C0012
Ang Claim
“Dinala ang mga bata sa korte upang ipagtanggol na hindi kailangang isaalang-alang ng kalihim ng kapaligiran ang pinsalang dulot ng kanilang mga desisyon sa mga kabataang Australyano sa pamamagitan ng Climate Change kapag inaprubahan ang mga proyektong fossil fuel.”
Orihinal na Pinagmulan: Matthew Davis
Orihinal na Pinagmulan
✅ FACTUAL NA BERIPIKASYON
Ang pangunahing claim ay nangangailangan ng masusing pagsusuri.
The core claim requires careful unpacking.
Ang sequence ng mga katotohanan ay ganito: **Unang Panalo sa Korte (Mayo 2021):** Isang grupo ng walong batang pinangunahan ng teenager na si Anj Sharma ang naghain ng class action laban sa Federal Environment Minister na si Sussan Ley, na humihingi ng deklarasyon na ang ministro ay may "duty of care" upang protektahan ang mga kabataang Australyano mula sa pinsala ng climate change [1]. The factual sequence is as follows:
**Initial Trial Victory (May 2021):**
A group of eight children led by teenager Anj Sharma brought a class action against Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley, seeking a declaration that the minister owed a "duty of care" to protect young Australians from climate change harm [1].
Si Justice Bromberg ay pabor sa _Sharma v Minister for the Environment_ [2021] FCA 560 na ang ministro AY may duty of care upang maging masinop sa pag-iwas sa personal na pinsala sa mga bata kapag nagdedesisyon kung aaprubahan ang mga proyektong fossil fuel tulad ng Vickery coal mine extension [2][3]. Justice Bromberg found in _Sharma v Minister for the Environment_ [2021] FCA 560 that the minister DID have a duty of care to take reasonable care to avoid causing personal injury to children when deciding whether to approve fossil fuel projects like the Vickery coal mine extension [2][3].
Ito ay isang world-first na tagumpay sa legal para sa climate duty of care. **Pagbaliktad sa Apelya (Marso 2022):** Agad na inapela ng Coalition government ang desisyong ito. This was a world-first legal victory for climate duty of care.
**Appeal Reversal (March 2022):**
The Coalition government immediately appealed this decision.
Noong Marso 15, 2022, pinalitan ng Full Federal Court nang paisa-isa ang desisyon ni Justice Bromberg sa _Minister for the Environment v Sharma_ [2022] FCAFC 35 [4]. On 15 March 2022, the Full Federal Court unanimously overturned Justice Bromberg's decision in _Minister for the Environment v Sharma_ [2022] FCAFC 35 [4].
Ang tatlong hukom ay nakapagpasya na ang ministro ay WALANG duty of care na isaalang-alang ang pinsala ng climate sa mga bata [5]. **Mahalagang Isyu sa Pagkakabuo:** Ang pagkakabuo ng claim ay nakakalito. The three judges found that the minister does NOT have a duty of care to consider climate harm to children [5].
**Critical Framing Issue:**
The claim's wording is misleading.
Ang Coalition government ay HINDI "dinala ang mga bata sa korte upang ipagtanggol" ang posisyong ito mula simula. The Coalition government did NOT "take children to court to argue" this position initially.
Sa halip, ang mga bata ang naghain ng kaso laban sa pamahalaan. Rather, the children brought the case against the government.
Ang pamahalaan ay matagumpay na NAGTANGGOL sa sarili sa appellate court sa pamamagitan ng pagtutol na walang ganoong duty na umiiral [6]. The government then successfully DEFENDED itself in the appeal court by arguing no such duty exists [6].
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Nawawalang Konteksto
**Ang hindi isiniwalat o dinistort ng claim:** 1. **Ang mga bata ang nagpasimula ng litigation, hindi ang pamahalaan:** Ang claim ay nagmumungkahi na proaktibong dinala ng Coalition ang mga bata sa korte.
**What the claim omits or distorts:**
1. **The children initiated litigation, not the government:** The claim suggests the Coalition proactively took children to court.
