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General

In certain matters of public interest before the Court, it is usual for an explanatory statement or summary to be made.

Judgment summaries are made to assist in understanding the principal conclusions reached by the Court, but are necessarily incomplete. The only authoritative pronouncement of reasons is that contained in the full reasons for judgment. In all cases below, a link to the full text of the full reasons for judgment is provided in addition to the judgment summary.

At 9.15 am on Tuesday 3rd August 1999, the Federal Court of Australia became the first Australian court to broadcast live streaming video and audio of a judgment summary over the Internet. The case was Australian Olympic Committee Inc v Big Fights Inc [1999] FCA 1042.

The Court is keen to continue to improve public access with the use of live streaming video/audio. Further live and archived broadcasts of judgment summaries are posted on this page as they become available.

How to use streaming video/audio

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Judgment summaries

Judgment	Video of summary	Text of summary and/or full reasons
Lansen v Minister for Environment and Heritage [2008] FCA 903 13 June 2008   [17 Mb]
The Wilderness Society Inc. v The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources [2007] FCA 1863 30 November 2007 [Low-Res Version-12Mb | Hi-Res version-65Mb]
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Visy Industries Holdings Pty Limited (No 3) [2007] FCA 1617 2 November 2007 [Low-Res Version-2Mb | Hi-Res version-4Mb]
Seven Network Limited v News Limited [2007] FCA 1062 27 July 2007 [supplied by Sky News] [Med-Res Version-125Mb | Hi-Res version-261Mb]
Bennell v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 1243 19 September 2006
AWB Limited v Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole[2006] FCA 571 17 May 2006
Mervyn on behalf of the Peoples of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands v State of Western Australia [2005] FCA 831 Black CJ 29 June 2005 [Hi-Res Version - 222Mb]
De Rose v State of South Australia (No 2) [2005] FCAFC 110 Wilcox, Sackville and Merkel JJ 8 June 2005
Wik Peoples v State of Queensland [2004] FCA 1306 Justice Cooper 13 October 2004
McCrea v Minister for Customs & Justice [2004] FCA 1273 Justice North 6 October 2004
Nangkiriny v State of Western Australia [2004] FCA 1156 Justice North 8 September 2004
In the matter of Daniel v State of Western Australia [2003] FCA 666 Justice RD Nicholson 3 July 2003
De Rose v State of South Australia [2002] FCA 1342 Justice O'Loughlin November 2002 (8.32 min)
Versace v Monte [2002] FCA 190 Justice Tamberlin 8 March 2002 (8.32 min)
Fernley v Boxing Authority of New South Wales [2001] FCA 1740 Justice Wilcox 10 December 2001 (4.53 min)
North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service v Bradley [2001] FCA 1728 Justice Weinberg December 2001 (10.44 min)
In the matter of Ansett Australia Limited and Mentha [2001] FCA 1439 Justice Goldberg 12 October 2001 (10.43 min)
Ruddock v Vadarlis [2001] FCA 1329 Chief Justice Black 18 September 2001 (6.44 min)
Victorian Council for Civil Liberties Inc. v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1297 Justice North 11 September 2001 (15.24 min)
Chapman v Luminis Pty Ltd (No 5) [2001] FCA 1106 Justice von Doussa 21 August 2001
North Australian Legal Aid Service Inc. v Bradley [2001] FCA 908 Justice Wilcox 24 July 2001
Andrew Passi on behalf of the Meriam People v State of Queensland [2001] FCA 697 Chief Justice Black 14 June 2001
Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v State of Victoria [2001] FCA 45 Full Court 8 February 2001 (9.58 min)
South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Ltd v News Ltd [2000] FCA 1541 Justice Finn 3 November 2000 (8.11 min)
Clarrie Smith v State of Western Australia [2000] FCA 1249 Justice Madgwick 29 August 2000 (16.24 min)
Cubillo v Commonwealth [2000] FCA 1084 Justice O'Loughlin 11 August 2000 (9.39 min.)
Australian Industry Group v Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing and Kindred Industries Union [2000] FCA 708 Justice Merkel 29 May 2000 (6.17 min.)
Nixon v Ellis & Slater [2000] FCA 531 Justice Merkel 28 April 2000 (5.26 min)
Riverside Nursing Care Pty Ltd v Honourable Bronwyn Bishop [2000] FCA 434 Justice Sundberg 7 April 2000 (4.32 min.)
Pfizer Pty Ltd v Birkett [2000] FCA 303 Justice Mathews 20 March 2000 (7.59 min)
State of Western Australia v Ward [2000] FCA 191 Full court 3 March 2000 (12.25 min.)
Owston Nominees (No 2) Pty Ltd v Branir Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 145 Justice Einfeld 25 February 2000 (12.46 min.)
Australian Olympic Commitee v Big Fights Inc [1999] FCA 1042 Justice Lindgren 3 August 1999 (9.55 min.)
Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Press Holdings [1999] FCA 1199 and 1229 Full Court 2 Sep 1999 (8.07 min.)
Cubillo v Commonwealth of Australia [1999] FCA 518 Justice O'Loughlin 30 April 1999 (8.07 min.)
Fasold v Ark Search Assoc. Inc. NG 942 of 1992 Justice Sackville 2 June 1997 (9.05 min.)	temporarily unavailable
Friends of Hinchinbrook Society v Minister for the Environment NG 806 of 1996 Justice Sackville 14 February 1997 (4.46 min.)

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