The following is a list of notable cases that have been considered by the Federal Court of Australia. Year Case Area of lawComment Drake v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs Immigration Hunter Valley Developments Pty Ltd v Cohen Milpurrurru v Indofurn Pty Ltd Nulyarimma v Thompson Telstra Corporation Ltd v Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd Copyright Ruddock v Vadarlis Immigration We Two Pty Ltd v Shorrock Commissioner of Taxation v La Rosa Taxation Money from drug-dealing was assessable income; expenses incurred in drug-dealing were deductible. Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk Peoples v Victoria Native title First successful native title claim in south-eastern Australia Silberberg v The Builders Collective of Australia Inc Liability of Internet forum operators for racial vilification Forestry Tasmania v Brown Environmental law Keech v Metropolitan Health Service Anti-discrimination ACCC v Cabcharge Australia Ltd Competition and consumer law Cabcharge admitted to predatory pricing and was fined $15 million. Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner Electoral law Eatock v Bolt Anti-discrimination Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd Wotton v Queensland (No 5) (Palm Island class action) Anti-discrimination The excessive and disproportionate response of the Queensland Police Service was racial discrimination. Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Gibson Competition and consumer law Wellness blogger Belle Gibson made misleading and deceptive claims to have cancer, contrary to the Australian Consumer Law Barilaro v Shanks-Markovina 2023ASIC v GetSwift LtdCompetition and consumer lawBusinessmen Joel Macdonald and Bane Hunter were awarded Australia's largest ever penalties for breaching continuous disclosure rules
See also List of High Court of Australia cases