#auslaw — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #auslaw, aggregated by home.social.
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Ruling upheld [and penalties increased] after transgender woman excluded from female-only app
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WA’s Yindjibarndi traditional owners consider appeal against Fortescue’s $150m record native title payout https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/14/western-australia-yindjibarndi-traditional-owners-consider-appeal-fortescue-mining-native-title-payout-ntwnfb #auslaw #auspol #nativetitle #Indigenousip
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Yindjibarndi urged to consider appeal against native title compensation decision https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-court-judgement-slammed-yindjibarndi-appeal-possible/106673420 #auslaw #auspol #nativetitle #IndigenousIP
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Yindjibarndi people win $150m compensation after Andrew Forrest's Fortescue mines built without permission https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/yindjibarndi-fortescue-andrew-forrest-compensation-payout/106665232 #auslaw #auspol #IndigenousIP
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Philip Morris uses secret Senate hearing to warn that illegal tobacco in Australia could wipe out legal trade by 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/05/philip-morris-uses-secret-senate-hearing-to-warn-tobacco-in-australia-could-wipe-out-legal-trade-by-2030
Company pushes for lower excise and claims threats warrant secrecy, while critics say it has ‘no interest in public health or safety’ #auspol #auslaw #smoking #tobacco #health #interference -
Fan of the @oaf which is enabling me to try to get details out of the ACMA about their decisions about Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.
I can't help but think that, 60 days later, they're colluding with ARN to deliberately string me along... they seem to have bought themselves another 60 days to drag their feet before replying. Seems to me that they get to give ARN two sets of review periods, and we'll be in July before my March request is acted upon. Any Freedom of Information lawyers in the house?
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/request_for_documents_relating_t_3
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Fan of the @oaf which is enabling me to try to get details out of the ACMA about their decisions about Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.
I can't help but think that, 60 days later, they're colluding with ARN to deliberately string me along... they seem to have bought themselves another 60 days to drag their feet before replying. Seems to me that they get to give ARN two sets of review periods, and we'll be in July before my March request is acted upon. Any Freedom of Information lawyers in the house?
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/request_for_documents_relating_t_3
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Fan of the @oaf which is enabling me to try to get details out of the ACMA about their decisions about Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.
I can't help but think that, 60 days later, they're colluding with ARN to deliberately string me along... they seem to have bought themselves another 60 days to drag their feet before replying. Seems to me that they get to give ARN two sets of review periods, and we'll be in July before my March request is acted upon. Any Freedom of Information lawyers in the house?
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/request_for_documents_relating_t_3
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Fan of the @oaf which is enabling me to try to get details out of the ACMA about their decisions about Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.
I can't help but think that, 60 days later, they're colluding with ARN to deliberately string me along... they seem to have bought themselves another 60 days to drag their feet before replying. Seems to me that they get to give ARN two sets of review periods, and we'll be in July before my March request is acted upon. Any Freedom of Information lawyers in the house?
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/request_for_documents_relating_t_3
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Fan of the @oaf which is enabling me to try to get details out of the ACMA about their decisions about Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.
I can't help but think that, 60 days later, they're colluding with ARN to deliberately string me along... they seem to have bought themselves another 60 days to drag their feet before replying. Seems to me that they get to give ARN two sets of review periods, and we'll be in July before my March request is acted upon. Any Freedom of Information lawyers in the house?
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/request_for_documents_relating_t_3
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Small Australian designers giving up on fighting fast-fashion giant Shein over design duplicates https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/australian-designs-continually-copied-by-shein/106592282 #fashion #fashionip #passingoff #consumerlaw #auspol #auslaw
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High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/high-court-copyright-challenge-secret-camera-footage-abattoir/106638938 #auslaw #auspol #copyright #journalism #whistleblowing #trespass
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High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/high-court-copyright-challenge-secret-camera-footage-abattoir/106638938 #auslaw #auspol #copyright #journalism #whistleblowing #trespass
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High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/high-court-copyright-challenge-secret-camera-footage-abattoir/106638938 #auslaw #auspol #copyright #journalism #whistleblowing #trespass
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High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/high-court-copyright-challenge-secret-camera-footage-abattoir/106638938 #auslaw #auspol #copyright #journalism #whistleblowing #trespass
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High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/high-court-copyright-challenge-secret-camera-footage-abattoir/106638938 #auslaw #auspol #copyright #journalism #whistleblowing #trespass
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Assistant minister for customs, Julian Hill, called on Coalition senators to explain the secret hearing.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/04/coalition-big-tobacco-lobbyists-closed-session-parliament
“Australians should be shocked and outraged that today the committee chose to get secret evidence from big tobacco,” he said.“They’re quick to give comment when it suits them, and yet they want to skulk in in secret to a parliamentary inquiry when not.”
