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The High Court ruled indefinite immigration detention was unlawful in 2023.

Home Affairs could pay out tens of millions to former detainees, criminals, after High Court ruling

The judgment could pave the way for more cases against the government.

  • Brittany Busch

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The High Court’s Justice Robert Beech-Jones.

High Court judges should not air disagreements in public

Judges should avoid public controversy. A recent speech by the High Court’s Justice Robert Beech-Jones appeared to breach that rule.

  • George Brandis
Thomas Sewell (left) outside court in Melbourne late last year with Jimeone Roberts and Nathan Bull of his neo-Nazi group.

Neo-Nazis lose fight to shield themselves from ban. But their High Court fight isn’t over

Neo-Nazis have lost a bid to temporarily shield themselves from arrest under federal hate speech laws, as they mount a constitutional challenge in the High Court – represented by a former Liberal MP.

  • Sherryn Groch
Thomas Sewell’s mansion home.

Rich mates, secret mansions: Australia’s millionaire Nazi-backers revealed

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell is living in a secret multimillion-dollar compound in Melbourne’s far north-east “gifted” to him by one of the wealthy backers helping Australia’s neo-Nazis plot their next move into politics.

  • Sherryn Groch
Tony Kellisar was transferred to immigration detention in 2019 after serving a 20-year sentence for the death of his wife, Svetlana Podgoyetsky, in 1997.

Wife-killer on hunger strike after deportation from Perth to ‘hellhole’ Nauru

Tony Kellisar was jailed for 22 years after he strangled his wife in 1997. He was then in limbo in immigration detention before being released in 2023, but his freedom was short-lived.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The latest twist in the donations saga looms as a financial headache for the major parties ahead of November’s state election.

Major parties face having to repay millions of dollars in donations

The government has received legal advice that political parties cannot campaign with money donated by their legacy investment funds, after the High Court struck out Victoria’s campaign finance laws.

  • Kieran Rooney
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Robert Beech-Jones and Simon Steward.

‘Dynamite’ speech sets one High Court judge against another

A judge has taken aim at people he says want to import “US-style court stacking” to Australia.

  • Michael Bachelard
Thomas Sewell outside the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in September.

‘Democracy is dead, act accordingly’: Neo-Nazis lodge High Court fight

Days after a government crackdown on extremism came into effect, neo-Nazis have lodged a constitutional challenge as they fight to form a political party.

  • Sherryn Groch
Premier Chris Minns, left, and his chief of staff, James Cullen.

The premier’s man started a fight that went to the high court. Taxpayers get the bill for both sides

A high-stakes court case which stripped the NSW upper house of its power to compel witnesses is set to cost millions and drag on for months.

  • Michael McGowan
Tracee Hutchison put $40,000 of her own money into the Nepean byelection campaign.

Cash flow crunch leaves political parties $7m short and Nepean candidate in limbo

High-level talks to restore the state’s campaign finance laws are underway, but Nepean byelection candidates such as Tracee Hutchison face further uncertainty.

  • Chip Le Grand