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Former SAS soldier who gave evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith trial charged with obstructing and causing harm to war crimes investigators

The former elite soldier, who previously gave evidence in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial, has appeared in court, charged with obstructing and intimidating one Commonwealth official and harming another.

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Flea collars, bachelors, and data scraping.

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Westpac fined $113m for compliance failure

Westpac has been fined $113 million by the Federal Court for a series of compliance failures that included charging advice fees to thousands of dead customers.

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Trivago fined $44.7m over misleading rates

Travel booking company Trivago has been fined $44.7 million after a Federal Court judge found it intentionally misled consumers about hotel room rates.

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Friend denies plotting with Roberts-Smith

A former SAS soldier has told a Federal Court trial he never colluded with his friend Ben Roberts-Smith and other soldiers over crucial evidence in the case.

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Witness denies plotting with Roberts-Smith

A former SAS soldier has told a Federal Court trial he never colluded with Ben Roberts-Smith in order to lie about alleged war crimes of murder in Afghanistan.

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Former soldier called to give evidence for Ben Roberts-Smith denies giving false account in return for ongoing payment of his legal fees

A former SAS patrol commander tells the Federal Court that he only found out this week that Mr Roberts-Smith's employer, billionaire businessman Kerry Stokes, has been paying his legal fees since 2020.

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Judge relied on 'improper, odd' evidence from witness to remove Christian Porter's lawyer in ABC trial, court told

The decision to prevent Sue Chrysanthou from representing the former federal attorney-general against the ABC cost Christian Porter more than $400,000.

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Husband of Melissa Caddick stakes claim to a share of the millions she owned in property, luxury cars and jewellery

Anthony Koletti has submitted a claim to the Federal Court for a cut of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick's assets, including property, luxury cars and designer jewellery.

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Federal Court Rules Against CDC Transportation Mask Mandate

The decision holds that the CDC exceeded its legal authority. But it may be vulnerable to reversal on appeal.

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Roberts-Smith's witness opposes key claims

The first SAS witness to testify on Ben Roberts-Smith's behalf in the Federal Court has contradicted a number of key allegations the VC recipient faces.

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Roberts-Smith’s witness opposes key claims

The first SAS witness to testify on Ben Roberts-Smith’s behalf in the Federal Court has contradicted a number of key allegations the VC recipient faces.

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Negligent investigation, racketeering, and gambling in Vegas.

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ACCC accuses Honda of misleading customers and causing harm to two dealerships

The consumer watchdog has launched Federal Court action against Honda Australia, accusing the car company of misleading customers and causing harm to two former authorised dealerships.

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Queensland native title claim recognised

The Federal Court has recognised the Wakka Wakka people’s native title claims in southern Queensland, ending a 25-year legal battle.

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Palmer, WA premier seek aggravated damages

Billionaire Clive Palmer and West Australian Premier Mark McGowan are each seeking aggravated damages in their defamation case before the Federal Court.

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Foreign Vic property investor fined $250k

A foreign investor who bought up real estate in Melbourne without approval has been ordered to pay $250,000, in a Federal Court first.

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John Quigley 'corrects' evidence in defamation case involving Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan

John Quigley returns to the Federal Court to "correct" evidence he gave in defamation proceedings involving the WA Premier and Clive Palmer, with the judge saying Mr Palmer's lawyers were drawing "a bit of a long bow" by saying Mr Quigley was deceitful.

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7-Eleven's $98m class action bill approved

The Federal Court has published its reasons for approving a $98 million class settlement to be paid out by convenience chain 7-Eleven.

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Government to challenge High Court ruling that Indigenous people cannot be considered aliens

The federal government will use an appeal hearing to challenge an earlier High Court ruling that effectively put Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people beyond the reach of immigration laws, even if they were born overseas and did not have Australian citizenship.

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Raft of former Liberal politicians, staffers included in government appointments

The government has appointed judges, board members and new heads of organisations in recent days, before the federal election is likely called later this week.

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Witness laments ‘weak leadership’ in SAS

Ben Roberts-Smith and his patrol members were let down by weak leadership in the ranks of the special forces, the Federal Court has been told.

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Witness laments 'weak leadership' in SAS

Ben Roberts-Smith and his patrol members were let down by weak leadership in the ranks of the special forces, the Federal Court has been told.

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Acts of state, hedonic damages, and bang-bang commands.

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