Sa katotohanan, ang mga bata at kanilang mga abogado (Equity Generation Lawyers) ang naghain ng class action noong 2020 at nanalo sa trial [7]. In reality, the children and their lawyers (Equity Generation Lawyers) initiated a class action in 2020 and won at trial [7].
Ang papel ng Coalition ay reaktibo—pagtatanggol laban sa kasong inihain laban sa kanila. 2. **Sumang-ayon ang trial judge sa argumento ng mga bata:** Si Justice Bromberg, sa unang pagkakataon, ay sumang-ayon sa mga bata na may duty of care na umiiral [2]. The Coalition's role was reactive—defending against a case brought against them.
2. **The trial judge agreed with the children's argument:** Justice Bromberg, in the first instance, agreed with the children that a duty of care existed [2].
Ang pamahalaan lamang ang kailangang mag-apela para ito ay baliktaran. 3. **Ang apela ay sa makitid na legal na batayan, hindi climate denial:** Kinilala ng mga Full Court judges na ang mga panganib ng climate change ay totoo at "hindi pinagtatalunan." Sinabi ni Chief Justice Allsop: "The threat of climate change and global warming was and is not in dispute between the parties in this litigation" [8]. The government only had to appeal to reverse this.
3. **The appeal was on narrow legal grounds, not climate denial:** The Full Court judges acknowledged climate change risks were real and "not in dispute." Chief Justice Allsop stated: "The threat of climate change and global warming was and is not in dispute between the parties in this litigation" [8].
Tinanggihan nila ang duty of care sa batayang legal coherence (hindi tinatalakay ng EPBC Act ang kaligtasan ng tao nang malawak), hindi kung totoo ang climate change. 4. **Iniwan ng mga hukom ang pagkakataon para sa hinaharap na climate claims:** Ang desisyon ng Full Court ay hindi pumipigil sa iba pang anyo ng climate litigation, lalo na laban sa pribadong kumpanya o sa ibang legal na batayan. The judges rejected the duty of care on legal coherence grounds (the EPBC Act doesn't address human safety broadly), not on whether climate change is real.
4. **The judges left openings for future climate claims:** The Full Court's decision does not prevent other forms of climate litigation, particularly against private companies or on different legal grounds.
Sinabi ni Justice Beach na bagay ito para sa High Court o Parliament na pag-unladin ang batas [9]. 5. **Ang EPBC Act ay tunay na kulang sa climate provisions:** Si Laura Schuijers mula sa University of Sydney (sumulat sa The Conversation) ay kumpirmado na ang EPBC Act ay isang impact assessment law na hindi direktang tinatalakay ang climate change o kaligtasan ng tao nang sistematiko [10]. Justice Beach noted it was a matter for the High Court or Parliament to evolve the law [9].
5. **The EPBC Act genuinely lacks climate provisions:** Laura Schuijers from the University of Sydney (writing in The Conversation) confirmed that the EPBC Act is an impact assessment law that doesn't directly address climate change or human safety systematically [10].
Hindi ito imbensyon ng Coalition—isang isyung pang-diseno ng lehislasyon na nauna pa sa panahon ng Coalition sa puwesto. This isn't a Coalition invention—it's a legislative design issue that precedes the Coalition's time in office.
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Pagsusuri ng Kredibilidad ng Pinagmulan
**Mga orihinal na source na ibinigay:** 1. **ABC News** - Pinakamataas na public broadcaster ng Australia.
**Original sources provided:**
1. **ABC News** - Australia's peak public broadcaster.
Mainstream, reputable news organization. Mainstream, reputable news organization.
Ang artikulo ay balanse, nag-uulat ng parehong pagkabigo ng mga bata at pahayag ng pamahalaan na "common sense has prevailed" [11]. 2. **The Conversation** - Academic publication (University of Sydney affiliation; ang may-akda na si Laura Schuijers ay isang law academic). The article was balanced, reporting both the children's disappointment and the government's statement that "common sense has prevailed" [11].
2. **The Conversation** - Academic publication (University of Sydney affiliation; author Laura Schuijers is a law academic).
