Federal Court judge Michael Wigney has found that while Torres Strait Islanders are at the forefront of climate change, the plaintiffs did not prove their case of Commonwealth negligence.

The decision last week of Justice Michael Wigney in the Federal Court concerning climate change in the Torres Strait was surely the high-water mark for wasting weeks of high-priced court time ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are stepping up a campaign for the Queensland government to offer compensation to help heal the horrors of the Stolen Generation.

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

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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 ...

After a federal court judge found Torres Strait Islanders will likely become "climate refugees" without urgent action, the two traditional owners at the heart of the case invite the prime minister ...

Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai, two brothers-in-law, are exemplars of the extraordinary commitment of ordinary people pursuing climate justice.

While the Australian Climate Case verdict against Uncles Paul Kabai and Pabai Pabai is an 'encouraging loss', their hurt is still very real.

In a judgment delivered in Cairns on Tuesday, Justice Wigney said the Torres Strait had been ravaged by human-induced climate change but the commonwealth did not owe compensation for this.