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Enviro group loses appeal over planned burns in greater glider habitat
Environment 2024-10-23 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has lost a court challenge to controlled burns in the stateā€™s Strathbogie Forest, despite arguing they would destroy the habitat of the endangered Southern greater glider.Ā 

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High Court refuses special leave in Syria repatriation fight
High Court 2024-09-24 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Human rights group Save the Children has lost its fight to release Australians held in a Syrian refugee camp after the High Court refused its special leave bid.Ā 

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High Court asked to weigh plea for Australians in Syrian refugee camp
Human Rights 2024-07-22 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

A human rights group is continuing its fight for the release of Australians held in a Syrian refugee camp, bringing its case for a writ of habeas corpus to the High Court.

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Human rights group loses appeal fight to bring home Australians from Syrian refugee camp
Human Rights 2024-06-18 12:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by human rights group Save the Children, which sought to bring home Australians stuck in Syrian camps, rejecting as “mere conjecture” claims that Home Affairs had a repatriation arrangement with an authority in Syria.

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High Court challenge lodged over mega coal mine extensions in NSW
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-14 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environment advocacy group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a decision that allowed the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying courts have “enfeebled” environmental legislation.

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Environmental laws ā€˜ill-suitedā€™ to dealing with threat of climate change, Full Court says
Environment 2024-05-16 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has dismissed an environmental advocacy groupā€™s challenge to the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying the current environmental laws are ā€œill-suitedā€ to dealing with the global threat of climate change.Ā 

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Net emissions from Mount Pleasant mega coal mine project not the point, appeals court told
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-02-12 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek wrongly focused on the net effect of approving an application by MACH Energy and Whitehaven Coal to extend two mega coal mines in New South Wales, an advocacy group has told an appeals court.

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Aveo’s $11M class action settlement OK’d, but ‘avoidable costs’ yet to be doled out
Class Actions 2023-11-22 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has given the green light to a $11 million settlement in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, but reserved his decision about whether a contested amount of over $1 million should go to group members or the law firm that brought the case.

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Court rejects human rights group’s bid to repatriate Aussies detained in Syria
Human Rights 2023-11-03 12:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A human rights group has lost its legal bid to compel the federal government to bring home Australians stuck in Syrian camps, with a a judge finding the Minister for Home Affairs has ā€œno controlā€ over their detention.

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Climate change appeal attacks ‘drug dealers defence’ to coal mine extensions
Climate change 2023-10-26 10:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An advocacy group has appealed a judgment that found it was “legally open” to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the extension of two mega coal mines in New South Wales.

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