Nangingibabaw sa kritika ng patakaran ng pamahalaan, ngunit ang partikular na artikulong ito ay isinulat ng isang eksperto sa legal na nagbibigay ng sopistikadong legal analysis sa halip na polemical advocacy [12]. Leans toward criticism of government policy, but this particular article is authored by an expert legal scholar and provides sophisticated legal analysis rather than polemical advocacy [12].
Parehong kredible at mainstream ang mga source. Both sources are credible and mainstream.
Gayunpaman, ang artikulo sa The Conversation ay naglalaman ng mas kritikal na pagkakabuo, na binibigyang-katwiran ang resulta bilang "nakakabahala" nang hindi ganap na ina-explore ang legal reasoning, bagama't ang analysis ng may-akda sa mga limitasyon ng EPBC Act ay substantive at makatarungan. However, The Conversation article contains more critical framing, characterizing the outcome as "alarming" without full exploration of the legal reasoning, though the author's analysis of EPBC Act limitations is substantive and fair.
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Paghahambing sa Labor
**May kaparehong climate duty of care positions ba ang Labor?** Nagsagawa ng search: "Labor government climate duty of care fossil fuel approvals EPBC Act" **Mga Natuklasan:** 1. **Rekord ng Labor bago 2022:** Sa panahon ng Morrison Coalition government (nang naganap ang kasong ito), ang Labor ay nasa oposisyon.
**Did Labor have comparable climate duty of care positions?**
Search conducted: "Labor government climate duty of care fossil fuel approvals EPBC Act"
**Findings:**
1. **Labor's pre-2022 record:** During the Morrison Coalition government period (when this case occurred), Labor was in opposition.
Ang mga politiko ng Labor ay publikong sumuporta sa kaso ng mga bata at kritikal sa apela ng pamahalaan [13]. 2. **Albanese Labor government (2022 onwards):** Pagkatapos manalo ng Labor sa 2022 election, ang bagong pamahalaan ay kumuha ng ibang pamamaraan sa pamamagitan ng pag-reform sa EPBC Act mismo, sa halip na umaasa sa common-law duties. Labor politicians publicly supported the children's case and criticized the government's appeal [13].
2. **Albanese Labor government (2022 onwards):** After Labor won the 2022 election, the new government took a different approach by reforming the EPBC Act itself, rather than relying on common-law duties.
Ang Labor government ay nagpropose ng pagpapakilala ng mandatory climate considerations sa EPBC Act sa pamamagitan ng legislative amendment [14]. 3. **Walang direktang katumbas:** Walang Labor-government-era precedent ng parehong sitwasyon dahil: - Hindi nasa pamahalaan ang Labor nang naganap ang partikular na kasong ito (Morrison Coalition, 2020-2022) - Sinusubukan ng kasong ito kung ang common law duty of care ay maaaring punan ang mga puwang sa EPBC Act - Ang pamamaraan ng Labor ay legislative reform sa halip na umaasa sa court-created duties **Punto ng paghahambing:** Sa halip na ihambing ang mga nakaraang aksyon ng Labor, ang mas mahalagang paghahambing ay **kung paano tumugon ang Labor nang bumalik ito sa kapangyarihan**. The Labor government proposed introducing mandatory climate considerations into the EPBC Act through legislative amendment [14].
3. **No direct equivalent:** There is no Labor-government-era precedent of the same situation because:
- Labor was not in government when this specific case occurred (Morrison Coalition, 2020-2022)
- This case tested whether common law duty of care could fill gaps in the EPBC Act
- Labor's approach has been legislative reform rather than relying on court-created duties
**Key comparison point:** Rather than comparing Labor's past actions, the more relevant comparison is **how Labor responded when it returned to power**.
Ang Albanese Labor government ay nagtulak ng EPBC Act reform na may explicit climate considerations, na nagmumungkahi na maaaring hindi nila binigyang-pansin ang kaso nang agresibo [15]. The Albanese Labor government has pursued EPBC Act reform with explicit climate considerations, suggesting they might not have appealed the case as aggressively [15].
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Balanseng Pananaw
**Mga kritika sa posisyon ng pamahalaan:** Ang apela ng Coalition government sa desisyon ni Justice Bromberg ay substantively nakabibigo sa mga tagasuporta ng climate [16].