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Chinese-owned Landbridge launches international legal action over forced sale of Port of Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/chinese-owned-darwin-port-launches-legal-action/106633362 #ISDS #CHAFTA #auslaw #auspol
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Chinese-owned Landbridge launches international legal action over forced sale of Port of Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/chinese-owned-darwin-port-launches-legal-action/106633362 #ISDS #CHAFTA #auslaw #auspol
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Chinese-owned Landbridge launches international legal action over forced sale of Port of Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/chinese-owned-darwin-port-launches-legal-action/106633362 #ISDS #CHAFTA #auslaw #auspol
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Chinese-owned Landbridge launches international legal action over forced sale of Port of Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/chinese-owned-darwin-port-launches-legal-action/106633362 #ISDS #CHAFTA #auslaw #auspol
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Chinese-owned Landbridge launches international legal action over forced sale of Port of Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/chinese-owned-darwin-port-launches-legal-action/106633362 #ISDS #CHAFTA #auslaw #auspol
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Tense exchanges in court as judge turns screws on ACCC's case against Woolworths https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/tense-exchanges-federal-court-case-accc-woolworths/106561702 #ACCC #auslaw #auspol
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First Nations group launches bid to protect Victoria Park from Olympic stadium development
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/qld-victoria-park-application-block-olympic-infrastructure/105613670
#IndigenousIP #culture #heritage #Olympics #BrisbaneOlympics #auslaw #auspol -
'For years, this supposedly famous Frenchman has been selling sculptures through Ms Murley’s former employer — an Australian gallery called Studio Gallery Group.
But there’s a problem: no-one has been able to find him; no-one has been able to verify that this character exists.' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-25/in-search-of-the-missing-artist-jean-paul-mangin/106593220 #auslaw #art #attribution #copyright #consumerlaw
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Tobacco ban in the UK could create a smoke-free generation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/generational-smoking-ban-uk/106592244 Should Australia adopt similar laws to create a smoke-free generation? #auslaw #auspol #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobacco #Vaping #ecigarettes #health
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Tobacco ban in the UK could create a smoke-free generation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/generational-smoking-ban-uk/106592244 Should Australia adopt similar laws to create a smoke-free generation? #auslaw #auspol #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobacco #Vaping #ecigarettes #health
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Tobacco ban in the UK could create a smoke-free generation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/generational-smoking-ban-uk/106592244 Should Australia adopt similar laws to create a smoke-free generation? #auslaw #auspol #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobacco #Vaping #ecigarettes #health
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Tobacco ban in the UK could create a smoke-free generation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/generational-smoking-ban-uk/106592244 Should Australia adopt similar laws to create a smoke-free generation? #auslaw #auspol #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobacco #Vaping #ecigarettes #health
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Tobacco ban in the UK could create a smoke-free generation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/generational-smoking-ban-uk/106592244 Should Australia adopt similar laws to create a smoke-free generation? #auslaw #auspol #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobacco #Vaping #ecigarettes #health
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Australia's Woodside wins dismissal of Greenpeace emissions lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/australias-woodside-wins-dismissal-greenpeace-emissions-lawsuit-2026-04-22/ #auslaw #greenwashing #consumerlaw #corporationslaw #ASICAct #auspol
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Consumer watchdog zeroes in on Woolworths’ allegedly fake discounts as it meets supermarket giant in court
Vinegar, Tim Tams and baby rice are among the products to be scrutinised in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case
The ACCC alleges Coles and Woolworths broke Australian consumer law by offering “illusory” discounts on hundreds of everyday products through the misleading use of their respective “Down Down” and “Prices Dropped” promotion programs.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/21/consumer-watchdog-accc-supermarket-woolworths-court-hearings-australia
Led by Robert Yezerski, SC, Woolworths’ legal team is expected to vigorously defend the allegations, with the supermarket saying it “fundamentally disagrees” with the ACCC’s claims and at no stage misled or deceived customers.
