Both Torres Strait Islander peoples and Pacific Islanders have taken their climate battles to the courtroom in recent weeks.

After the Federal Court ruled against Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai, First Nations leaders are calling on the ...

Judge Michael Wigney rules the federal government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders over climate change, but ...

A major blow in Federal Court won’t stop Torres Strait Islanders fighting to prove the government’s duty of care over climate ...

Federal court says government not obliged to shield residents of Torres Strait Islands from effects of climate change.

The Federal Court has handed down its long-awaited judgement in a four-year climate case brought by Torres Strait Islanders.

A landmark Federal Court decision brings an end to a four-year long battle between a pair of Torres Strait Islander men and ...

CAIRNS: The Australian government has won a landmark climate case against residents of islands under siege from the impacts ...

Torres Strait Islands: A group of 247 islands at the very northern tip of Queensland, Australia, the area is home to Torres Strait Islanders, who have been stewards of the islands for centuries.

A Federal Court judge has found that science was ignored and the threat of climate change is real, but that the Commonwealth ...

The ruling said the government did not owe a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait islands from climate change.

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark ...