For nearly a decade, Vincent Bombail has been tickling rats. It’s been a standard technique used in the study of animal happiness. But not all rats particularly enjoy the experience, data show. Female ...

Federal court affirms an August 2024 finding that Tickle was discriminated against on the basis of her gender identity and awards her $20,000 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get ...

Crabs’ famous sideways walk may trace back to a single evolutionary moment 200 million years ago. Researchers found that most modern crabs inherited this trait from one ancestor—and never looked back.

The Full Court upheld the ruling on sex and gender identity under the Sex Discrimination Act, arising from an appeal by Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover on Friday. Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle ...

Sall Grover (left) and Roxanne Tickle leave the Supreme Court during the original trial in 2024/25. (Sitthixay Ditthavong and Peter Rae) Download the 9NEWS App here via Apple and Google Play Make ...

Australia's federal court found that Roxanne Tickle had been discriminated against by Giggle for Girls app founder Sall Grover A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian ...

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, ...

A court ruling that the exclusion of transgender woman Roxanne Tickle from a female-only app was discriminatory has been upheld. Ms Tickle has been awarded $20,000 in damages in the case against the ...

After a years-long legal battle, the Federal Court of Australia has handed down a judgment in a landmark case about gender discrimination law. It found a transgender woman was directly discriminated ...

The FBI is reassigning agents back to counterterrorism after previously diverting them to immigration enforcement, following growing concerns about potential threats from Iran, according to sources ...

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Pauline Hanson has weighed in on a landmark court ruling, after an app founder once backed by JK Rowling was ordered to pay double for discriminating against a transgender user. The Full Court of the ...