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'Did Woolworths trick shoppers into snapping up Tim Tams because they thought the price had dropped when really it had been jacked up?' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/woolworths-accc-court-case-grocery-pricing-discounts/106561584 #auspol #auslaw #consumerlaw #ACCC
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Bundjalung elder's mission to find breastplate stolen from Lismore Museum
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/calls-to-bring-aboriginal-bundjalung-artefact-home/105758992
#IndigenousIP #repatriation #auslaw -
'APYACC says it suffered a significant financial loss as a result of The Australian’s reporting, including a downturn in sales. And while their state funding was reinstated last year, the collective believes their expulsion from the Indigenous Art Code, as a result of the allegations, has adversely affected their federal funding applications in the years since.
In a defamation suit lodged with South Australia’s supreme court, the collective is suing Nationwide News, publisher of The Australian newspaper, for $4.4m: a figure that includes the loss of the NGA sale, which they put at $1,397,000, and their lost federal funding, which they estimated at $1.07m.' https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2026/apr/11/apy-lands-indigenous-australian-art-exhibition-nga-ngura-pulka-lawsuit #IndigenousIP #defamation #auslaw #auspol #art #media
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The Albanese Government has passed important reforms providing Australians greater legal certainty when using ‘orphan works’ (copyright material where the copyright owner is unknown or unlocatable). https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/important-reforms-australias-copyright-framework-pass-parliament-01-04-2026 #auslaw #auspol #copyright #orphanworks These reforms are a long time coming - we were debating this topic back in 2004 during the discussion over the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (#AUSFTA) and the copyright term extension.
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Federal government passes landmark orphan works scheme
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The National Archives of Australia in Canberra has an exhibition on Australian intellectual property called 'In Real Life: Inventors, Innovators and Opportunists' https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/events-and-exhibitions/in-real-life I checked out the exhibition on my easter holidays. #IP #IndigenousIP #GLAM #archives #auspol #auslaw
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The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy has published its report on The Integrity Gap: Restoring Trust in the Climate and Energy Debate https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Information_Integrity_on_Climate_Change_and_Energy/ClimateIntegrity/Report I made a submission on the topic of the regulation of astroturfing https://eprints.qut.edu.au/260072/ Its mentioned a few times in the final report.
#auspol #auslaw #climate #misinformation #disinformation #greenwashing #astroturfing #informationintegrity
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The Boys Light Up: Australian Crawl Trademark dispute -
'James Reyne and Simon Binks, two of the founding members of veteran pub rock act Australian Crawl, have issued a statement addressing a nascent trademark dispute with former member Bill McDonough.The statement notes that on Thursday, March 12th, the band's founding members filed an application to the Australian Federal Court challenging McDonough’s acquisition of Australian Crawl trademarks.
McDonough had previously acquired these trademarks back in 1990 for matters relating to “Entertainment services including artists' agencies, sound recording, radio and television programme production, theatre or cinema productions and amusement centres and parks," while he acquired the trademark for matters relating to “Clothing, footwear and all goods” in 1994.
However, the band contends there was never any consultation or agreement with any members of Australian Crawl in relation to registering the trademarks, and "As such, the founding members do not recognise Bill’s ownership of these assets."'
https://themusic.com.au/news/australian-crawl-co-founders-launch-trademark-dispute-against-former-member/V3HlS0pNTE8/19-03-26
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Crocodile Hunter Cultural Controversy
'When a massive Queensland crocodile known as Old Faithful was transferred to Australia Zoo last November, the Irwin-owned park announced it was proud to become the animal's "forever home", and the state government welcomed the move as a public safety success story.But an ABC 7.30 investigation has raised questions about the conduct of the state's crocodile catchers, including how the decision was made to capture the culturally significant animal and whether they followed their own laws.
Traditional owners in Cape York, who should have been consulted about his removal, maintain Old Faithful's capture was a "wrongful arrest" carried out by "cowboys".
Chief among their concerns are allegations that they were misled and excluded from key decisions affecting culture and Country. So much so that lawyers from the Environmental Defenders Office are considering lodging a human rights complaint.'
#IndigenousIP #biodiversity #humanrights #Qldpol #auslaw #Queensland #crocodile 🐊
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The balancing act of investigations - for the sake of public administration/public policy case study, and for the sake of justice - has always been a difficult act.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/why-robodebt-bureaucrats-have-evaded-prosecution/106468572
… frankly, I’d say the ‘corrupt’ public servants are just as much victims as they are offenders.
Australia’s public servants work in a government system where the ‘separation’ between public service and parliament is very blurred.
Politicians are able to make veiled threats to pressure public servants into action.The other thing that needs to be kept in mind is that ‘corruption’ is a very broad term that covers all actions and behaviours which are ‘not within the expectations of the public service’.
