Far North LNP members have voted for change, with a key political adviser tasked with leading the charge to win back ...

Australia’s Federal Court has ruled that the national government owes no legal duty to protect the Torres Strait Islands or their Indigenous inhabitants from the effects of climate change, in a ...

Australia’s Indigenous elders lose landmark environment case of Torres Strait Islands Indigenous elders lose climate case as judge says protecting islands is a political, not legal, responsibility ...

Australia’s Federal Court has ruled that the national government owes no legal duty to protect the Torres Strait Islands or their Indigenous inhabitants from the effects of climate change, in a ...

In a landmark case, a judge will today decide whether Australia needs to make deeper emissions cuts to protect its low-lying islands. Two Torres Strait Islanders have sued the federal government ...

Judge Michael Wigney rules the federal government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders over climate change, but also finds Australia's emissions reductions targets up to 2021 are not ...

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