The Latest Breaking News from Federal Court

Federal parliament has been rocked by extraordinary revelations that Scott Morrison secretly assumed control of numerous ministries, including the resources portfolio, in the last term of government. The then prime minister went further and used his new powers to knock back a gas-drilling proposal off the New South Wales coast.

Scott Morrison’s ministry collecting ways highlights what a loose unit he was as prime minister, and reinforces why we need to review the pandemic response.

Lawyers for former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak sought on Monday to introduce fresh evidence for a re-trial, a final bid to overturn a 12-year jail term over a corruption case linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.

The union for retail workers is seeking at least $250 million compensation on behalf of more than 250,000 current and former McDonald's workers across Australia.

The SDA union filed paperwork to the Federal Court this week.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking the University of Melbourne to the Federal Court, alleging it coerced and took adverse action against two casual academics.

West Australian taxpayers are set to be spared some of the cost of the Premier Mark McGowan's defamation case against billionaire litigant Clive Palmer.

A victim-survivor of a notorious paedophile alleges his abuser is avoiding paying court-ordered compensation — prolonging the victim-survivor's trauma by declaring bankruptcy — but vows he will "claw back assets" from his abuser.