**Criticisms of the government's position:**
The Coalition government's appeal of Justice Bromberg's decision was substantively disappointing to climate advocates [16].
Si Bromberg J ay nakakita ng nakakumbinsi na ebidensya na: - Ang climate change ay nagdudulot ng mapaminsalang panganib sa mga bata - Ang pag-apruba sa coal mine ay makabuluhang mag-aambag sa mga panganib na ito - Ang mga hukom ay nagtatag ng mga bagong duties of care sa ibang konteksto Ang apela ng pamahalaan ay nangahulugan: (1) Nawala ang kaso ng mga bata sa appellate level; (2) Ang maikling panahon kung kailan may ministerial duty of care (Mayo-Marso 2021-2022) ay inalis; (3) Nagpatuloy ang pamahalaan sa pag-apruba ng coal mines gamit ang formula na "mga ibang mina ang papalit sa kanila anyway" [17]. **Makatuwiran na dahilan ng pamahalaan/legal:** Gayunpaman, ang desisyon ng Full Court ay sumasalamin sa tunay na legal complexities: 1. **Isyu sa statutory interpretation:** Ang EPBC Act ay dinisenyo bilang isang impact assessment mechanism para sa mga tiyak na listed environmental matters (threatened species, water resources), hindi bilang isang komprehensibong human safety o climate law [18]. Bromberg J found compelling evidence that:
- Climate change poses catastrophic risks to children
- Approving the coal mine would materially contribute to these risks
- Judges have established novel duties of care in other contexts
The government's appeal meant: (1) The children lost their case at the appellate level; (2) The brief period when ministerial duty of care existed (May-March 2021-2022) was eliminated; (3) The government continued approving coal mines using the formula that "other mines would replace them anyway" [17].
**Legitimate government/legal reasoning:**
However, the Full Court's decision reflects genuine legal complexities:
1. **Statutory interpretation issue:** The EPBC Act was designed as an impact assessment mechanism for specific listed environmental matters (threatened species, water resources), not as a comprehensive human safety or climate law [18].
Ang pagpapahiwatig ng isang malawak na duty of care ay salungat sa statutory scheme. 2. **Problema sa indeterminacy:** Tinukoy ng mga hukom ang mga praktikal na kahirapan: Ang mga pinsala ng climate change ay diffuse, ang causation ay kumplikado, at ang class ng mga apektadong tao ay potensyal na walang limitasyon (kasama ang mga hinaharap na henerasyon na hindi pa isinisilang) [19]. Implying a broad duty of care conflicted with the statutory scheme.
2. **Indeterminacy problem:** The judges noted practical difficulties: Climate change harms are diffuse, causation is complex, and the class of affected people is potentially unlimited (including future generations not yet born) [19].
Lumilikha ito ng mga bagong problema sa legal na hindi inaasahan sa umiiral na tort law. 3. **Limitasyon sa papel ng hudikatura:** Tinukoy ni Chief Justice Allsop na ang pag-require sa mga ministro na tumanggi sa coal approvals ay mag-require sa kanila na gumawa ng "core policy decisions" na hindi angkop para sa judicial determination [20]. This creates novel legal problems that weren't anticipated in existing tort law.
3. **Judicial role limitation:** Chief Justice Allsop noted that requiring ministers to refuse coal approvals would require them to make "core policy decisions" unsuitable for judicial determination [20].
Hindi ito isang posisyon ng climate-denial; ito ay isang argumento tungkol sa kung dapat bang pilitin ng mga korte ang mga pagbabago sa patakaran sa pamamagitan ng private litigation. 4. **Ang science ay hindi pinagtatalunan:** Mahalaga, tinanggap ng tatlong Full Court judges ang climate science. This isn't a climate-denial position; it's an argument about whether courts should force policy changes through private litigation.
4. **Science was not disputed:** Critically, all three Full Court judges accepted the climate science.
Tinanggihan nila ang duty, hindi ang ebidensya [21]. They rejected the duty, not the evidence [21].
