The High Court ruled the Gumatj Clan was eligible for compensation for mining on their land decades ago. It changes our understanding of how native title law works.

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

The court’s ruling on Wednesday exposes the federal government to compensation claims over land in the Northern Territory.

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.

Two former Victoria Police officers found to have engaged in corrupt conduct have flagged they plan to launch a High Court ...

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

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 ...

The decision of the High Court this week that found native title is ‘property’, is bold. It potentially opens the door to ...

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 ...

Greg Barclay was sexually assaulted by a Marist brother in 1970, but his quest for compensation has been blocked by a ...

Leaders of Arnhem Land's Gumatj clan have emerged from the High Court after it made a huge decision on a Commonwealth appeal ...