Online Files (Public Interest Cases)
In high profile cases or in cases where there are a high number of media requests for file access, the Court will establish an online file where publicly accessible material will be placed.
Where the Court determines that an online file will be created, documents from the proceeding will be added to the online file in accordance with a protocol laid down by the Court. Consistent with rule 2.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011, these documents will comprise unrestricted documents, together with affidavits read in open court, documents received into evidence as exhibits, submissions acted upon in open court or in a judgment of the Court, and orders and reasons for judgment. Some redactions may be applied to material in the documents.
If an online file is created this is the only means by which non-parties may access documents in a proceeding. Accordingly, non-party access requests should not be made.
Basic case details of all Federal Court matters - including court events and orders - can be found on Federal Law Search.
Open files:
- ACCC v Coles (VID973/2024)
- ACCC v Woolworths Group Limited (VID974/2024)
- Alexiou v ANZ (NSD719/2020)
- ASIC v Caddick (NSD1220/2020)
- ASIC v HSBC Bank Australia Limited (VID1368/2024)
- Asset Energy v Commonwealth Minister for Industry and Science (WAD36/2025)
- Australian Conservation Foundation Inc; Friends of Australian Rock Art Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water & Anor (VID1356/2025, VID1357/2025, VID1400/2025)
- BIJ23 & Anor v State of Western Australia (WAD109/2023)
- Cassuto v Kostakidis (VID404/2025)
- Comino v All Valve Industries ; All Valve Industries v Comino ; Comino v Watson(NSD1998/2025; NSD1656/2025; NSD2057/2025)
- CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd v Apple Pty Limited (NSD1288/2025)
- Deeming v Pesutto (VID1023/2023)
- Divilli v Housing Authority & Anor (VID809/2024)
- Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Pty Ltd v Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd (NSD1484/2025)
- Energy Resources of Australia v Minister for Resources & Minister for Northern Australia (NSD1056/2024)
- Fair Work Commission v Asmar (VID835/2024)
- Giggle for Girls (Pty Ltd) v Tickle (Appeal) (NSD1386/2024)
- Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (VID1036/2024)
- Gomeroi People v Santos (Appeal) (QUD376/2025)
- Gunning v Queensland; Burns v Queensland (VID943/2023; VID944/2023)
- Hanson v Faruqi (Appeal) (NSD1698/2024)
- Hubexo Australia Pty Ltd v CoreLogic Australia Pty Ltd & Ors (NSD285/2021)
- Jackson v McDonald’s ; Cooper v Woolworths ; Wilding v Coles ; Mitchell v Hungry Jack’s (VID1503/2025; VID1606/2025; VID15/2026; VID65/2026)
- Latham v Greenwich (Appeal) (NSD147/2025)
- Lehrmann v Commonwealth Special Minister of State (NSD1591/2025)
- Lehrmann v Network Ten and others(NSD103/2023)
- MacInnes v Wilson (NSD1727/2025)
- Meuleman v Andrews (VID1454/2025)
- Michael Ross on behalf of the Cape York United #1 Claim Group v State of Queensland (QUD673/2014)
- Minnie McDonald v Commonwealth (VID312/2021)
- NWTAS for Clean Oceans Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water (TAD68/2025)
- Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia VID622/2021
- Registrar of Trade Marks v National Cancer Foundation Limited (VID1038/2025)
- Reynolds v Commonwealth of Australia (WAD121/2025)
- Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media related matters (first instance) (NSD1485/2018; NSD1486/2018; NSD1487/2018; NSD1826/2018; NSD1440/2018)
- Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media & related matters (Appeal) (NSD689/2023; NSD690/2023; NSD691/2023)
- Sampi v State of Western Australia (WAD49/1998)
- Sandilands; Henderson v Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation Pty Ltd (NSD442/2026; NSD507/2026)
- Sofronoff v ACT Integrity Commission The Noco Company v Brown & Watson International Pty Limited (NSD389/2025)
- Toltz v Riemer ; Toltz v Keane; (NSD950/2025; NSD951/2025)
- Turner v Price (NTD17/2024)
- Walters v State of Western Australia (WAD251/2022)
- Yindjibarndi v State of Western Australia (WAD37/2022)
Closed files:
- ACCC v Qantas (finalised 21 October 2024)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Kane (finalised 6 April 2020)
- Australian Securities Investment Commission v ANZ Bank (finalised December 2023)
- Babet v Electoral Commissioner (finalised October 2023)
- Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Minister for the Environment (finalised 20 August 2025)
- Commonwealth of Australia v Stradford (A Pseudonym) and Related Matters (finalised February 2024)
- Cooper v National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (finalised 28 September 2023)
- COVID-19 Business interruption insurance test cases (finalised)
- Director-General of Security v S111A/2018 (finalised 9 March 2023)
- Djokovic v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (finalised 20 January 2022)
- Dyer v Chrysanthou (finalised 22 June 2021)
- eSafety Commissioner v X Corp (finalised June 2024)
- eSafety Commissioner v Baumgarten (finalised 18 February 2026)
- Fair Work Commission v Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union & Ors (finalised 2 August 2024)
- Faruqi v Hanson (finalised 1 November 2024)
- Fisher v Commonwealth of Australia (finalised 22 November 2023)
- Fletcher v Brown (finalised January 2024)
- Fortescue v Element Zero (finalised 26 November 2025)
- Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (finalised 13 August 2021)
- Gomeroi People v Santos (QUD13/2023) (finalised 12 April 2024)
- Greenwich v Latham (finalised 4 April 2025)
- Lattouf v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (finalised 24 September 2025)
- Lehrmann v Network Ten (Appeal) (finalised 3 Dec 2025)
- Lesbian Action Group Inc. v Australian Human Rights Commission (finalised 21 April 2026)
- Minister for the Environment v Sharma (finalised 15 March 2022)
- Murdoch v Private Media (finalised 21 April 2023)
- Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations v Commonwealth (29 August 2025)
- Newman v Minister for Health and Aged Care (finalised 17 May 2021)
- Palmer v McGowan (finalised 11 August 2022)
- Patrick v Australian Information Commissioner (finalised August 2023)
- Paula Kaye Hobley v Rasier Pacific (finalised December 2025)
- Porter v ABC (finalised 31 August 2021)
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v Sandoz (Pty Ltd) (finalised 27 November 2025)
- Rioli v Hawthorn Football (finalised 9 December 2024)
- Rugg v Commonwealth (finalised 7 July 2023)
- Rush v Nationwide News Pty Limited (finalised 30 October 2020)
- Sanda v PTTEP Australasia (Ashmore Cartier) (finalised 30 April 2025)
- Santos v Tipakalippa (finalised 2 December 2022)
- Save the Children Australia v Minister for Home Affairs (finalised June 2023)
- Save the Children Australia v Minister for Home Affairs (Appeal) (finalised June 2024)
- Saw v Seven Network (Operations) Ltd (finalised 14 February 2025)
- Tarnawsky v Commonwealth of Australia (Dept. Finance) (finalised 24 March 2025)
- The Noco Company v Brown & Watson International Pty Limited (finalised 10 April 2026)
- In the matter of Sunstone Metals (finalised 20 May 2025)
- Tarneen Onus Browne & Anor v Assistant Commissioner of Police, North West Metro Region & Anor (finalised 23 January 2026)
- Tickle v Giggle for Girls (finalised 5 September 2024)
- In the matter of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (finalised October 2020)
- Wertheim v Haddad (finalised 1 July 2025)
- Westpac v Forum Finance and others (the Forum Finance matter) (finalised 1 August 2025)
- Wotton v State of Queensland (finalised 17 January 2022)