Ibinibigay ng ito ang pagkakaiba sa kanilang posisyon mula sa climate denial. **Konteksto ng patakaran:** Ang totoong problema, tulad ng kinilala ng independent EPBC Act review at ni Laura Schuijers mula sa The Conversation, ay ang EPBC Act mismo ay hindi sapat para sa climate considerations [22]. This distinguishes their position from climate denial.
**Policy context:**
The real problem, as identified by the independent EPBC Act review and The Conversation's Laura Schuijers, is that the EPBC Act itself is inadequate for climate considerations [22].
Naharap ang Coalition government sa hamong ito ngunit hindi na-update ang lehislasyon. The Coalition government faced this challenge but didn't update the legislation.
Ang Albanese Labor government ay nagtulak ng legislative reform sa halip, na maaaring mas magtagal kaysa sa litigation [23]. **Punto ng konteksto:** Hindi ito natatangi sa Coalition. The Albanese Labor government is pursuing legislative reform instead, which may prove more durable than litigation [23].
**Key context:** This is not unique to the Coalition.
Ang pagkukulang ng EPBC Act sa climate ay isang sistemikong Australian legislative problem, hindi imbensyon ng Coalition. The EPBC Act's inadequacy on climate is a systemic Australian legislative problem, not a Coalition invention.
Ang mga Labor governments simula 2010 ay nag-operate din sa ilalim ng framework na ito, bagama't mas kaunting coal projects ang kanilang inaprubahan sa kabuuan. Labor governments since 2010 also operated under this framework, though they approved fewer coal projects overall.
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BAHAGYANG TOTOO
6.5
sa 10
**Pangangatwiran:** Ang factual core ay tumpak: Matagumpay na ipinagtanggol ng pamahalaan sa korte na ang environment minister ay hindi legally kailangang isaalang-alang ang pinsala ng climate change sa mga bata kapag inaprubahan ang mga proyektong fossil fuel.
**Justification:**
The factual core is accurate: The government successfully argued in court that the environment minister is not legally required to consider climate change harm to children when approving fossil fuel projects.
Sumang-ayon ang Full Court sa posisyong ito [24]. The Full Court agreed with this position [24].
Gayunpaman, ang claim ay nakakalito sa pagkakabuo sa tatlong paraan: 1. **Direksyon ng litigation:** Ang claim ay nagmumungkahi na ang Coalition ang nag-initiate ng legal action laban sa mga bata ("Dinala ang mga bata sa korte"). However, the claim is misleading in its framing in three ways:
1. **Direction of litigation:** The claim implies the Coalition initiated legal action against children ("Took children to court").
Sa katotohanan, ang mga bata ang naghain ng class action laban sa pamahalaan, at matagumpay na ipinagtanggol ng pamahalaan ang sarili sa apela [25]. 2. **Paglaktaw sa panalo sa trial:** Hindi kinikilala ng claim na si Justice Bromberg ay unang sumang-ayon sa mga bata—ang pamahalaan lamang ang nagtagumpay sa pamamagitan ng apela [26]. 3. **Pagpapahiwatig ng climate denial:** Ang pagkakabuo ay nagmumungkahi na ipinagtanggol ng pamahalaan na hindi mahalaga ang pinsala ng climate. In reality, the children brought a class action against the government, and the government successfully defended itself on appeal [25].
2. **Omission of trial victory:** The claim doesn't acknowledge that Justice Bromberg initially agreed with the children—the government only succeeded by appealing [26].
3. **Implication of climate denial:** The phrasing suggests the government argued climate harm doesn't matter.
Ang aktwal na posisyon ng pamahalaan ay mas makitid: na ang EPBC Act ay hindi lumilikha ng statutory duty na isaalang-alang ang kaligtasan ng tao nang malawak, at ang mga ganitong pagtukoy ay mga bagay para sa Parliament, hindi para sa mga korte [27]. **Ang claim ay mas tumpak na isasaad:** "Matagumpay na inapela ng Coalition government laban sa isang desisyon ng korte na mag-require sa environment minister na isaalang-alang ang pinsala ng climate change sa mga bata kapag inaprubahan ang mga proyektong fossil fuel, kung saan ang Full Court ay nakapagpasya na walang ganoong duty na umiiral sa ilalim ng EPBC Act." The government's actual position was narrower: that the EPBC Act doesn't create a statutory duty to consider human safety broadly, and that such determinations are matters for Parliament, not courts [27].
