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Gas project loses tax claim over fly-in fly-out costs

A construction company for a Queensland gas project has argued for claiming more than $13 million in tax deductions for the cost of flying in workers.

AAP

Seven chased for legal costs of Ben Roberts-Smith loss

Seven Network and Kerry Stokes' private company are being pursued for costs by three media organisations after Ben Roberts-Smith's massive defamation loss.

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LGBTQ+ people are facing increasing persecution globally, but refugee status is still extremely hard to get

The newly passed Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda has made a country that was already dangerous for LGBTQ+ people truly treacherous.

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Sydney MP sues Mark Latham over ‘homophobic’ tweet

Independent MP Alex Greenwich is suing Mark Latham for aggravated damages, claiming the NSW One Nation leader defamed him.

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Sydney MP sues Mark Latham over 'homophobic' tweet

Independent MP Alex Greenwich alleges Mark Latham defamed him in a statement of claim filed against the former federal opposition leader in the Federal Court.

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Katy Perry appeals trademark loss to Aussie designer

Pop superstar Katy Perry is challenging a court judgment that found her Prism tour merchandise infringed the trade mark of an Australian fashion designer.

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Leaked Higgins texts ‘calculated to pressure witnesses’

Leaked text messages sent by Brittany Higgins could be an orchestrated effort to influence defamation action launched by Bruce Lehrmann, lawyers have argued.

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Leaked Brittany Higgins texts to be raised in Federal Court

Leaked text messages between Brittany Higgins and her partner appear to have set off another legal stoush – this time in the Federal Court.

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7-Eleven food delivery service edges closer after Seven Network’s legal loss

Seven Network has failed to hold onto the 7NOW trade mark, opening the door for 7-Eleven to use it to launch a food delivery service.

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Sedition — illogical equation of government with state

The real issue is that the law of sedition contained in Section 124A of the IPC is unconstitutional

The Hindu

Dell admits misleading consumers about monitor prices

Consumers who purchased monitors from Dell as an add-on to a desktop or laptop were misled about prices and charged inflated rates.

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Convicted paedophile John Millwood moved $800k on day sent to jail, Tasmanian court hears

A court hears paedophile John Wayne Millwood transferred more than $800,000 to his former partner and daughter the same day he was sentenced for sexually abusing a person who is now in a legal fight to claim a $6 million compensation payout.

ABC News

'Illogical, irrational and unlawful': Minister taken to court over Hunter mine ruling

The Mt Pleasant expansion plan will extend the mine's life by 22 years

Newcastle Herald

What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?

On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times.

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Fair Work accuses Woolworths and Coles of setting up 'foreign' pay system to underpay workers

The Fair Work Ombudsman tells the Federal Court that Coles and Woolworths have to pay for allegedly ripping off store workers via an illicit salary system.

ABC News

A group of women and children living in a camp in Syria wants the federal government to bring them home

A group of 26 Australians living in a camp in Syria have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs. Lawyers for the women and children say they were tricked into going to the conflict zone.

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Coles and Woolworths set up ‘foreign’ pay system

The Fair Work Ombudsman has told the Federal Court that Coles and Woolworths have to pay for allegedly ripping off store workers via an illicit salary system.

The Canberra Times

Parents apply for Brindabella Christian College to be wound up

The board said a debt was not paid due to an 'administrative error'.

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Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial of the century all boiled down to the question of who was lying

Ben Roberts-Smith's loss is seen as a major win for Australian investigative journalism, with the Federal Court finding in favour of the substantial truth in the news articles about him.

The Conversation

Australian Defence Force must ensure the findings against Ben Roberts-Smith are not the end of the story

On Thursday, Justice Anthony Besanko of the Federal Court dismissed defamation proceedings brought by former Special Air Service soldier Ben Roberts-Smith against several Australian news outlets.

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What comes next for war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith after his defamation case was dismissed?

Ben Roberts-Smith has lost one of the most expensive defamation trials in Australia, and along with it his reputation. There are other factors that now need to be considered too.

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Australia's most decorated soldier loses defamation case for alleged war crimes

An Australian federal court judge ruled that newspaper articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan.

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Russia wins court battle over new ACT embassy site

Russia's lease on the land for a new embassy in Canberra has been reinstated after it scored a win over the Australian government in the Federal Court.

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith loses mammoth defamation battle against newspapers, reporters

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith's decision to sue the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times, and three journalists, in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018 backfires.

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Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith to learn fate today, five years after launching defamation battle

The Victoria Cross recipient sued the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three journalists in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018. Today Justice Anthony Besanko will deliver his judgement.

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