Christopher Knaus

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

Legislation needed to limit use of stay applications and ensure justice for child abuse survivors, MP says

Exclusive: Panthera Finance circumvented an order to cease buying and chasing debts in Victoria by passing on business to a sister company that hounded an autistic child

Sean Letcher believes the average citizen would be horrified by what really goes on behind the call centre doors

When everyday Australians go to the wall, private debt collectors step in. In a cost-of-living crisis it’s vital to scrutinise the industry

Victims say they have been subjected to constant phone calls, harassment of friends and family members – and even misleading and false threats

Single Mother Families Australia CEO asked why magistrates and courts don’t share information live, saying the technology already exists

‘They’re just a piece of paper,’ Maria Costigan says of domestic violence orders, almost 10 years after Tara Costigan’s brutal murder in Canberra. But do they ever help terrified women?

Church wins case reversing 2023 decision of Victorian court that it was vicariously responsible for abuse suffered by five-year-old at hands of assistant priest