Christopher Knaus

Changes limiting access to key documents were made without consultation and only publicly revealed last week

Interview by YouTuber Jordan Shanks with Troy Stolz sparked legal proceedings but the clubs lobby has sought leave to withdraw the charges

Across Australia child sexual abuse survivors have to contend with church memorials to their abusers and those who protected them

Case is latest in series where church seeks to capitalise on landmark ruling that a priest’s death meant church could not receive a fair trial

Investigation follows criticism over church’s managements of complaints against Peter Hollingworth but is not specifically examining any individual matter

ATO whistleblower’s defence argues outcome contradicts objectives of whistleblower law but judge says that would sanction ‘vigilante justice’

Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria police turned down request for escort for Fifa president, which is normally reserved for foreign heads of state

Permits for the export of equipment increased last year despite kingdom’s involvement in Yemen war

In court documents Meta says parts of the case brought against it by Australia’s privacy regulator are ‘embarrassing’ and ‘defective’

Church has been granted special leave to appeal Victorian judgment that found Ballarat diocese was vicariously liable for abuse of child

The media identity is seeking more than $700,000 from her employer, claiming they reneged on an agreement to cover her legal costs in Lehrmann’s defamation case

Ex-president lashes out at ‘fake news’ amid reports Pratt used wealth to cultivate close relationship between the pair

Attorney general says those in breach of proposed new rules could face up to two years in jail

Australian government to grant federal circuit court and family court judges the same protections as other commonwealth judges under new legislation

Attorney general Michael Daley requests urgent briefing on high court’s damning judgment on use of permanent stays

Pair were earlier blocked from suing over abuse they claim they suffered from alleged prolific paedophile priest David Joseph Perrett

Previously classified papers detail how the US embassy in Canberra responded to WikiLeaks’ release of embassy cables in 2010 and ‘sensationalist’ local media

Investigation found complaints of ‘serious neglect’ related to former archbishop’s failure to act on knowledge of abuse were substantiated

Judge concludes case and reserves his decision after more than four weeks of evidence

Members of Shirion Collective, which claims to ‘expose antisemites’ online, have discussed presenting lists of names to home affairs minister