Premier Chris Minns,left,and his chief of staff,James Cullen.

The premier’s man started a fight that went to the high court. Taxpayers get the bill for both sides

A high-stakes court case which stripped the NSW upper house of its power to compel witnesses is set to cost millions and drag on for months.

  • Michael McGowan

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Tracee Hutchison put $40,000 of her own money into the Nepean byelection campaign.

Cash flow crunch leaves political parties $7m short and Nepean candidate in limbo

High-level talks to restore the state’s campaign finance laws are underway,but Nepean byelection candidates such as Tracee Hutchison face further uncertainty.

  • Chip Le Grand
Premier Jacinta Allan says she will not recall parliament following the High Court decision.

Allan urged to recall parliament to stop flow of dark election money

Integrity experts say the Victorian government could legislate tomorrow to reinstate essential protections into its electoral law following this week’s shock High Court decision.

  • Chip Le Grand
Victoria is preparing to become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries for intersex minors.

Victorian election exposed after High Court strikes out campaign finance laws

The Victorian government will introduce fresh changes to its electoral law after it was blindsided by the High Court’s decision.

  • Chip Le Grand
Emma Lovell (centre) died in hospital after the stabbing at her house in North Lakes,where an accused (left) was led into a police vehicle by officers the morning after.

‘See it through’:Killer teen’s sentence cut challenged

The grieving husband of Emma Lovell,who was murdered in a brutal home invasion,has attended a High Court appeal after his wife’s teenage killer had his sentence reduced.

  • Andrew Stafford andLaine Clark
Sir Anthony Mason pictured in Sydney in 2012. The towering law figure died on Tuesday,aged 100.

Former High Court chief justice Anthony Mason dies,aged 100

Mason served as chief justice from 1987 to 1995,an era defined by a series of watershed decisions including the Mabo Indigenous land rights ruling.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Katy Perry (left) and Australian fashion designer Katie Jane Taylor,who sells clothing under the brand name Katie Perry.

Sydney designer Katie Perry wins court case against pop star Katy Perry

A fashion designer has won a lengthy legal battle after the High Court ruled that the pop icon infringed her trademark.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Sam said the abuse left him unable to tell his children he loved them.

A nun allegedly raped Sam. Then she introduced him to another abuser

Sam says he was flogged,raped and abused at a NSW boys’ home. A landmark ruling may help him get justice.

  • Amber Schultz andMichaela Whitbourn
Eddie Obeid (left),Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid (right).

‘Clear abuse of public trust’:High Court rules on Obeid,Macdonald appeals

Disgraced ex-Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid,his son Moses and former ministerial ally Ian Macdonald were jailed for their part in a conspiracy.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Former independent candidate Paul Hopper is challenging the Victorian government’s political donation laws in the High Court.

Victoria’s political donation laws unfairly favour major parties,High Court told

Labor’s controversial political donation regime is being tested in the High Court of Australia as former independent candidates take their case to Canberra.

  • Brittany Busch andAnnika Smethurst