NewsBite

High Court of Australia

Advertisement
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

This referendum folly is as mad an idea as I have heard in years. Dutton must rule it out

The last thing Australians want is the distraction of yet another ideologically inspired constitutional referendum.

  • George Brandis

Latest

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Melbourne earlier on Monday.

Dutton wants referendum on giving politicians ability to deport dual citizens

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and his senior MPs have held high-level talks about a referendum on powers to strip citizenship for dual nationals who commit serious crimes.

  • Paul Sakkal
Gumatj elders Balupalu Yunupingu and Djawa Yunupingu.

Landmark High Court case paves the way for $700 million native title claim

The court’s ruling on Wednesday exposes the federal government to compensation claims over land in the Northern Territory.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Greg Barclay is a victim of historical sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic school teacher, but is currently prevented from proceeding with legal action against the school/order because of a recent High Court decision.

Controversial High Court ruling could be used against sex abuse victims like Greg

Greg Barclay was sexually assaulted by a Marist brother in 1970, but his quest for compensation has been blocked by a controversial High Court judgment that found the Catholic Church was not legally responsible for the misconduct of its clerics. 

  • Cameron Houston
CFMEU administrator Mark Irving, KC, in his chambers.

High Court appeal ‘stymying’ push to weed out CFMEU corruption

Administrator Mark Irving has found addressing corruption in the shadow of an unresolved High Court challenge has “impeded the prompt implementation” of reforms.

  • Olivia Ireland
Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke announced the deal on Sunday.

Murderer among former detainees to be shifted to Nauru

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the Pacific island nation has approached Australia to take three violent criminal members of a group of former immigration detainees.

  • Paul Sakkal
Advertisement
Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta.

All judges immune from lawsuits, High Court rules, sparing Vasta

Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta had been held personally liable for wrongly jailing a man during a divorce case.

  • Abe Maddison
As part of the proposed changes, prisoners – who can be more at risk of discrimination – would be given a faster and more flexible complaints process.

Double-murderer in High Court bid to overturn ‘no body, no parole’ laws

Several state governments have joined forces to defend the laws, which prevent killers from parole until they reveal the location of their victim’s remains. 

  • Cloe Read
St Alipius Presbytary and church in Ballarat where ribbons are tied to the fence to symbolise the abuse of catholic priests.

Nation’s top lawmakers to meet after Catholic Church found not liable for clerical abuse

Attorneys-general offices will consider urgent legislative reform after a High Court decision that cleared the Catholic Church of paying damages over the abuse of a five-year-old boy.

  • Cameron Houston
The High Court of Australia revealed the judgment on Wednesday.

Unfairly sacked workers can claim damages for psychiatric injury after High Court ruling

In a 6-1 verdict, Vision Australia was ordered to pay $1.4 million to Adam Elisha as the High Court overturned a 115-year-old legal precedent.

  • Lachlan Abbott

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/high-court-of-australia-1lyv