Elizabeth Byrne

An Iranian man facing removal to Nauru under a controversial agreement will ask the High Court to find the government's plans to deport him lack procedural fairness.

The High Court of Australia agrees to hear a special case brought by two teenagers challenging the federal government's upcoming social media ban for Australians under 16.

A decision in Bruce Lehrmann's Federal Court appeal to the findings in his failed defamation case against Network Ten will be handed down tomorrow — and whatever the outcome, there will be consequences for all.

Sovereign citizens are clogging up Australian courts, after the global financial crisis and COVID-19 spurred a surge in the group's numbers in Australia.

In 2022, a woman died after being run over by a ute outside her house. The legal case about exactly what happened and who's responsible is now heading to the High Court. 

The 39-year-old will remain in custody after a judge rejected his request for bail to attend drug rehabilitation.

An international student has been awarded $10,000 in compensation after a tribunal found she was unfairly evicted from her university accommodation after she made complaints about noisy students. 

The lease was granted to Russia in 2008, but was withdrawn when parliament passed a new law citing ASIO advice that the planned embassy could pose a threat to national security.

Canberra man Shegu Bobb has been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court for a series of sexual offences against an 11-year-old girl, after a jury found him guilty earlier this year.

A 17-year-old Canberra boy is behind bars after shocking allegations he developed detailed plans for public attacks and had equipment to create a bomb in his bedroom.