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Whatever the outcome, it will be far more consequential than the existence of the White Australia Party.
Grasping how the nation’s highest court makes policy requires stepping into an exceptionally regulated and sometimes hidden routine.
The anti-discrimination expert explains what the case was about, why it’s set for an appeal – and the broader implications if the decision stands.
The High Court has rendered invalid an entire part of Victoria’s Electoral Act because it favours major parties at the expense of independents and smaller parties.
More than 540,000 people live in public housing in Australia. Recent court cases show how tenants can challenge relocation when laws aren’t properly followed.
The teenagers will argue the laws restrict their constitutional right to freedom of political communication.
The 2025 election has produced some extremely close seat results. Here’s what happens when there’s just a handful of votes in play.
This bill may well fall foul of the implied freedom of political communication by cutting children out of large parts of social media conversation.
The High Court has struck down the Albanese government’s law enabling it to impose ankle bracelets and curfews on the more than 200 non-citizens it released from immigration detention in 2023
As thousands of union members held rallies in cities across the country, its former Queensland secretary said he would launch a challenge against putting the union into administration.
Banning political donations may sound like a good idea, but Peter Malinauskas’ plan raises political and legal risks.
The decision is a missed opportunity to move away from Australia’s practice of indefinite immigration detention.
The case could result in further limits on the immigration minister’s powers to keep refugees in detention indefinitely.
The Government has been under sustained questioning in parliament after it was revealed the federal government has so far not applied to have any of those released from immigration detention to be re-detained.
The Albanese government has passed a new preventative detention regime in response to a recent High Court ruling – but there are several ways it may be open to challenge.
The High Court has found that consumers can be protected even if they haven’t fully read their terms and even if they were outside of Australia when they accepted them.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
The High Court judges unanimously held that a person must be released from immigration detention where there is no real prospect of them being deported in the foreseeable future.
The government will urgently legislate after the High Court on Tuesday outlined its reasons for its decision that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional.
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