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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

Russia redress considered as embassy land ruling upheld

A ruling in favour of the Commonwealth acquiring land intended for a Russian embassy on national security grounds has been welcomed by Australia's government.

AAP

World’s highest court issues groundbreaking ruling for climate action. Here’s what it means for Australia

The world’s highest court says countries are legally obliged to prevent harms caused by climate change, in a ruling that repudiates Australia’s claims it is not legally responsible for emissions from our fossil fuel exports.

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Trusted partner to the Pacific, or giant fossil fuel exporter? This week, Australia chose the latter

Australia has long tried to be two things at once – a trusted friend to Pacific nations in a bid to reduce China’s influence, and a giant exporter of fossil fuels. This diplomatic tightrope has become increasingly hard to walk, as Pacific nations see climate change as an existential threat.

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Operation Zufolo: Australia deployed a ‘charade’ to sustain indefinite immigration detention – it failed

Exclusive: The federal government set out to show it was trying to deport non-citizens, knowing there was a risk a key high court ruling could be overturned. But an insider says it was purely symbolic

The Guardian - AU

Asylum seekers with unfounded fears would have right to release if Australia loses case, high court told

Solicitor general warns that ruling indefinite detention unlawful could turn federal circuit court into ‘refugee tribunal’

The Guardian - AU

80 people freed from Australian migrant centers since High Court outlawed indefinite detention

Australia's immigration minister says 80 people including convicted criminals who are considered dangerous have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last week that their indefinite detention wis unconstitutional

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Malaysian hitman released from Australian immigration detention after high court ruling

Sirul Azhar Umar, sentenced in Malaysia over a politically charged murder, cannot be deported by Australia because he would face the death penalty

The Guardian - AU

Australia to immediately begin releasing people held in indefinite immigration detention

Legal advocate for detainees says government could be liable for compensation if it fails to free people

The Guardian - AU

Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision

Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt

The Guardian - AU

Australia backs Ukraine at UN's highest court

Australia's solicitor-general has delivered an intervention at the International Court of Justice in support of Ukraine's case against the invasion by Russia.

AAP

Australia to support Ukraine at UN's highest court

Australia's Solicitor-General will deliver an intervention at the International Court of Justice in support of Ukraine's case against the invasion by Russia.

AAP

Unpacking five key claims from Jacinta Price’s National Press Club address on the voice

We look at the shadow Indigenous Australians minister’s comments on issues including colonisation and the power and composition of the voice to parliament

The Guardian - AU

The Voice to Parliament explained

Now we finally have a date for the Voice to Parliament referendum, it’s a good time to return to the terrific work our academic experts have done to explain the Voice to Parliament – as well as debunking some of the misinformation and disinformation we’ve seen so far.

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Journalists reporting on the Voice to Parliament do voters a disservice with 'he said, she said' approach

For much of the past two decades, polarisation and hyper-partisanship have weakened Western democracies, most notably in the United States and Britain. Australia has not escaped, although the consequences here have been nothing as compared with Brexit or the insurrection in Washington on January 6, 2021.

The Conversation

Solicitor-general confirms Voice model is legally sound, will not 'fetter or impede' parliament

The federal government today released the long-awaited legal advice on the Voice to parliament from Australia’s solicitor-general, Stephen Donaghue.

ABC News

Voice to Parliament would be an 'enhancement' to constitution, according to solicitor-general

The federal government releases opinion from the solicitor-general on the Voice to Parliament, which deems the proposed amendment legally sound and an "enhancement" to the constitution.

AAP

Solicitor-general says voice will 'enhance' government

Opinion from the solicitor-general supports the Albanese government's proposed wording for the Indigenous voice in the constitution.

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High Court dumps Facebook's challenge against prosecution over Cambridge Analytica privacy breaches

Facebook had argued it was not responsible for allegedly unlawful access to Australians' personal data in 2014 and 2015, which was later used in Donald Trump's election campaign.

The Independent UK

Judge to probe how former Australia PM gained secret powers

A retired judge has been appointed to investigate how former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was able to secretly amass unprecedented ministerial powers in defiance of political conventions

The Independent UK

Australia launches inquiry into former PM Scott Morrison: ‘Our democracy is precious’

‘Our democracy is precious. Australians deserve to know who is responsible for making decisions on their behalf’

The Conversation

View from The Hill: How does Albanese frame Morrison inquiry without embroiling the governor-general?

Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue has neatly summarised Scott Morrison’s political misdemeanour in having himself secretly appointed to all those ministries.

The Independent UK

Australia to prevent prime ministers gaining secret powers

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will launch an inquiry aimed at preventing a prime minister from ever again secretly amassing new ministerial powers

Axios

Australia announces inquiry into former Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Report finds he acted legally but "fundamentally undermined" government principles by quietly taking on extra ministerial powers.

ABC News

Scott Morrison's secret ministries: What we learned from the solicitor-general's advice

Anthony Albanese says the advice was a "very clear criticism" of the implications for Australia's parliamentary democracy. Here's what the advice said, and what happens next.

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