The world’s highest court says countries are legally obliged to prevent harms caused by climate change, in a ruling that ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

Armed with obscure legal jargon and fringe interpretations of the law, “sovereign citizens” are continuing to test the limits of the Australian justice system’s patience and power. A few weeks ago, ...

Countries have very strong obligations under international law to cut climate pollution and prevent significant harm to the ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue a highly anticipated advisory opinion overnight to clarify state ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a ...

A historic and unanimous ruling of the International Court of Justice has confirmed countries' strong obligations under international law to slash ...

An Australian court on Friday lifted a ban on a women's only art exhibit at a gallery in the southern state of Tasmania, saying it did not discriminate against men. A lower court in Tasmania had ...

Australia's Qantas Airways said on Thursday it has obtained an interim injunction in the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court ...

The Australian High Court, Canberra [Photo by Con Tassios / CC BY 3.0] The High Court ruled on November 6 that forcing people released from immigration detention to wear electronic monitoring ...

Facility dogs have been used in some Australian courts, most recently at the Perth Children’s Court in a partnership between the Office of the Commissioner for Victims of Crime and Guide Dogs WA.

(Reuters) -Australia's Qantas Airways said on Thursday it has obtained an interim injunction in the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court to prevent the stolen data from being accessed or published ...