JOINT RELEASE: The spotlight is on how the NT government will respond to the cost of living crisis following today’s NT Court of Appeal decision that upheld the Government’s controversial ‘remote rent framework’, which...

In August this year, the Federal Court affirmed Ms Roxanne Tickle’s right to be treated with dignity and respect, finding that Giggle for Girls women’s app and its owner Ms Sally Grover indirectly discriminated...

Ms Jacobs, a First Nations public housing tenant living in the remote Pilbara town of Wakathuni will have her test case against the WA Housing Authority heard today, in what could set a state-wide...

As the key architect of new costs protection, Grata Fund celebrates major reforms for victims of discrimination which passed the Senate today.

Today, the Federal Court has affirmed Ms Roxanne Tickle’s right to be treated with dignity and respect, finding that Giggle for Girls women’s app and its owner Ms Sally Grover indirectly discriminated against her...

The legal fight over a loophole used by governments to avoid Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and shroud public documents in secrecy is back in court for an appeal hearing on Friday 16 August....

A historic test case determining the amount of compensation owed for distress caused by the Northern Territory Government’s neglect of remote rental housing will be heard in the NT Court of Appeal this Thursday,...

Former Senator Rex Patrick yesterday, asked the High Court to overturn a Full Federal Court ruling that found that lengthy delays - more than 3 years in some cases - by the Information Commissioner...

Joint release by Grata Fund and The Australia Institute:Former senator and transparency advocate Rex Patrick has lost his appeal to the Full Federal Court challenging the Australian Information Commissioner’s multi-year delays in handling FOI...

Young people of today and tomorrow will have their rights left in limbo after a bill to recognise the rights of young people facing the climate crisis and incorporate intergenerational equality into government decision...

A Melbourne-based transparency campaigner has won his Full Federal Court appeal following a judgment handed down by the Full Federal Court today.

Closing arguments have been made in the Federal Court sitting in Cairns this week for the landmark Australian Climate Case. This is what happened ...

With the potential to improve climate outcomes for all Australians, this final step in the landmark Australian Climate Case will see closing arguments made at the Federal Court sitting in Cairns, 29 April -...

Governments will no longer be able to use ministerial reshuffles to deny freedom of information (FOI) requests, following a Federal Court win today for transparency campaigner Rex Patrick.

Dear Attorney-General, Freedom of information reform is long overdue. We write to urge the Government to act on the recommendations made in the recent report of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee’s...

Today, former Senator and transparency advocate Rex Patrick’s appeal over a judicial ruling - that the Information Commissioner's multi-year delays in reviewing FOI document access refusal decisions are legally reasonable - is to be...

Yesterday evening, the Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee released its report into the operation of Commonwealth Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. The Committee’s report paints a damning picture of a highly dysfunctional,...

Today at 10:15am, transparency advocate Justin Warren’s long-running legal fight over access to key documents behind the harmful Robodebt scheme will be heard by the Full Federal Court. The case has the potential to...

Today at 10am, four remote renters will continue their fight to invalidate the Northern Territory Government’s controversial ‘remote rent framework’ in a hearing in the NT Court of Appeal.

Following extraordinary On-Country hearings in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait) in June, further hearings for the landmark Australian Climate Case will resume at the Australian Federal Court in Naarm (Melbourne) from 8–27 November.