The High Court of Australia rejected the Commonwealth of Australia's appeal in a historic case concerning native title compensation claim, ruling in favor of the Indigenous Gumatj Clan on Wednesday.

Australia’s highest court has upheld a decision finding traditional owners from North East Arnhem Land are entitled to some $700m in compensation over the destruction of their land due to bauxite ...

Rusted-on moderate Evan Mulholland will make speak at an event that puts saving the suburbs at the top of its agenda.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name of a deceased person. The High Court of Australia has handed down a landmark judgement on native title law in ...

The High Court unanimously ruled that the extinguishment of native title rights should attract compensation under “just terms ...

The High Court has ruled that indigenous land owners are entitled to "just terms" compensation for acts between 1911 and 1978 ...

The Commonwealth has lost a High Court battle over whether it should be liable for compensation of up to $700 million dollars ...

South Australian crime victims are suffering greater distress from the country’s longest justice delays, advocates warn, amid ...

But the High Court today rejected this argument ... including governments in Queensland and Western Australia, as well as the Northern Territory and even the ACT. The Northern Land Council ...