**The claim would be more accurately stated:** "The Coalition government successfully appealed against a court ruling that would have required the environment minister to consider climate change harm to children when approving fossil fuel projects, with the Full Court finding no such duty existed under the EPBC Act."
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Huling Iskor
6.5
SA 10
BAHAGYANG TOTOO
**Pangangatwiran:** Ang factual core ay tumpak: Matagumpay na ipinagtanggol ng pamahalaan sa korte na ang environment minister ay hindi legally kailangang isaalang-alang ang pinsala ng climate change sa mga bata kapag inaprubahan ang mga proyektong fossil fuel.
**Justification:**
The factual core is accurate: The government successfully argued in court that the environment minister is not legally required to consider climate change harm to children when approving fossil fuel projects.
Sumang-ayon ang Full Court sa posisyong ito [24]. The Full Court agreed with this position [24].
Gayunpaman, ang claim ay nakakalito sa pagkakabuo sa tatlong paraan: 1. **Direksyon ng litigation:** Ang claim ay nagmumungkahi na ang Coalition ang nag-initiate ng legal action laban sa mga bata ("Dinala ang mga bata sa korte"). However, the claim is misleading in its framing in three ways:
1. **Direction of litigation:** The claim implies the Coalition initiated legal action against children ("Took children to court").
Sa katotohanan, ang mga bata ang naghain ng class action laban sa pamahalaan, at matagumpay na ipinagtanggol ng pamahalaan ang sarili sa apela [25]. 2. **Paglaktaw sa panalo sa trial:** Hindi kinikilala ng claim na si Justice Bromberg ay unang sumang-ayon sa mga bata—ang pamahalaan lamang ang nagtagumpay sa pamamagitan ng apela [26]. 3. **Pagpapahiwatig ng climate denial:** Ang pagkakabuo ay nagmumungkahi na ipinagtanggol ng pamahalaan na hindi mahalaga ang pinsala ng climate. In reality, the children brought a class action against the government, and the government successfully defended itself on appeal [25].
2. **Omission of trial victory:** The claim doesn't acknowledge that Justice Bromberg initially agreed with the children—the government only succeeded by appealing [26].
3. **Implication of climate denial:** The phrasing suggests the government argued climate harm doesn't matter.
Ang aktwal na posisyon ng pamahalaan ay mas makitid: na ang EPBC Act ay hindi lumilikha ng statutory duty na isaalang-alang ang kaligtasan ng tao nang malawak, at ang mga ganitong pagtukoy ay mga bagay para sa Parliament, hindi para sa mga korte [27]. **Ang claim ay mas tumpak na isasaad:** "Matagumpay na inapela ng Coalition government laban sa isang desisyon ng korte na mag-require sa environment minister na isaalang-alang ang pinsala ng climate change sa mga bata kapag inaprubahan ang mga proyektong fossil fuel, kung saan ang Full Court ay nakapagpasya na walang ganoong duty na umiiral sa ilalim ng EPBC Act." The government's actual position was narrower: that the EPBC Act doesn't create a statutory duty to consider human safety broadly, and that such determinations are matters for Parliament, not courts [27].
**The claim would be more accurately stated:** "The Coalition government successfully appealed against a court ruling that would have required the environment minister to consider climate change harm to children when approving fossil fuel projects, with the Full Court finding no such duty existed under the EPBC Act."
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📚 MGA PINAGMULAN AT SANGGUNIAN (13)
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judgments.fedcourt.gov.au
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abc.net.au
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley successfully argues she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.
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abc.net.au
A class action launched on behalf of young people everywhere seeks an injunction to stop the Australian Government approving an extension to Whitehaven's Vickery coal mine, arguing it will harm young people by exacerbating climate change.
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gtlaw.com.au
Gtlaw Com
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theconversation.com
The Federal Court has essentially said it can’t act. But the decision certainly doesn’t mean the government can’t act. In fact, that’s exactly who the judges indicated must.
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