A class action brought on behalf of sovereign bond investors over the disclosure of climate change risks has settled with the government on terms that donât preclude further proceedings, a court has heard.
The Full Court has rejected class action claims that the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy.
The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a bid to quash the Environment Protection Authorityâs decision to renew the mining licences of the state’s three remaining coal power stations, in a test case for the state’s Climate Change Act.
Nine has failed to persuade the High Court to take up a special case that would argue the Racial Discrimination Act infringes the broadcaster’s implied right of political speech, in a blow to its defence against a class action over its coverage of litigation related to the Palm Island riots.
A judge has questioned whether Tiwi Islanders’ delay in filing an application to stop Santos from beginning drilling on an offshore gas project this month may have doomed the bid.
Fighting a class action that claims the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy, the Commonwealth says the rate of welfare dependency among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders could impact the case.
Nine has hit back at a class action by Indigenous Australians who say the broadcasterâs coverage of a $30 million class action settlement with the Queensland government for alleged police misconduct during the 2004 Palm Island riots was discriminatory and inaccurate, saying it reported the events âfairly and accuratelyâ.
The High Court has declined special leave to members of the Victorian Labor party to challenge a judgeâs finding that the pre-selection of ALP candidates in Victorian electorates by federal administrators during their takeover of the state party was lawful.
The Northern Territory government has hit back at a class action over allegedly underresourced and discriminatory healthcare services in the Indigenous community of Wadeye, saying it cannot be sued over its funding decisions.
Members of the Victorian Labor party and associated unions have lost a bid to overturn a judgeâs finding that the pre-selection of ALP candidates in Victorian electorates by federal administrators during their takeover of the state party was lawful.