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

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

Indigenous elders lose climate case as judge says protecting islands is a political, not legal, responsibility ...

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

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

As new variants continue to emerge, there is growing evidence that global warming could influence transmission of the virus ...

The lead plaintiffs, Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai from the islands of Boigu and Saibai, sought orders requiring the ...

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

“Incorporating First Nations seasonal knowledge into solar power generation predictions can significantly enhance accuracy by ...

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

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

Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the ...