The Latest Breaking News from Federal Court

The NSW government has argued successfully to remove parts of a Federal Court judgment on Newcastle's container penalties so the state is not prejudiced in any renegotiation of its deal with Port Botany. The full bench of the Federal Court published on Thursday its reasons for rejecting an Australian Competition…

The outcome will turn on what “reasonable” means. There is no simple definition of this in Australian workplace law.

The court case against federal independent parliamentarian Monique Ryan by her former chief of staff Sally Rugg will, according to Rugg’s lawyers, open the door to legal action “by every Australian worker experiencing exploitation because of a contractual obligation to perform undefined ‘reasonable additional’ hours”.

Investors who lost money due to Melissa Caddick's fraud have come together to fight her parents for a stake in one of her multimillion-dollar Sydney homes.

A Federal Court challenge between high-profile political staffer Sally Rugg and teal MP Monique Ryan shines a light on Australia's "troubling" parliamentary culture and prompts experts to call for employment legislation to be overhauled.

The High Court of Australia has sent Facebook back to the Federal Court over the Cambridge Analytica privacy breaches.

The Federal Court has heard evidence as part of a long-running dispute between traditional owners and Andrew Forrest's resources company.

The Federal Court is holding on-country hearings in the case that will decide how much compensation Fortescue must pay the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara.

Facebook had argued it was not responsible for allegedly unlawful access to Australians' personal data in 2014 and 2015, which was later used in Donald Trump's election campaign.

A Federal Court judge has dismissed an application by political adviser Sally Rugg to continue working for teal MP Monique Ryan while their employment dispute plays out in court.

A personality quiz on Facebook, which led to the now-infamous Cambridge Analytica data breach, will take centre stage in the High Court of Australia today.