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High Court of Australia
Crime
High Court to hear Obeid, Macdonald appeal over coal licence convictions
The nation's highest court will examine the convictions of NSW Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, and his former ministerial ally, Ian Macdonald.
Michaela Whitbourn
Latest
Australia votes
'Looks and smells like a tax': Dutton's gas plan flagged as unconstitutional
Dutton's Australian gas scheme could spark a High Court battle with fossil fuel giants and legal experts warn the policy appears discriminatory.
April 17, 2025
Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Opinion
Gender equality
A kick in the guts for women: The legal profession's re-embrace of a disgraced judge
What message does it send when judges and lawyers lionise former High Court judge Dyson Heydon, who was found to have sexually harassed a number of associates and who drove women from the profession?
March 20, 2025
Gabrielle Appleby
Opinion
Australia votes
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.
March 18, 2025
George Brandis
Exclusive
Australia votes
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.
March 17, 2025
Paul Sakkal
For subscribers
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.
March 1, 2025
Cameron Houston
Updated
Building Bad
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.
February 25, 2025
Olivia Ireland
Immigration
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.
February 16, 2025
Paul Sakkal
