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WA Premier Mark McGowan has told a defamation trial that Clive Palmer made statements that led to deaths threats against him and his family.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Twitter's content moderation, LBJ's lies, and a judge's ruse.

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Renee Ferguson is seeking almost $1 million in damages from her former employer, Cricket Tasmania

Renee Ferguson, who was involved in a sexting exchange with ex-captain Tim Paine, files an unrelated claim with the Federal Court alleging she was subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment while working for Cricket Tasmania.

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Probuild fallout a 'nightmare', court told

Lawyers for collapsed building giant Probuild's administrators have told the Federal Court they are in a "nightmarish" situation.

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Witness disputes Roberts-Smith's VC award

A former SAS sergeant has told the Federal Court the prestigious Victoria Cross was politicised and partly awarded to Ben Roberts-Smith as a "good news story".

AAP

AUSTRAC eyes Crown over alleged breaches

AUSTRAC has served two Crown operations with a statement of claim and begun proceedings in the Federal Court, following an investigation that began in 2020.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Racial Balancing Policy Resulting in Discrimination Against Asian Applicants at Prominent Virginia Public School

The new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology did not explicitly discriminate based on race. But the court found it was intended to reduce the number of Asian students admitted, in order to increase the percentage of students from other groups.

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Soldier denies lying about Roberts-Smith

A former SAS soldier maintains that Ben Roberts-Smith expressed the desire "to kill" and told the Federal Court he saw dead insurgents on his iPod.

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Roberts-Smith 'told SAS to kill prisoners'

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith told SAS troopers during a training session to execute Afghan prisoners, the Federal Court has been told.

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Federal Court Bars Federal Agencies from Considering the Costs of Climate Change in Agency Rulemakings

A federal district court has taken the unusual step of enjoining an Executive Order setting forth an Administration's regulatory priorities.

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Roberts-Smith threats reported to witness

A former SAS patrol commander has told the Federal Court a trooper reported being bullied and having his life threatened by Ben Roberts-Smith.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Goat standing, galling doctrines, and forfeited arguments.

Reason

Border timing coincidence, WA premier says

Western Australia's number of active COVID-19 infections has risen to 877, with Premier Mark McGowan saying he intends to quarantine after the state reopens.

AAP

SAS witness denies fabricating bullying

An SAS soldier who he was threatened and bullied by Ben Roberts-Smith has denied he fabricated the claims, while giving evidence in the Federal Court.

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Clive Palmer tells defamation trial he feared Mark McGowan had 'licence to kill' under legislation

Testifying in the Federal Court where he and the WA Premier are suing each other for defamation, mining magnate Clive Palmer says he believed Mark McGowan could kill him without being prosecuted.

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Clive Palmer vs Mark McGowan defamation trial begins in Federal Court

Federal Court defamation proceedings between Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan get underway in Sydney, as the court is shown videos of press conferences in which the Premier calls the billionaire "selfish" and says he is "the enemy of the state".

Newcastle Herald

Port says BHP land move sells Hunter down the river

The government has put a key slice of Newcastle port land on the market three days before the competition watchdog launches a Federal Court appeal over the state's port lease deals.

AAP

Palmer, McGowan court stoush gets underway

Businessman Clive Palmer is expected to tell a court that statements made by West Australian Premier Mark McGowan had a "real and serious impact" on him.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Spoiled food, thugs with badges, and strip searches in school.

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Labourer 'employee, not contractor': court

The High Court has ruled in favour of an unskilled backpacker who worked at a Perth construction site and argued he was rightly an employee, not a contractor.

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Throwing Roberts-Smith under bus denied

Ben Roberts-Smith's lawyer has accused a witness of trying to throw the war hero under a proverbial bus after a clarification emerged in the Federal Court.

AAP

Federal Court dismisses Facebook appeal

The Federal Court has rejected an appeal by Facebook after the Australian regulator sued the digital company following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Psilocybin, prayer oil, and net neutrality.

Reason

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Discipline of Military Officers for Religious Refusal of COVID Vaccine

"The record creates a strong inference that the services are discriminatorily and systematically denying religious exemptions without a meaningful and fair hearing and without the showing required under RFRA (while simultaneously granting medical exemptions and permitting unvaccinated persons to continue in service without adverse consequence)."

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BBC investigation raises doubts over timing of Novak Djokovic's positive COVID test

The BBC analyses the serial numbers of a range of COVID tests in Serbia, finding that Novak Djokovic's positive test may have occurred later than documents he submitted to the Federal Court indicated.

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