So, the big question is ‘What are a forms of corruption that is also criminal?’
An obvious line of questioning would be ‘What political/material gain or benefit did the offenders receive?’ -
The balancing act of investigations - for the sake of public administration/public policy case study, and for the sake of justice - has always been a difficult act.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/why-robodebt-bureaucrats-have-evaded-prosecution/106468572
… frankly, I’d say the ‘corrupt’ public servants are just as much victims as they are offenders.
Australia’s public servants work in a government system where the ‘separation’ between public service and parliament is very blurred.
Politicians are able to make veiled threats to pressure public servants into action.The other thing that needs to be kept in mind is that ‘corruption’ is a very broad term that covers all actions and behaviours which are ‘not within the expectations of the public service’.
So, the big question is ‘What are a forms of corruption that is also criminal?’
An obvious line of questioning would be ‘What political/material gain or benefit did the offenders receive?’ -
The balancing act of investigations - for the sake of public administration/public policy case study, and for the sake of justice - has always been a difficult act.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/why-robodebt-bureaucrats-have-evaded-prosecution/106468572
… frankly, I’d say the ‘corrupt’ public servants are just as much victims as they are offenders.
Australia’s public servants work in a government system where the ‘separation’ between public service and parliament is very blurred.
Politicians are able to make veiled threats to pressure public servants into action.The other thing that needs to be kept in mind is that ‘corruption’ is a very broad term that covers all actions and behaviours which are ‘not within the expectations of the public service’.
So, the big question is ‘What are a forms of corruption that is also criminal?’
An obvious line of questioning would be ‘What political/material gain or benefit did the offenders receive?’ -
The balancing act of investigations - for the sake of public administration/public policy case study, and for the sake of justice - has always been a difficult act.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/why-robodebt-bureaucrats-have-evaded-prosecution/106468572
… frankly, I’d say the ‘corrupt’ public servants are just as much victims as they are offenders.
Australia’s public servants work in a government system where the ‘separation’ between public service and parliament is very blurred.
Politicians are able to make veiled threats to pressure public servants into action.The other thing that needs to be kept in mind is that ‘corruption’ is a very broad term that covers all actions and behaviours which are ‘not within the expectations of the public service’.
So, the big question is ‘What are a forms of corruption that is also criminal?’
An obvious line of questioning would be ‘What political/material gain or benefit did the offenders receive?’ -
The balancing act of investigations - for the sake of public administration/public policy case study, and for the sake of justice - has always been a difficult act.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/why-robodebt-bureaucrats-have-evaded-prosecution/106468572
… frankly, I’d say the ‘corrupt’ public servants are just as much victims as they are offenders.
Australia’s public servants work in a government system where the ‘separation’ between public service and parliament is very blurred.
Politicians are able to make veiled threats to pressure public servants into action.The other thing that needs to be kept in mind is that ‘corruption’ is a very broad term that covers all actions and behaviours which are ‘not within the expectations of the public service’.
So, the big question is ‘What are a forms of corruption that is also criminal?’
An obvious line of questioning would be ‘What political/material gain or benefit did the offenders receive?’ -
ACCR has appealed the decision of Justice Markovic in the case of ACCR v Santos Ltd.
https://www.accr.org.au/news/accr-to-appeal-federal-court-judgment/
Commenting on ACCR’s decision to appeal, Brynn O’Brien, Co-CEO of ACCR said:
'This case concerns fundamental legal standards that apply to all businesses in Australia responding to climate change, and which are central to the integrity of market disclosures. The legal issues raised in the judgment warrant clarification by an appellate court.
'In our view, the judgment sets the bar for corporate communication about climate commitments well below market and investor expectations. We think it increases the burden on investors to interrogate the full context in which claims are made, and the assumptions, uncertainties, and emerging technologies that may underpin them.
'Businesses doing hard, evidence-driven work in the energy transition need clear guidance on the standards governing climate disclosures.'
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The Kyle and Jackie O contract termination show https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/nsw-kyle-sandilands-arn-radio-contract-terminated/106465986 #contractlaw #medialaw #auslaw #radio
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Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/11/robodebt-officials-serious-corrupt-conduct-nacc-finds-scott-morrison-cleared-ntwnfb
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals. #robodebt #auspol #auslaw -
Doongmabulla Springs case proceeds to civil trial in Queensland's Supreme Court
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-11/doongmabulla-springs-trial-proceeds-to-qld-supreme-court/106440126 #qldpol #auslaw #IndigenousIP