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

The judge found Australia had not used the best available science to set emissions targets. The finding tightens the screws ...

Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai are considering their legal options after the Federal Court ruled on Tuesday that the ...

After a federal court judge found Torres Strait Islanders will likely become "climate refugees" without urgent action, the ...

Justice Michael Wigney acknowledged in his ruling that the Torres Strait Islands and their people are being “ravaged by human ...

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

An Australian federal court ruled Tuesday that Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands are not owed environmental ...

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

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

The Australian government has no duty of care over the people or the islands of the Torres Strait with regard to climate change, even though there is a “real risk” the land could disappear entirely, ...

Federal Court judge Michael Wigney has found that while Torres Strait Islanders are at the forefront of climate change, the ...

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