government.

AAP · Aug 6, 2025

Dutton is demanding Australia resist ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders – and a Howard-era law could help him

Legal experts say a ‘carve-out’ clause in the law relating to extraditions could let the attorney general decline to enforce arrest warrants issued under international law

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2024

Australia's despair at writer's death sentence in China

The prime minister has expressed dismay and despair after a Chinese-Australian writer was handed a suspended death sentence.

AAP · Feb 5, 2024

Russian 'diplomat' squatting in embassy in massive row with Australia over security

Russia and Australia are caught in a bitter, multi-million pound court row over the country's attempt to block the Kremlin's new embassy which has reportedly led to a diplomat squatting on the site in protest

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023

Australia says Russian squatting at embassy site ‘not a threat’

Suspected diplomat was first seen at the site last Sunday and is said to be living in a portable cabin.

Al Jazeera · Jun 23, 2023

Suspected Russian diplomat is occupying the nation's vetoed embassy site in Australia's capital

A suspected lone Russian diplomat is apparently squatting on the site of Moscow's proposed embassy that the Australian government has vetoed

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Sailors on abandoned ship Yangtze Fortune in limbo while anchored on Victorian coast

With a cracked hull and thousands of dollars in unpaid wages owed to its Filipino crew, the Yangtze Fortune's Chinese owners have abandoned the ship amid mounting debt.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2023

The Loop: Fears of possible miscalculation in South China Sea, Amber Heard loses bid for a new trial, Queensland reclaims State of Origin shield

Stay in The Loop with this quick look at what's making news today.

ABC News · Jul 13, 2022